Abstract

AYURVEDIC APPROACH WITH A PROSPECTIVE TO TREAT AND PREVENT ALZHEIMER’S AND OTHER COGNITIVE DISEASES: A REVIEW

Kinjal C Patel*, Soma Pramanik, Vibha C Patil

ABSTRACT

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia which occurs among older people above the age of 60 years. Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by massive loss of neurons and disrupted signaling between cells in the brain. The cholinergic deficit in this disease is responsible for most of the short term memory which leads to progressive loss of memory, deterioration of all intellectual functions, increases apathy, decreases speech function, disorientation and gait irregularities. The currently available drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease are having a limited scope, symptomatic only and produce adverse reactions in the patients. The herbal remedies become more and more popular in the recent years and also provide very promising benefits to the patients suffering from AD. The current paper reviews the clinical effects of a few commonly used herbs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, herbal treatment, memory, cognitive disease, dementia.