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Tremors and Shaking



Tremors and Shaking are classed as Wind disorders in Traditional Medicine, so other medicines used for Wind diseases may also be applicable. Shaking with loss of sense was traditionally called Shaking Palsy and overlaps the modern diagnosis of Parkinsonism. Warming Pearl Powder was viewed as an especially effective medicine for Shaking Palsy.
Western Tradition

Tremori conferunt – Tremor

Sage Wine
Syrup of Stoechas
Warming Pearl Powder (Diamarg. Calidum) (Avicenna)
Warming Pearl Powder (Diamarg. Calidum) (Mesue)
Arabic Confect Purging Melancholy (Confectio Hamech)
Aromatic Musk Compound (Aromaticum Moschatum)
Electuary of Gems (Mesue)
Expert Confection for Tremors
Blanca (Nicholas)
Hiera Hermetis
Hiera Logadii
Pills of Euphorbium (Mesue)
Oil of Pepper
Oil of Lapis Gagate
Oil of the Philosophers
Oil of Castoreum


Shaking, Parkinsonism

Sage Wine
Hiera Logadii
Warming Pearl Powder (Diamarg. Calidum) (Avicenna)
Warming Pearl Powder (Diamarg. Calidum) (Mesue)

Special Formulas:

Expert Confection for Tremors

  Black Myrobalan        30 drams
  Savin                             10 drams
  Libani                             7 drams
  Cyperus
  Sweet Flag                    5 drams

Form a confect with Kermes.
Dose: 1–2 drams. (De Morbis Internis Curandis, Mesue, 1551)
TCM Classification

Internal Wind and Heat

Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin
Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang


Internal Wind with Yin Deficiency

E Jiao Ji Zi Tang
Da Ding Feng Zhu
San Jia Fu Mai Tang
Zhen Gan Xi Feng Tang