For patients with multiple sclerosis, herbal treatment is one possible form of treatment. A number of non-conventional treatments have been described as effective in treating MS. Herbal treatment could conceivably be included among these effective forms of treatment when used appropriately- under the supervision of a medical professional.

It is important for MS patients to realize that herbal treatments are forms of medication. The fact that they are based on herbal preparations might win them the label “natural” in some quarters, but that does not mean that they can be taken at any time and in any amount without negative consequences. Herbal preparations have the capacity to be just as potent as the pharmaceutical drugs that are sold in pharmacies as prescription drugs. In fact, a good number of prescription drugs were originally synthesized to mimic the active ingredients of herbal preparations. The historical foundation for both allopathic and herbal …