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Medicinal Plants of Northern Thailand for the Treatment of Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly

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Authors:
  1. Lisa Offringa

    1. Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, USA

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  • New data on medicinal plants for cognitive impairment
  • Covers traditional Thai medicine
  • Written by a leading scholar in this discipline
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Plant Science (BRIEFSPLANT)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction and Background

    • Lisa Offringa
    Pages 1-21

  3. Fieldwork Methodology

    • Lisa Offringa
    Pages 23-38

  4. Thai Traditional Medicinal Theory and Cognitive Decline

    • Lisa Offringa
    Pages 39-54

  5. The Medical Ethnobotany of Treating Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly of Northern Thailand

    • Lisa Offringa
    Pages 55-64

  6. Screening for Plants in Herbal Formulas from Traditional Doctors of Northern Thailand to Treat Cognitive Impairment

    • Lisa Offringa
    Pages 65-71

  7. Validation of Thai Traditional Medical Knowledge by Scientific Investigation

    • Lisa Offringa
    Pages 73-76

  8. Conclusion

    • Lisa Offringa
    Pages 77-84
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, USA

    Lisa Offringa

About the author

Lisa Offringa, Ph.D.
Stanford Prevention Research Center
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Medicinal Plants of Northern Thailand for the Treatment of Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly

  • Authors: Lisa Offringa

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Plant Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10241-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-10240-5Published: 05 December 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-10241-2Published: 21 November 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2192-1229

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-1210

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 84

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Clinical Psychology

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