Mucuna Pruiens

[silkysausage]

I have been researching Mucuna Pruiens. feelawesomecompany.com/mucu...

Makes me wonder why Parkinsons sufferers aren't having it.

Any one taking it?

[Juliegrace]

There are many, many posts by members about mucuna. You can find them by using the search function in the upper right hand corner.

[Xenos in reply to Juliegrace]

...provided you type "pruriens"...

[Binnsey]

HalloMy husband is a PWP and was on the NHS protocol for 14 years. By the end of that time, he was still working full time, he was struggling with mobility between doses and was concerned for his and others safety if, for example, there was a need to evacuate the building.

He also struggled badly with cellulitis and was hospitalised more than once for IV antibiotics. We were told that the medication gave him the same issues as a diabetic with skin and tissues even though he was not diabetic or pre diabetic.

We heard of an American protocol which uses Macuna Pruriens Seed Extract Powder, 40% l-dopa, and he started on it 2 1/2 years ago.

On day 1 he ceased taking ALL NHS drugs and it was then that we saw raw Parkinsons after 14 years.

He started on 7.2 gms of Mucuna per day, split evenly in 8 doses every 2 hrs.

This was increased by 2.4grms per day each week until we found the optimum dose for his needs.

This was in conjunction with high dose B6 and an amino acid combination.

We were told that because it is a natural product that deterioration of Parkinsons symptoms would be halted and that here are no known detrimental side effects.

The Parkinsons is currently holding and we have also seen an amazing healing of the skin on his feet and legs that had been destroyed by the recurrent bouts of really bad cellulitis warranting bi-monthly huge doses of antibiotics.

He has not had cellulitis since commencing Mucuna.

He has almost no tremor, very little freezing but there are still less mobile times as he comes to the time of the next dose. Nightmares, thrashing about and shouting out in his sleep have completely ceased.

The only downside to coming off the NHS drugs is that the doctors can be quite unhelpful as they have no understanding of natural approaches and we often find that we need to pay privately for blood tests for example if we want to check levels of anything specific. ☹️

Hope this helps

Regards

Lynne

[Bolt_Upright in reply to Binnsey]

"deterioration of Parkinsons symptoms would be halted"? Mucuna Pruriens stops progression? I had heard something about this before. Am I understanding this correctly?

[pdpatient in reply to Bolt_Upright]

Good question, bolt.

[Binnsey in reply to Bolt_Upright]

Hallo. It is what we were told. 🤞it works going forward.

[KERRINGTON in reply to Binnsey]

Hi Binnsey, so glad to have spotted this post ! I am wondering if your husband is on a Mucuna extract, or 100 % Mucuna, and what brand ? thx

[Binnsey in reply to KERRINGTON]

Hallo KerringtonWe are currently using a brand called Prescribed for Life. It is 40% l-dopa , powdered Mucuna seed extract.

It’s an American company and as we are UK based there are import and customs charges to pay on top of the cost of the product. We use fruugo.co.uk to buy through.

Hope that’s helpful. X

[KERRINGTON in reply to Binnsey]

Yes, thank you ! You mentioned your husband was working on his dosing, what is he up to now ? Al

[Binnsey in reply to KERRINGTON]

We’ve played around with timings and amounts and he appears to be at his best on 3.5grms in a little water every 2hrs so 8 times per day. Lynne

[GrandNan in reply to Binnsey]

Hello Binnsey - you said he is taking 3.5 grams every 2 hours. Is that the amount of l-dopa after you calculate the 40%? My husband is taking Barlowe’s brown Macuna. On the bottle it states 650 mg of Macuna, standardized @ 40%, do it’s a little over 250 mg of l-dopa per capsule.

Am I understanding, with this calculation, that he’d take an equivalent of around 14 capsules every 2 hours?

Thank you, Nancy

[reedboat2]

I’ve been using Mucuna pretty much since diagnosis, April, 2017. I’ve tried different brands, & combinations with Sinemet (C/L). Right now I’m taking 1/2 C/L 25/100 + 1 Mucuna 40% capsule (650mg), every 6 hours. Good luck, hope this helps - JG

[Zajori7 in reply to reedboat2]

Which mucuna brand?

[Fava-1]

Know several taking mucuna and it helps. Main stream medicine does not promote non pharmaceuticals

[M_A_O]

Hello there is Solbia who sells Mucuna 200 mg with 50% L dopa (which means 100 mg L dopa). Based of Switzerland and have a certificate of analysis available.

I have been trying to sub Sinemet (which has carbidopa) with this Mucuna pruriens product.

Very hard to know exactly the equivalence of dosage between allopathic and natural products...

Cheers