TO INCREASE DOPAMINE LEVELS As we know that dopamine cannot cross BBB ,so they can be given in the form of LEVODOPA (prodrug) do this herb 🌿-Mucuna pruriens is an herb that happens to contain levodopa in its seeds. In Ayurvedic medicine, it is a traditional treatment for depression. Ingesting a powder of crushed Mucuna seeds does not seem to result in the conversion problems encountered with a pharmaceutical preparation of levodopa. In a report on a study published in the December 2004 “Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry,” mucuna pruriens went head-to-head with levodopa/carbidopa and demonstrated a greater ability to quiet the involuntary tremors of Parkinson’s Disease. A comparison was made of 30mg of mucuna with a 100mg dose of levodopa/carbidopa. However, this was only one study, and more research is needed.
