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Thanks for your response. I've been doing acupuncture for 1-2 years, and am just starting with the pd-specific herbal remedies, and may add also scalp acupuncture to the mix, which the article recommends. I'm really glad to hear of your success. I can't tell you of the number of times I've complained to the discussion list about all the gloom and doom forecasts and the almost total neglect of alternative treatments in the typical discussions/articles. Especially when the conventional methods offer no "cures" either I think it's ignorant not to explore ALL possibilities, even if they end up doing no more than helping improve one's overall health - that helps too in a long term fight with a chronic illness. If I can prolong the time until I'm incapacitated until I have done whatever I decide I want to accomplish and/or delay the time until I need the heavy drug dosages, I consider that a victory in itself. I also believe that if a major portion of the cause(s) lie in toxins, etc., covering up the symptoms with the typical methods is just a panacea, the real "cure" is to eliminate the problem in the first place or else it'll always be there menacing and deadly. If the environmental link is more tenuous than real, then my approach is a moot point, but I doubt this is the case. I keep belaboring these points since altho' I may not have the medical/legal background to personally pursue these avenues, I hope to at least get those who can started thinking along those lines. Also if the pd personality trait is one who is passive, rigid, introverted, or whatever, then I am making a conscious effort to be as open minded and outspoken as I can (and it's easier over an impersonal computer screen, granted!). I also received an e-mail from someone else who is interested in Chinese medicine and has tried a little, without much success, but still wants to pursue it further. Would you mind my passing along your message to him? Thanks alot! Take care. Wendy