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Hi Alan, Prem is on three Ayurvedic medicines, prescribed by his doctor who is trained in this system of medicine. Each medicine has several components. The medicines have long and rather unpronounceable Sanskrit names, but for what it is worth, here are the names. - Manasamitravatakam - he takes two pills at night. This was prescribed for him because he was having rather terrifying nightmares. He sleeps much more peacefully ever since he started on this in late November. A few weeks ago when the dreams started again, his other doctor suggested reducing his night dose of l-dopa/carbidopa and that helped. He is back to sleeping peacefully. - Manarajaprasarini Tailam - He takes two capsules each after lunch and dinner - Dhanvantaram (101) - He takes two capsules in the morning and two in the evening. These last two are for strengthening the nervous system - one for the structure and the other for the functioning, if I remember correctly. I have no idea how they work, but they are helping Prem and so I am content. The capsules and pills are made by the Arya Vaidya Sala in Kerala in south India. Here is their website, where I think you have to register and log in before you get any real information. www.*aryavaidyasala*.com/ All the best, Moneesha 2009/5/6 patti zapf <[log in to unmask]> > Hi Moneesha: > > I am continuously amazed and excited to hear all of this information from > around the world:>) > What other Ayurvedic meds is Prem on? > > Alan > Dallas, Texas > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Moneesha Sharma > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 7:20 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Question re Amantadine use > > Hi folks, > About the mucuna - > We visited an Ayurvedic doctor last year because I wanted Prem to start on > mucuna (it is called kapikachhu in Sanskrit and is an ancient Ayurvedic > remedy for Parkinson's). After he had seen Prem's current dosage of > l-dopa, > the doctor decided against starting him on it. He also told us that he had > a patient who had felt so good after the mucuna that he had increased his > dosage unilaterally. The result was the same sort of problems (chiefly > dyskynesias) that come with synthetic l-dopa. I am just mentioning this so > that you can keep in mind that l-dopa, even from natural sources has side > effects. Prem is on other Ayurvedic meds that are helping him. > Moneesha > Calcutta, India > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn