Traditional Chinese Medicine for Senile Dementia

Table 2

Top 10 memory-improving TCM herbs.

Chi name	English name	Latin name	Part	Plant	Frequency
Fu Ling	Poria	Poria cocos	Sclerotium	Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf	182
Ren Shen	Ginseng	Radix et rhizoma ginseng	Root, stem	Panax ginseng C. A. Mey.	169
Yuan Zhi	Thinleaf milkwort	Radix polygalae	Root	Polygala tenuifolia willd. Polygala sibirica L.	139
Gan Cao	Licorice	Radix et rhizoma glycyrrhizae	Root, stem	Glycyrrhiza inflata Bat. Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. Glycyrrhiza grabra L.	100
Dang Gui	Chinese Angelica	Radix Angelica sinensis	Root	Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels	84
Shi Chang Pu	Grassleaf sweelflag rhizome	Rhizoma acori tatarinowii	Stem	Acorus tatarinowii Schott.	80
Suan Zao Ren	Spina date seed	Semen ziziphi spinosae	Seed	Ziziphus jujuba Mill.var.spinosa. (Bunge) Hu ex H.F. Chou	79
Shu Di Huang	Prepared rehmannia root	Radix rehmanniae	Root	Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch.	62
Mai Dong	Dwarf lilyturf tuber	Radix ophiopogonis	Root	Ophiopogon japonicus (L.f.) Ker-Gawl.	62
Sheng Jiang	Fresh ginger	Rhizoma zingiberis	Stem	Zingiber officinale Rosc.	53

(Note: data are cited from Pharmacopoeia of PR China 2005).