Abstract: The number of children with multiple tic disorder (TD) has been increasing. The incidence of this disease has drawn much social attention due to the special symptoms of child patients, which brings some psychological burden to both children and their parents. The disease mostly occurs in the children aged 5 to 10 years, which has also led to negative impact on the psychological health development of children during their growth process. Many studies have proved that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has great effect on this disease because of its advantages of differential treatment, and has much lower rate of adverse reactions than western treatment. It is more likely to be accepted by children and parents, who are more willing to cooperate in the treatment, and it has resulted in great effect. Based on the five viscera theory, Professor Wang Xuefeng believes that the causes and mechanism of multiple TD are closely related to five viscera. According to TCM saying——the wind leading to dizziness belongs to liver, and due to the fact that this disease belongs to the category of liver wind, slow infantile convulsion, spasm, etc. in TCM, Prof. Wang carries out the treatment with liver as the starting point. Based on the TCM theory of viscera, Five-element theory and the theory of five viscera as a whole, and taking clinical symptoms and physiques of children into account, which include the special physiological features (child viscera being delicate, qi being insufficient and development being fast) and the special pathological features (occurring easily, spreading quickly, viscera being clear and recovery being rapid), Prof. Wang thinks that the disease is not only in the liver, but also related to spleen, heart, lungs and kidneys. A brief analysis is made regarding the causes and mechanisms, based on which different treatment principles are decided on, and prescriptions and medications are analyzed.

Key words:

Multiple tic disorder, Traditional Chinese medicine, Concept of five viscera as a whole, Child