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Ask ur MD/doctor. Some herbs affect mechanisms in the body. Many state how different we are from one another yet when we try something it is because 'another person tried it why not?' belief. nancy Shamus McLaughlin wrote: >Thanks Doug for your response. > >It sounds like your mother and my father had similar experiences in slow >progression. > >I will certainly try the ginger for dizziness. Did your mothers nuero >suggest that this is related to disease? > >Shamus > >-----Original Message----- >From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Doug McCorkle >Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 5:26 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Are you dizzy a lot of the time? > > >"Shamus McLaughlin" <[log in to unmask]> wrote (in >part): > > > >> One of my symptoms is lightheated and dizziness. >> >> > >Hi Shamus, > My mother's neuro (movement disorders specialist) >suggested >that she try taking ginger (as ginger ale, ginger >snaps, etc.) >for her dizzy spells. He didn't cite any hard >research on >ginger's use for dizzyness, but said that its benefits >in fighting >nausea had been demonstrated and that there was some >anecdotal >evidence that it might help dizzyness as well. Mom >started >taking ginger tea every morning (about 1/2 cubic inch >of ginger >root sliced thin and brought to the boil in about 1 >pint of water), >and claimed it helped her dizzyness/lightheadedness. > > > >> Another interesting note is that my father was >> >> >diagnosed with > > >> Parkinson when he was in his 40's (early onset) but >> >> >he is still > > >> alive at 77. Some people say that is impossible >> >> >that he really > > >> had the disease. He is alive at 77, still taking >> >> >sinemet but > > >> is suffering dimentia. >> >> > >Mom had symptoms at age 40 (diagnosis at 42), will be >73 next month, >and is in good health (though she's bed/wheelchair >bound now), so >I wouldn't call your father's condition "impossible" >:-) > >My best to you both, >Doug > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn