Conventional management of Parkinson's disease (PD) is limited. The
pharmaceutical and surgical options that are available have significant
side effects and only correct symptoms for a limited period of time.
Even with the best conventional treatment, the disease progresses and
becomes severely disabling. No existing conventional therapies that the
progress of the disease; available medicines only treat symptoms
temporarily. Conventional medicine views the course of the disease as
"progressive" and "irreversible." Many patients, who are only partially
satisfied with conventional medicine, seek alternative and complementary
options in an attempt to slow, stop, or reverse the disease process.