Herbal Treatment for Cerebral Atrophy and Dementia

Therapeutic Principle in Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory

• Dredge the blood vessels.
  All blood is transported through blood vessels. Any hardening, rupture, blockage, adherence of blood vessels or the embolism or accumulation happen in the vessels will directly have effects upon blood transportation, causing insufficiency of blood supply and abnormal oxygen supply which will result in the brain atrophy, dementia.
• Dredge the channels
  In TCM theory, if such circumstances happened such as obstruction of channels, wind pathogen blocking channels, dampness pathogen staying along channels, toxin pathogen herbsobstructing channels, etc. the movements of some parts of the body will be effected to some extent. Cerebral atrophy presents with shrinking and dementia symptoms and to dredge the channels is an inevitable option.
• Open the brain orifice.
  Brain orifice is the central control place for all other six orifices. In TCM theory, the man can be classified as idiot if the brain orifice can not open. Such problems fall in to two categories, one is belong to congenital aspect and another acquired aspect. As acquired aspect as concerned, it is mostly due to the insufficiency of spleen and kidney, non nourishment from Jing and the blockage of vessels connecting brain orifice.
• Supplement spleen.
  Spleen functions as the transformation and transportation center for the nutritional supplements. It has direct administration upon the blood transportation. So, to supplement spleen is the first priority.
• Supplement kidney
  Supplement kidney means to secure the normal production of sperm and the normal activity of Jing Chi which can directly rise up to nourish the brain orifice.
• Supplement the brain
  In TCM theory, to supplement brain implies to expand the brain blood vessels, increase the blood herbal medicineand oxygen supply, improve the micro-circulation, improve the function of brain nerve system and the immunity function of the nerve system.

Many patients gained fully recovery after taking the medicine. Now it is the first patent medicine in brain atrophy treatment which gained approval from State Medicine and Medical Administration Bureau.

Other Chinese Herbal Formula for Brain Atrophy and Dementia

Formula 1: Lu Ma Decoction

Composition
buckhorn 9g
Black sesame seeds 12g
radix rehmanniae recen 30g
Dogwood 12g
Chinese yam 25g
Tuckahoe 15g
Root bark of the peony tree 10g
Alisma orientale 10g
radix-polygoni multiflori 15g
angelica 10g
grass-leaved sweetflag 12g
Chinese wolfberry 15g
chrysanthemum 15g
polygala 10g
liquorice 5g

Dosage
Use ceramic pot, put in 1,000 – 1,200 ml water inside, then put all herbs into the water to herbs for brain atrophysoak for 30 minutes. Use soft fire to cook the water till it become boiled for 10 – 20 minutes. Pour out all water and cook the docoction second time, get the water as before. Mix up the medicinal water you get in two times and divide them into two portion in even qualntity. Take one portion in evening, one in morning. Take the decoction continously for two days before stop taking it for one day. Then repeat it again. Take the decoction for 5 months before see the result.

Clinical experiment results:
31 patients received the treatment, 10 gain fully recovery, 17 improvement, 4 no result.

Formula 2: Rong Nao Decoction

Composition
human placentae 10g
Arillus Longan 10g
mulberry 10g
root of peony 10g
root of herbaceous peony 10g
radix pseudostellariae 10g
tuckahoe 10g
grass-leaved sweetflag 10g
Salvia miltiorrhiza 10g
angelica 15g
cattail pollen 15g
polygala 12g
radix curcumae 12g
prepared rhizome of rehmannia 20g
prepared liquorice 6g

Variation
For patients with phlegm heat add caulis bambusae in taenian, tuber pinellia, arisaema cum bile; for patients with insomnia add prepared wild jujube, Dens Draconis; for patients with hypertension add Abalone shell; for patients with impaired movement add scorpion, earthworm; for patients with headache, heavy head add rhizoma gastrodiae, larva of a silkworm with batrytis.

Dosage
Use ceramic pot, put in 1,000 – 1,200 ml water inside, then put all herbs into the water to soak for 30 minutes. Use soft fire to cook the water till it become boiled for 10 – 20 minutes. Pour out all water and cook the docoction second time, get the water as before. Mix up the medicinal water you get in two times and divide them into two portion in even qualntity. Take one portion in evening, one in morning. Take the decoction continously for 30 days.

Clinical experiment results
25 patients received the treatment, 12 gain fully recovery, 13 no result, 10 with improvement.

Formula 3: Sang Ma Rehmanniae Decoction

Composition
mulberry leaf 6g
angelica 6g
grass-leaved sweetflag 6g
Alisma orientale 6g
root bark of the peony tree 6g
polygala 6g
niger seed 12g
Dogwood 12g
radix rehmanniae recen 30g
Chinese yam 30g
tuckahoe 20g
fleece-flower root 15g
medlar 15g
chrysanthemum 15g
prepared liquorice 6g

Variation
For patients with phlegm heat add caulis bambusae in taenian, tuber pinellia; for patients with insomnia add wild jujube, Dens Draconis; for patients with impaired movement add Salvia miltiorrhiza, scorpion.

Dosage
Use ceramic pot, put in 1,000 – 1,200 ml water inside, then put all herbs into the water to soakfor 30 minutes. Use soft fire to cook the water till it become boiled for 10 – 20 minutes. Pourout all water and cook the docoction second time, get the water as before. Mix up the medicinal water you get in two times and divide them into two portion in even qualntity. Take one portion in evening, one in morning. Take the decoction continously for 30 days, then rest 3 days before another month of treatment.

Clinical experiment results
23 patients received the treatment, 9 gain fully recovery, 3 no result, 11 with improvement.

Formula 4: Hua Yu Decoction

Composition:
fleece-flower root 20g
Chinese yam 20g
tortoise plastron 20g
Morinda officinalis 20g
dogwood 15g
medlar 15g
common dodder 15g
root of herbaceous peony with bark 15g
peach kernel 15g
safflower 15g
polygala 15g
radix curcumae 15g
Alisma orientale 15g
Herba Epimedii 15g
Ocher real son 15g
rhizoma ligustici wallichii 15g
grass-leaved sweetflag 25g
Variation
for patients with dropping saliva or too much phlegm add tuber pinellia,dried orange peel, Poria cocos Wolff: for patients with Qi vacuity add Astragalus root, radix codonopsitis; for patients with insomnia add wild jujube, shelled cedar seed: for patients with dizziness and numbness add rhizoma gastrodiae, uncaria; for patients with thirsty add trichosanthes root, dendrobe; for patients with short breath add Salvia miltiorrhiza, hemlock parsley

Dosage
Use ceramic pot, put in 1,000 – 1,200 ml water inside, then put all herbs into the water to soak for 30 minutes. Use soft fire to cook the water till it become boiled for 10 – 20 minutes. Pour out all water and cook the docoction second time, get the water as before. Mix up the medicinal water you get in two times and divide them into two portion in even qualntity. Take one portion in evening, one in morning. Take the decoction continously for 30 days. Or people are advised to make pill in ancient Chinese way and take it 4 to 6 months.

Clinical experiment results
35 patients received the treatment, 16 gained tremendous improvement, 14 improvement, 5 no results.