Ayurveda

[Divii]

Has anyone tried Ayurveda for PD symtoms? Any success?

[Bolt_Upright]

Ayurveda is huge. Here are some supplements that fall under Ayurveda:

Curcumin - I take some every few days.

Berberine - I have a feeling this helps a lot. I take 1200 mg a day.

Licorice Root Extract - I have 600 mg a day in my peanut butter snack.

I will return tomorrow and expand on the benefits of Berberine and Licorice Root Extract.

[Divii in reply to Bolt_Upright]

Thanks; so, are you suggesting that you’re not taking dopamine now or your dose has reduced because of these supplements?

[Bolt_Upright in reply to Divii]

I have not been diagnosed with PD (except by a few people on this forum). I have REM Sleep Behavior Disorder, a sore left shoulder and leg, an impaired sense of smell, and some involuntary muscle movements. So no levadopa for me.

[HekateMoon in reply to Bolt_Upright]

Mucuna pruriens falls under ayurvedic medicine. It calms some of my PD symptoms tremor, pain and muscle tics...as well as being neuro protective. I take the extract by British supplements. High quality. Needs green tea to cross the bbb effectively...havent tried berberine yet but i imagine licorice root helps GI function...turmeric great for inflammation

[Gcf51 in reply to HekateMoon]

My concern with mucuna pruriens is no carbidopa to keep from being converted to dopamine before reaching your brain. My belief is dopamine in the body adds to the side effects l-dopa which over the pass 5 decades has been incorporated into PD symptoms. C/L has become the gold standard for treatment for PD. I have read dopamine is toxic and can put your gut to sleep. no reference but will refer back to; healthunlocked.com/cure-par...

[Bolt_Upright in reply to HekateMoon]

Somebody once told me they thought Mucana, taken in the prodromal stage of PD, could prevent progression. Have you ever heard this?

[HekateMoon in reply to Bolt_Upright]

No, Bolt, but my own neurologist is dr Gonzalez Maldonado. He has seen some neuroprotective effects from the components of the plant that of course are not there when they synthethize levodopa

[HekateMoon in reply to Bolt_Upright]

Please do. Thank you

[Gcf51 in reply to Bolt_Upright]

I take Curcumin BCM-95 650mg every morning, it being the only source of Turmerones I have found. There was a promising study on Ar-Turmerone a few years ago.

[Smittybear7 in reply to Gcf51]

check Standard Process Turmeric Forte

[BarfTheMog]

The bit about curcumin makes sense, as long as you can avoid having the lead-based adulterants that give it the yellow color. As to the rest, it's really just nonsense.

[Bolt_Upright in reply to BarfTheMog]

What is nonsense?

[Bythejerseyborder]

Doesn't Mucona Puriens fall under Ayurveda? I take it in capsule form 3-4x/ day with L Tyrosine. No perscription Levodopa at this time. I had side effects.

[HekateMoon in reply to Bythejerseyborder]

Why the l tyrosine with mucuna?

[Bythejerseyborder in reply to HekateMoon]

I probably read somewhere that it enhances each other. I've been taking LTyrosine for many years from reading a Daniel Amen book on ADD. It helps to wake me up in the AM and keeps me on task.

[HekateMoon]

Gosh! I must try...problem is how to pay all these supplements. Since i got sick i am on social welfare payments. So i need to be very selective...

[Bolt_Upright in reply to HekateMoon]

Yes. I think being selective is smart. I try to stick to the things that have some in vivo human results (however sketchy they may be), but I will take fliers on theoretical things if they are cheap enough