MS is a devastating disease that can wreak havoc on a person's ability to function and eventually in many cases leave them in a wheel chair.
While there are treatments for this disease, in many cases the treatments available can cause side effects and damage of their own.
This leads many people to look for an herbal cure for multiple sclerosis, in the effort to avoid what many consider to be toxic drugs.
While there is no one herbal cure for multiple sclerosis, there are herbal medications that can be taken along with healthy diet and physical therapy that can provide good results for many MS patients.
The problem with herbal treatments is that they are not instant and do not provide the results necessary that an aggressive disease such as MS needs without the help of other methods.
In many cases your success with herbal remedies will depend greatly on what else you are doing and how far and how rapidly your disease is progressing.
There are many different herbs that are being currently studied to see if they can provide any benefit for those with MS, ginkgo biloba has been tried with some success as an injection however more studies will need to be done to see just how effective it is and whether oral ingestion will provide the same results.
Green tea also holds some promise in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, ECGG in the green tea inhibits auto reactive T cells the cells that have been implicated in auto immune diseases.
The consensus now by most doctors, researchers and alternative practitioners is that there is not a single herbal cure for multiple sclerosis currently, however if you combine herbals that are known to be helpful with vitamins and a healthy diet, you may find that this combination can significantly improve your flare ups as well as lengthen the time in between active phases of the disease.
Diet should be a major consideration and should be compromised of a low fat, whole food diet that eliminates processed foods and saturated fats and focuses heavily on plant based foods such as fruits and dark leafy greens.
Exercise is also crucial and should focus on resistance training and forms of exercise that do not heat up your body's core temperature, as this can exacerbate the symptoms of MS.
Also check with your doctor before taking any herbal cure for multiple sclerosis, if you are taking other medications it is possible that herbal remedies can interact with your medications in an adverse way.