At 03:05 PM 7/30/97 -0400, Jean & Mel Ballantyne wrote:
>Hello Everyone
>Does anyone have any information on "Gold Bean " Apparently a video has
>been made showing positive results with this. The information came from
>a friend who visited Dallas.
>
Perhaps you refer to Mucana Pruriens, which is made into an herbal drug
known as PW-200. This may also be the bean referred to by Dr. Whitaker in
his program on the Trinity Broadcasting Network, a program shown in Dallas.
On his program, two Englishmen with Parkinson's were shown before and
after taking a medication made from beans, and the results were dramatic.
This may be the video that you refer to. Dr. Whitaker sells vitamins and
supplements from his offices in Jefferson, TX.
The following paragraph from Parkinson Magazine, 1997, issue 8, published
by EPDA (Europe), summarizes things for PW-200:
"HP-200 is the herbal drug developed from Mucana pruriens beans. It has
been used in the treatment of Parkinson's Disease in Indian Ayurvedic
medicine since ancient times. For the past 7 years, Mucana pruriens has
been re-evaluated for its safety and efficacy in the treatment of
Parkinson's disease using modern scientific methods of drug development.
Mucana pruriens was found to contain not only levedopa, but other compounds
that may be effective in treating the disease. Its effectiveness was
reinforced in an animal model and in a multicentre clinical trial involving
60 patients. The safety of HP-200 was tested by administering three
different doses of the drug to rats and rabbits for up to one year. No
toxic effects on various tissues of the body including the brain, heart,
liver, etc., were seen. HP-200 therefore seems to be a safe and effective
treatment for Parkinson's disease. HP-200 is currently marketed only in
India."
The article was written by two doctors at Southern Illinois University who
apparently had done work funded by the NIH. And although that is all that
I have been able to learn to date, perhaps others on the list have been
able to obtain further data.
How do you like those beans? <G>
Art
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