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# Ginkgo biloba, multivitamin-multimineral supplement help Parkinson's disease
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/ginkgo_biloba_helps_parkinson_s_disease_0817141100/
- Published: 2014-08-18T11:59:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T15:47:18.000Z
- Description: A case report describes the author's grandfather, whose disabling Parkinson's disease went unrelieved by carbidopa-levodopa. After six weeks on ginkgo biloba 40 mg three times daily plus a multivitamin-multimineral, his falls dropped and tremors improved 80 to 90%.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Supplements, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

Monday Aug 18 2014 (foodconsumer.org) -- A case report published recently in Global Advances in Health and Medicine suggests that Ginkgo biloba along with multivitamin-multimineral supplementation may help treat Parkinson's disease.

Dr. Gary Conrad reports that his grandfather who had a progressive, disabling form of Parkinson's disease and could not live by himself drastically improved his condition after taking Ginkgo biloba and multivitamin-multimineral supplements.

At the time, the patient was on Sinemet or carbidopa-levodopa for his Parkinson's disease, which provided no symptomatic relief. His condition was so severe that he could fall easily.

Dr. Conrad recommended taking ginkgo at 40 mg three times per day. The ginkogo biloba supplement contained 24% ginkgoflavonglycosides, 6% terpene lactones, and 2% bilobalide. He also suggested use of a multivitamin-multimineral supplement two tablets per day. Six weeks of supplemental intervention reduced the patient's falling episodes and improved his tremors by 80 to 90%. The supplements improved overall quality of life and the patient was able to feed himself and go out to eat.

The patient took the supplements for more than 10 years and the tremors never returned to the pre-treatment condition. He discontinued the ginkgo biloba supplementation three months prior to his death.

The multivitamin-multimineral supplement contained the following per six tablets cited from the report in verbatim.

beta carotene, 20,000 IU; 

vitamin C, 1000 mg; 

vitamin D-2, 100 IU; 

vitamin E (mixed tocopherols including d-Alpha), 400 IU; 

vitamin B-1, 100 mg; 

vitamin B-2 (riboflavin), 75 mg; 

vitamin B-3 (niacin), 150 mg; 

vitamin B-6, 50 mg; 

pyridoxal 5-phosphate, 15 mg; 

folic acid, 800 µg; 

vitamin B-12, 300 µg; 

biotin, 400 µg; 

vitamin B-5, 150 mg; 

calcium (amino acid chelate), 900 mg; 

iodine, 150 µg; 

magnesium (amino acid chelate), 450 mg; 

zinc (amino acid chelate), 40 mg; 

selenium (amino acid chelate), 150 µg; 

copper (amino acid chelate), 2 mg; 

manganese (amino acid chelate), 20 mg; 

chromium (amino acid chelate), 150 µg; 

potassium (amino acid chelate), 99 mg; 

vitamin B-10, 75 mg; 

bioflavonoids (citrus), 200 mg; 

betaine HCL, 150 mg.

Gary D. Conrad, MD Is Ginkgo biloba and/or a Multivitamin-multimineral Supplement a Therapeutic Option for Parkinson's Disease? A Case Report, Glob Adv Health Med. Jul 2014; 3(4): 43–44.