Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/s5kv70 Medicinal Plants of Northern Thailand for the Treatment of Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly By: Lisa Offringa Publisher: Springer Print ISBN: 9783319102405, 3319102400 eText ISBN: 9783319102412, 3319102419 Copyright year: 2015 Format: EPUB Available from $ 69.99 USD SKU 9783319102412 This book provides a description of cognitive impairment in the elderly population through the lens of Thai Traditional Medicine as it is practiced in northern Thailand. It provides an overview of Thai Traditional Medicine and the memory loss presented in elderly dementia. Some medicinal plants used by traditional Thai healers to treat cognitive decline and memory issues in the elderly are reviewed. Medicinal Plants of Northern Thailand for the Treatment of Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly provides readers with the detailed description of the in vitro screening of ten plants and those results. The bioactivity of these single plants exemplifies the success of using an ethnobotanical filter to identify plants with cognitive enhancing activity.