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Can Gastrodia elata prevent Alzheimer's disease? Experiments provide the answer

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Experiments at the China Medical Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Taiwan, China found that Gastrodia elata can improve learning and memory impairment, and besides helping to maintain health, it can also prevent or treat Alzheimer's disease. Since toxicity tests have confirmed it to be non-toxic, the institute plans to develop Gastrodia elata into products similar to pickled cucumbers or health beverages. Hsieh Ming-tsun, president of the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Taiwan, China, and Wu Chi-jui, a PhD at the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, have recently devoted themselves to research on the effect of Gastrodia elata in improving learning and memory impairment, and found that gastrodin, the main active component in Gastrodia elata, can increase adrenal hormone secretion, increase the body's utilization of blood sugar, and thereby activate brain function.

Experiments at the China Medical Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Taiwan, China found that Gastrodia elata can improve learning and memory impairment, and besides helping to maintain health, it can also prevent or treat Alzheimer's disease. Since toxicity tests have confirmed it to be non-toxic, the institute plans to develop Gastrodia elata into products similar to pickled cucumbers or health beverages.

Hsieh Ming-tsun, president of the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Taiwan, China, and Wu Chi-jui, a PhD at the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, have recently devoted themselves to research on the effect of Gastrodia elata in improving learning and memory impairment, and found that gastrodin, the main active component in Gastrodia elata, can increase adrenal hormone secretion, increase the body's utilization of blood sugar, and thereby activate brain function.

Besides overcoming memory impairment, Wu Chi-jui stated that in treating Alzheimer's disease, traditional Chinese medicine texts have already confirmed that Gastrodia elata mainly treats "rambling speech and frequent fright with loss of will," which refers to the symptoms of elderly people speaking incoherently.

Through animal experiments, Wu Chi-jui also found that Gastrodia elata used to treat Alzheimer's disease is better than the cognitive enhancers currently used in Western medicine, and that Western drugs are more hepatotoxic and have side effects such as headaches and gastrointestinal discomfort.

Currently, unscrupulous drug sellers on the market often substitute counterfeit or inferior products for Gastrodia elata. Wu Chi-jui suggests that consumers choose ones that are firm and heavy in texture, have a parrot-beak tip, fine longitudinal wrinkles, and a bright cross-section. For consumption, it can be used to cook fish or stew pork ribs in place of shredded ginger, or steamed until soft and eaten directly, with a taste similar to pickled cucumber.

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