Mucuna pruriens has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for over two thousand years. It is used as an effective treatment of Parkinson’s diseases.  L-dopa is a direct precursor to dopamine, a powerful neurotransmitter involved in mood, alertness, sexuality and many other important functions. It acts as a nerve tonic and adaptogen that helps the body deal with stress. reduces excessive prolactin and increases testosterone in the body. By increasing dopamine levels in  body, mucuna  help increase lean muscle mass by stimulating human growth hormone production. Mucuna has been found to be better tolerated than synthetic L-dopa and does not cause dyskenesia.
 
Mucuna, the velvet bean, holds a distinctive place in the classical pharmacopoeia as a herb for mood, drive, and the nervous system, and modern analysis explained why: its seeds are nature's richest source of L-DOPA, a naturally occurring compound central to the chemistry of motivation and movement. That makes Mucuna precisely the kind of herb where measurement is non-negotiable, and precisely why ours is a full-spectrum standardized extract with its content stated exactly. It is produced from identified plant material in our own GMP-certified Goa facility, vegan, by a lab that has been standardizing botanicals since 1963. A powerful herb, treated with the seriousness it asks for.