A REVIEW ON SOME HERBAL MEMORY ENHANCERS (MEDHYA RASHYANA)

Neha Upadhyay, *Dr. Shashi Kant Tiwari and Dr. A. C. Kar

ABSTRACT

Loss of memory or dementia is a syndrome occurs due to the disease in the brain. It is a progressive impairment of thinking ability, memory learning capacity, judgment and language. It affects person’s emotional, social, motivational control and other cognitive changes include restlessness, depression, apathy, anxiety, agitation and suspicion etc. There are many herbal drugs especially Medhya Rashyana1 described in Ayurvedic literature used for improving the intellect of the person. By their judicious use one can improve its cognition, memory and thinking ability.

Keywords: Syndrome occurs due, Ayurvedic, Medhya Rashyana, restlessness, depression.