Page 5 - Parkinsons disease

carbidopa. These substances help the neurons

affected by Parkinson's disease to make more

dopamine in an effort to increase their level of

function.

Using the garden analogy, this is like adding

fertilizer to the plants to help them grow. This is a

good strategy if that is what the plant needs.

However, if the soil is toxic, if the plants have too

little or too much water, if the composition of the

soil is improper for those plants or if they get too

little or too much sunlight, adding extra fertilizer

will not keep the plants healthy.

If the plant is in an unhealthy state, it is

necessary to figure out what is wrong in its

environment and adjust it accordingly. Given the

correct environment, if the plants are not too badly

damaged, they can undo the damage done to them

and return to a healthy state over time.

This is the goal of traditional Chinese medicine

when treating Parkinson's disease - to alter the

environment around the neurons affected, undoing

as much damage as possible and returning these

cells to as healthy a state as possible. Let's explain

this in more detail.