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Dear Nigel,
Your question regarding herbs and other supplements is a good one. You
might like to visit the National Parkinson Foundation website.

http://www.parkinson.org/index.htm

Click "Patient\Caregiver Resources."
Click "Recommended Reading:

       1.NPF's On-line Publications
Click "
                  Parkinson's Disease: Medications
                  by Jean Pintar Hubble, M.D. and Richard C. Berchou,
Pharm. D.

This publication can be downloaded. You may be interested in:

          Chapter 9. A Discussion of Alternative Medicine
            a.Wholistic Modalities
            b.Botanical Alternatives
            c.Ginger (Zingiber Officinalis)
            d.St. John's Wort (Hypericum Perforatum)
            e.Ginkgo Biloba
            f.Coenzyme Q10
            g.Evening Primrose Oil (Oenothera Biennis)
            h.Passionflower (Passiflora Incarnata)
            i.Milk Thistle (Silybum Marianum)
            j.Summary

Best regards,
Kathrynne



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Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD
Medical nutrition therapy for Parkinson's disease
Author: "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease"
"Parkinson's disease: assessing and managing unique nutrition needs;"
"Risk for malnutrition and bone fracture in Parkinson'sdisease,"
J Nutr Elderly. V18:3;1999.
http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/