The point that I am trying to make, admittedly with limited success thus far, is that maybe it is as we have discussed before and that we are dealing with something that is, at the same time, larger yet simpler than we imagine. I believe that PD sits on the faultline between paradigms and that we have to widen our own quests to reflect that. And chewing gum is the key. (Do you hear the laughter of the Yogis in the distance? )

OK. Enough laughter and frivalous play. Here it is in the nutshell we have been waiting for -

PD is a dysfunction of the vagus nerve and is mapped out for us in the legacy left to us by the culture of the Indus Valley, the same culture that is credited with first describing it and treating it and it is only our own obstinance that keeps us from recognizing that.

The vagus nerve winds around our bodies and ties everything together. It does not function properly in PWP due to our personal relationship with the Universe. It is intimately involved in the maintenance of homeostasis (balance), the concept that many would argue lies at the center of the East. As our dsease "progresses" balance becomes harder and harder to achieve. One therapy is the stimulation of that very nerve. And the study that started this off demonstrates that chewing gum can stimulate that nerve and stimulating the nerve can help PD.

Will this cure it? No, not until we find what lies beneath. But we need a new way to look at things and this might do it.