| Amnesia is one of the ordinary diseases for old people. It always brings trouble in daily life, and sometimes lead to Alzheimer's disease.The article which is based on classical Chinese medicine books (about 70 books) studies the laws of preventing and treating amnesia and the characters in each epoch from the history of the name, the causes and the mechanism of the disease, the formula and medicine of preventing and treating the disease. At the same time, compared with the Chinese traditional medicine used in modern time to prevent and treat the Alzheimer's disease, the same and the difference between the two were studied, and the reasons for these were explained too.With the aim of showing some useful references for Alzheimer's disease's prevention and treatment, 296 formulas were collected from the classical Chinese medicine books used for preventing and treating amnesia. With computer technology, a database of the formulas and medicine were founded. The frequency of herbs were analyzed by statistic method. At the same time, the characters of medicine-using in each epoch were studied.Besides this, the most frequently used herbs were selected too. From the result of analysis, It is showed that the basic formula is Kaixinsan, and the basic herbs were also listed according to the type of syndrome.The last part of the article is the basic method and special time of preventing amnesia, further more, preventing the Alzheimer's disease. |
