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Ancient Korean Herbal Formula Shows Great Promise In The Treatment Of ALS Patients

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease is a motor neurone disease which is part of a select group of rare neurological disorders which affect motor neurons, the nerves which control the voluntary muscles of the body. The disorder causes weakness, muscle atrophy and uncontrollable spasms throughout the body. It progresses quite rapidly from mild to severe, and the symptoms have a debilitating effect on the patient.

People afflicted with ALS slowly lose the ability to initiate and control all voluntary movement. This disease is extremely rare, and the causes are not known in 95% of all cases. The rest is believed to have originated from genetic factors. It was brought into the limelight after an American baseball player; Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with it.

Another notable individual with ALS is Professor Stephen Hawking, the world-renowned cosmologist. ALS is also a very frustrating and debilitating disease and can cause great mental and psychological damage to the patient as well.

Sadly, there is no cure for this condition. Management of this disease focuses on treating symptoms and providing care to the patient. The ultimate goal is to make the patient’s life as comfortable and convenient as possible and also prolong their survival.

Approved therapeutic drugs like Riluzole and Edaravone aim to slow the progression of the disease and ease the severity of symptoms. However, due to the therapies’ costs and side-effects, many patients are tempted to explore different avenues in the form of alternative medicine.

One of the most dangerous elements of ALS is the oxidative stress that the patient is subjected to. Clear studies have proven that there is a clear link between motor nerve degeneration and increase in the number of toxic oxidant molecules. One of the best ways to treat this oxidative stress has been published in many notable journal of herbal medicine and journal of ophthalmology.

This solution is Gamisoyo-San (GSS). Gamisoyo-San is a traditional herbal formula originating in Korea that has been used to treat insomnia and infertility. It has powerful antioxidant properties. Studies have also shown that it has no adverse effects on an individual's health.

Well-defined studies on white mice have reported that GSS treatment drastically reduced the production of inflammatory molecules and also has antioxidant effects on a particular type of white blood cell. The therapeutic effects of GSS have been outlined in many a respected journal of biotechnology.

In an experiment conducted on white mice, it was observed that the amount of inflammatory and toxic proteins increased while the levels went down in mice treated with GSS. Studies have conclusively shown the massive potential of GSS to be used as an anti-inflammatory agent and an antioxidant. Human trials are yet to be conducted, but this shows incredible promise.

According to respected journal of critical care, this could be a very big step in providing good quality treatment to patients suffering from ALS. Additional studies and human trials are still under progress to clearly define the therapeutic extent of GSS, but it can be unequivocally said, that a cheap and effective treatment like this will go a long way.