Mucuna Pruriens

[Jing]

Hi,does anyone have experience with Mucuna Pruriens?

 

[Mossy]

Hello,

I can share my very limited experience, but with a little searching, you can find thoughts from much greater and scientific minds .

At first it makes me feel relaxed and calm, which I'm assuming is a a dopamine effect. But, after a few days of taking it, my liver will hurt and something starts to feel off -- I can't place it exactly, but like it has too much of a mental/psychological influence.

 

[Coffeeandcigar]

I didn’t seem to respond to it, no effect. Thought it would be like l-tyrosine, have you tried this? The ltyrosine loses its effectiveness fast. The first week I was pretty elated.

 

[Jing]

Hello,

I can share my very limited experience, but with a little searching, you can find thoughts from much greater and scientific minds .

At first it makes me feel relaxed and calm, which I'm assuming is a a dopamine effect. But, after a few days of taking it, my liver will hurt and something starts to feel off -- I can't place it exactly, but like it has too much of a mental/psychological influence.

Is Mucuna bad for the liver?

 

[Jing]

I didn’t seem to respond to it, no effect. Thought it would be like l-tyrosine, have you tried this? The ltyrosine loses its effectiveness fast. The first week I was pretty elated.

Yes, I've tried l-tyrosine .. the first time I tried it a few years ago I felt good .. I had good focus, energy, motivation .. just felt good overall but this only lasted about 1 hour . I can't seem to get the same effect anymore, l-tyrosine does nothing for me now .. know why this could be?

 

[Mossy]

Is Mucuna bad for the liver?

I don't know enough about it to confirm that, but I have read that it can effect the liver and WebMD does note that it can affect blood sugar and enzymes.

I do recall, when I had the liver pain, that I specifically tested the mucuna pruriens to see if they were the cause and they were. I should note that other things cause me liver pain as well -- so, maybe you won't be as sensitive.

 

[vulture]

Just adding some: I have being taking it for few weeks, I just have something for sure: I wouldn’t take it (at least not my 4 or 5 grams) before sleep, seems to disturb it when you take it before bed
BTW, I expect to soon test my LH, FSH, T

 

[ANDREW CHIN]

I used to take it in bulk powder form, purchased from Longevity Warehouse. I took it to support my jing (your primal essence in Taoist herbalism) and libido. I never noticed much of a difference. But then again, I'm already pretty healthy, and I don't have Parkinson's.

I did hear a story once from David Wolfe, though. This lady came up to him at a conference, and she had terrible shakes from Parkinson's. Wolfe added two tablespoons of mucuna to a young coconut, shook it up, inserted a straw, and gave it to her. She consumed the mucuna with the coconut water, and two minutes later, her shaking stopped completely. Now that's fast!