Medical Report and Video Interviews about the Treatment of ALS by Chinese Medicine in Huaihua Red Cross Hospital from Dr. Zhu Ming

Hello, dear friend,

This is Dr. Zhu Ming, Vice President of Huaihua Red Cross Hospital. Our international department of traditional Chinese medicine focuses upon treating various chronic and difficult health problems. Even though our international service has only been in existence for one and half years, we have had offered inpatient service to more than one hundred international patients from around the world. There is a very obvious phenomenon that about one third of them suffer from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). This condition is included in the list of the World Top Six Most Difficult health problems. Western medicine has almost given up on treating such a difficult disease except for offering Rilutek tablets which seem to be of no help.

From the western medicine viewpoint, the cause of ALS is unknown. The patient may lose the muscles and strength of the four limbs and body step by step. During 3 to 5 years after this happens, gradually the patient can not walk, can not handle daily life by hands, gets on the wheelchair and then dies of failure of the respiratory function.

Our international TCM service team now has approximately sixty working staff, including medical professors, doctors, acupuncturists, translators, nurses, guards, office clerks, etc. Frankly, since our international service started from the end of 2005, in the first year, we had about ten ALS patients, most of them did not see any improvement. However, this first year practice brings about good experience to our medical staff. We diligently work together to research into this most difficult health problem. Our team of experts designed a good treatment system for this problem in October, 2006. Our ALS team of experts and I came to the consent that from the viewpoints of Chinese medicine, ALS belongs to the “dystrophy pattern”, there are following reasons to cause it, for example, attacking of external damp heat, yin (fluids) deficiency and effulgent deficient fire, deficiency of liver and kidneys, weakness of spleen qi, lung heat to damage fluids. Our team of experts also feel that overworking, over-thinking, depression, too much sex, improper diet, vaccination, chemical toxin, etc., could also cause this disease. Therefore, based upon different individuals with different symptoms, corresponding treatment strategies are adopted, such as clearing damp heat, moistening yin fluids, lowering deficient fire, nourishing the liver and kidneys, strengthening spleen qi, etc. The major treatment methods are drinking Chinese herbal tea, medical massage and acupuncture. Even though the three treatment methods are different, the therapeutic strategy remains the same to make sure best cooperative role.

From October 2006 to April 2007, our clinical statistics reveals that we had 14 patients from USA, Canada, Israel, Sweden, Algeria, Czech, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Yugoslavia, Portugal and China. Their ages range from 30 to 65 years old, their treatment periods range from one month to four months. The results indicate that 6 patients had very obvious improvement, 5 patients had some improvement, and 3 patients had no improvement.

For example, Cidalia, a 61-year-old lady from Portugal who was diagnosed with ALS in October 2006, came to our hospital on March 2, 2007. She had more than 50 days of comprehensive treatment here. When she arrived, her grasping power of the left hand was 2.9 kilograms. She could not raise her left arm. She could only walk 500 meters with crippling gait of the left leg, some problems with swallowing and speaking ability. After more than 50 days treatment, her grasping power of the left hand increased to 11.6 kilograms. She could raise her left arm. She could walk 5 kilometers. The walking gait became almost normal and the crippling disappeared. The difficulty in swallowing and speaking is gone. This is an email from the daughter of  Cidalia and the video interview (1) with her daughter CiCi, please check here.

Another example, Hrabina is 48 year-old male from Czech. From August 2006 to September 2006, he has stayed here for one month and has seen good improvement. After going home, his condition remained stable for 4 months and then worsened again. So in February 2007, he came back to our hospital. When he was admitted into our hospital the second time, his tongue shrinks and could not protrude out of the mouth, inconvenient movement of the tongue body, unclear pronunciation, difficult swallowing, uneven surface of the tongue body, a triangle-shape loss of the tongue body at the left side of the tongue. There exists obvious shrinking of the double elevator muscle. Frequent fasciculation of the muscles of the face, four limbs, and back, obvious tiredness, especially the right knee is quite weak. He could not walk for more than one kilometer. After two months of comprehensive treatments, his tongue could protrude out of the mouth. His pronunciation became clear. Swallowing became normal. The tongue surface is much less uneven. The triangle-shape loss of the tongue body at the left side returned to the normal shape. The weakness of the body has gone. The shapes of the double elevator muscle has become almost plump. He can walk 5 to 6 kilometers. This is his hospitalization record for the first time and the video interview (2), please check here.

Felix, is 27-year-old male whose nationality is American. He suffers from ALS. When he just came to Huaihua Red Cross Hospital on October 14, 2007, the muscles of the whole body were stiff. Weakness of four limbs lasted for two years, especially the left lower limb. It was difficult for him to speak. After receiving TCM treatment for more than two months, the hands and feet are more flexible. Four limbs have more power, so they work better than before. He can do the action of crouching now. His speech is clearer than before. This is the video interview, please check here. 

Therefore, based upon our experience, I have some ideas to share with you regarding the treatment of ALS.

A. For the treatment of ALS, the earlier the treatment is done, the better the treatment result will be. This means we could offer good treatment result for the early and middle stage patients, while for the late stage patients, the treatment result is always not good.

B. Our treatment experience confirms our ideas that the normal full treatment course for ALS should be six months to 12 months. The full treatment period will guarantee a much better and even full recovery. Since most of our past ALS patients stayed here for one month to four months, this is not enough time. Sometimes the reasons are financial ability for the patients; or time schedule limitation. Our current charge is US$95.00 per day. (15% discount for the hospitalization fee is available from May 15, 2008 to June 15, 2008) 

C. Another point of notice of coming here for hospitalization is the visa issue. Commonly, before you come, we will email you a scanned invitation letter so you can try to get a three month or six month visa. Please apply for an L type visa, this is the only type of visa that we can help you extend. If you get only a one month visa, or F type visa, or multiple entrance one month visa, all these kinds of visas will not guarantee visa extension here, so there will be many problems for your treatment. Therefore, we strongly suggest you get a three months or six months L type visa in the Chinese embassy from your country before you come.

D. For the better or even full recovery, we strongly recommend you stay at our hospital for six to twelve months. Of course, there are some patients who can stay for only one to three months. They will see some improvement and can take home a few months of herbal tea to continue the treatment.

Generally speaking, since ALS is one of the most difficult health problems in the world, joint efforts between you and our faithful working staff are needed. We hope to work more diligently and carefully to help more ALS patients in the world. It is our special honor and responsibility to do a better job for the health recovery of ALS patients throughout the world. Thank you for taking the time to read my ALS report and thanks for your trust and cooperation.

Best wishes!

Dr. Zhu Ming

Vice President of Huaihua Red Cross Hospital

December 20, 2007

Another ALS case:

Peter, from Holland, suffering from ALS, stayed in our hospital for five months. His voice and swallowing ability are improved a lot. The ability of the legs and arms is stabilized. He was quite satisfied with our treatment result. This is the video interview, please check here.