THE HEALTHY AND FUNTIONAL FOODS COMPRISING THE EXTRACTS FROM HERB MEDICINES FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS AND PREVENTION OF THE SYMPTOMS IN THE DEMENTIA

摘要

A health food is provided to improve the symptoms of dementia and to prevent dementia by inhibiting the degeneration of nerve cell and the generation of beta-amyloid (Abeta40/42) in an animal brain tissue. A health food contains an extract of herb medicine comprising insam (ginseng) steamed red, Acorus gramineus, Poria cocos WOLF, Angelica gigas Nakai, Liriope platyphylla WANG, Scrophularia buergeriana MIQ. and Biota orientalis ENDL. Preferably the health food is selected from a pill, a powder, a tablet, a capsule, or a liquid preparation.