== Home remedies ==
*Eat more vegetables, which are high in folic acid[[Folic Acid]]
* Get plenty of sunshine to optimize your vitamin D levels
*Make sure your body has healthy levels of iron and manganese (neither too much nor too little of either).
*Peppers : Certain foods contain natural amounts of nicotine, including peppers, which researchers recently found may also reduce the risk of Parkinson’s.
* [[Picrorhiza]] : the compound known as apocynin was first extracted from the Canadian hemp plant, (apocynum cannabinum) and used to treat heart problems and edema. Now, this little-known plant derivative is being isolated from the Himalayan herb picrorhiza kurroa, and is showing promise for prevention of Parkinson's.
* Herba Epimedii ([[Epimedium]] leaf) and Herba Cistanches (desert-living [[Cistanche]]) have the ability to protect nerve cells by regulating expressions of neurotrophic and apoptosis related factors.
== Warnings ==