A Mixture of Three Chinese Herbs May Help Sufferers of Dementia

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Most Western countries are experiencing an unprecedented increase in the number of aging seniors within their populations, with a comparably small number of youth.   As these seniors age, Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia are becoming much more common, yet there is still no known cure.

Enter Chinese medicine.  A compound made of three Chinese herbs has shown promise in treating people with memory problems, and it has now received approval to enter clinical antiviral trials in Australia and in China.  We will be watching these trials with great interest.

Exerpt:  “Over the last 10 years, Sailuotong has been systematically studied in the laboratory and clinical trials. These preliminary studies have shown Sailuotong improves the cognitive and memory impairment associated with vascular dementia”.

“Preliminary studies of Sailuotong showed it increased blood flow to the brain and those taking the herbal medicine improved their scores on standard cognitive tests.”

http://www.uws.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/more_news_stories/chinese_herbs_may_be_key_to_unlocking_dementia


About the Author: Rebecca Wong has a BA in English Literature from the University of Waterloo and has been working in the herbal business since 2000. She studied at the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine under respected authorities Paul Des Rosiers and Vu Le, and graduated from the East West School of Planetary Herbology under Michael Tierra. She received training as a yoga teacher at The Branches in Kitchener/Waterloo, and therapeutic yoga teacher training from the School for Somatic Soulwork under Deniz Aydoslu. She now teaches yoga for anxiety, depression and burnout at Rebecca's Restful Yoga Studio in Toronto.

3 thoughts on “A Mixture of Three Chinese Herbs May Help Sufferers of Dementia”

    1. Hi Evelyn,

      It’s puzzling. I don’t know! You would think that it would be easy to find it somewhere on the internet to purchase. It may be that it is very expensive to produce, as it contains both saffron and ginseng.

      I wonder how those clinical trials with the Sai Luo Tong are going. If they produce positive results, then it should become much easier to find because everyone will want some!

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