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>Return-Path: <@PSUVM.PSU.EDU:[log in to unmask]> >Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 10:09:56 -0500 >Reply-To: Holistic Discussion Group <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: Holistic Discussion Group <[log in to unmask]> >From: Pamela Burau <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Mucana Puritans >X-To: Holistic Discussion Group <[log in to unmask]> >To: Multiple recipients of list HOLISTIC <[log in to unmask]> Following is a posting from the Holistic Group Wendy referred to in an earlier posting (Wendy, I subscribed - thank you). Lisa Carper >Hello All: > >I read recently in the July/August "Remedy Magazine", that at Southern >Illinois University School of Medicine, research is being conducted in >using Mucuna Puritans for Parkinson's disease. The article says that it is >an ancient East Indian herbal medicine. It also states it contains the >same active ingredient -levodopa- as L-dopa, the major drug used against >Parkinson's disease currently. Does anyone know if this plant exists in >the United States or know where it could be obtained from? My father has >Parkinsons disease and it is going into the advanced stages. Any >information is very much appreciated! > >Thanks, > >Pam > > >************************************ > Pamela Lee Burau * C:\DOS C:\DOS\RUN RUN\DOS\RUN > Washington State University * ########################### > Home of the * BACKUP NOT FOUND: > Palouse Hills and Cougar Country!!* (A)bort (R)etry (P)anic >************************************ Kombucha :) >Private E-Mail always welcome! [log in to unmask] > [log in to unmask] > > --