Category Archives: Nervous System
Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), also known as Indian Ginseng, is a plant in the nightshade family found growing in India, Nepal and China. The powdered root is used in Ayurvedic medicine as a rasayana, which means tonic, to promote a youthful state of mind and health. It improves the health of emaciated children, treats constipation, enhances the mood, and assists with cognitive decline in the elderly, thereby helping all age groups.
(more…)The term dementia covers a range of conditions that afflict the elderly mostly Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia (stroke). These conditions produce progressive impairments in thought, memory, language, living skills and other behaviours. The symptoms profoundly affect the patient’s quality of life and cause increasing difficulty and distress to caregivers.
(more…)We may well be living in stressful times, with many people facing uncertainty about what the future will bring. We also experience difficult personal problems from time to time that cause a lot of worry or heartache until they reach a resolution. Of course we expect things to turn around; however, the potential for stress to become chronic is real for people who are prone to worrying and feel they cannot cope well with change.
(more…)The Ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba) is still found growing wild in China, the only species remaining from an ancient genus that originated in the Jurassic period. It is a tall tree which has fan-shaped leaves that turn yellow in Autumn, and edible nuts that are toxic if eaten in quantity, especially when raw.
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