Herbs and Parkinson's

[Cactus1]

Do herbs assist with Parkinson's

[chartist]

I believe they can, but type and dose are important and can be a deciding factor. Some people have gotten good benefit with something like mucuna pruriens as regards PD. Also vinpocetine and theanine have shown benefit, but in general, herbs work slower than prescription meds which often act much quicker. Many herbs show overall positive long term benefits such as amla or turmeric, but these are not benefits which you see overnight or are necessarily very apparent. For these beneficial herbs, just like the studies, it would require regular testing to see things like significant improvement in the atherosclerotic index or a lowering of triglycerides and LDL / VLDL cholesterol. Things like a reduction in inflammatory markers like hsCRP or an increase in total antioxidant capacity would only be apparent with testing.

Art

[pvw2]

Many herbs have antioxidants. These are believed to help prevent levodopa from oxidizing and thus slowing down the progression of PD.

[condor39]

“Do Herbs Assist?” Is the wrong question, as he answer is probably “Yes”.

The correct question is “Do herbs assist more than a Placebo”, when the answer is probably “No”

[Fava-1]

Yes, I particularly like black cumin seed oil, rhodiola and ashwaghanda and lions mane mushroom for PD