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KMID : 0387420130240010009
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Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
2013 Volume.24 No. 1 p.9 ~ p.11
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The Verify of Memory Improvement by Gastrodia Elata Blume
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Kim Woo-Chul
Kim Kyeong-Ok
Jeong Jong-Gil
Kim Jeong-Sang
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was designed to investigate the effects of Gastrodia elata Blume on the improvement of memory.
Methods: This study was a 12 week, double blind, comparative clinical study. There were eligible who worked with a group of healthy seniors, all 60 years of age or older. 50 subjects were randomized either to Gastrodia elata Blume in powder form and steep in hot water or placebo. We measured the faculty of memory by using K-DRS, MMSE-K, Digit Span, Letter Fluency Test, Word List Memory Test, and the Trail Making Test, and after 12 weeks we measured the faculty of memory again using the same methods.
Results: Gastrodia elata Blume steeps in the hot water group significantly increased. Initiation, perseveration level, and Memory level of K-DRS and MMSE-K score. There were no considerable differences between three groups in Digit Span and Trail Making Test score. Gastrodia elata Blume group showed significant advances in Letter Fluency Test and recognition of Word List Memory Test.
Conclusions: The results suggest that Gastrodia elata Blume may have positive effects on memory improvement and function of the frontal lobe activation.
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KEYWORD
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Gastrodia elata Blume, Memory, K-DRS
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