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Two days ago, a friend chatted with me and said that he went home to visit his grandmother during the Qingming Festival, and found that his grandmother was a little delirious and couldn't remember who he was.
The family took the old man to the hospital for examination, and was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, which is translated into the vernacular as Alzheimer's disease.
In fact, in recent years, there have been more and more people with Alzheimer's disease.
Hunan Daily once published a news article mentioning a very important statistic, there are currently 15 million dementia patients in the elderly population in the mainland, of which 1,000 are Alzheimer's disease.
As the mainland's population ages faster, this data will only increase in the future.
Nowadays, many families have only one child, busy work, life pressure itself is very great, if the parents suffer from Alzheimer's disease and need to be cared for, the children's family and work is very difficult to balance.
So in order to improve the quality of life in the future, I will give you a science popularization of Alzheimer's disease, and how we should reduce the probability of suffering from this disease.
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In fact, modern medicine has not given a particularly clear statement about the disease of Alzheimer's disease so far.
There are three mainstream views now:
1. Genetic factors
2. Age factor
3. Disease factors
Let's start with genetics, which means that if your parents have Alzheimer's disease, then the risk of Alzheimer's disease will be higher in later generations.
As for age, it refers to the fact that as we age, our body functions and organs will slowly decline, and brain tissue will also undergo degenerative changes, which will increase the chance of developing Alzheimer's disease.
Finally, if you are a person with three highs and cardiovascular diseases, and your microcirculation is not good, you will be more likely to suffer from Alzheimer's disease.
The above is the statement of Western medicine, everyone knows that we are good at Chinese medicine, so I will talk to you from the perspective of Chinese medicine.
In the view of traditional Chinese medicine, Alzheimer's disease is mainly a physical problem.
For example, phlegm dampness, blood stasis, blood deficiency, kidney deficiency, and aging of the internal organs will lead to the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease.
Among the many causes, it is believed that kidney deficiency and blood stasis account for a very large proportion.
Let's start with the kidneys.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidneys are the foundation of innateness, and the brain and marrow are nourished by our kidney essence.
If a person's kidney essence is insufficient and deficient, then memory and energy will deteriorate.
As we all know, students memorize texts very quickly, such as the preface to King Teng's Pavilion, such a long ancient text, most students can basically memorize it, but as they grow older, the kidney essence is constantly consumed, and it is basically impossible for adults to recite ancient texts of the same difficulty, which is very difficult.
This is because children are full of energy and have good memory, while adults have insufficient kidney essence and memory loss.
The same is true for Alzheimer's disease, as we age, the deficit of kidney essence, memory, and thinking will slowly decay, and when it reaches a certain level, Alzheimer's disease appears.
Let's talk about blood stasis.
I have told you many times that blood stasis will cause our body to become clogged, form cysts, nodules, and various hyperplasias, which will directly affect the circulation of our human body.
All kinds of nutrients that our body needs, and the excretion of garbage toxins, all need the circulation of qi and blood to transport.
Therefore, for Alzheimer's disease, tonifying the kidneys and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis are the main ideas of conditioning.
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So, how should we take care of our health to reduce our chances of developing Alzheimer's?
The first is to strengthen the circulation of qi and blood, such as talking about the three treasure powder that has been recommended to everyone, gently break through the blockage of the body, invigorate the blood without hurting the blood, and is suitable for the daily health of the vast majority of middle-aged and elderly friends.
Sanbao powder formula: Panax notoginseng, American ginseng, salvia, 1:1:1 ratio mixed grinding, take one spoonful every morning and evening.
Then there is the kidney, and it is also recommended to recommend a dietary prescription that has been said many times, vinegar soaked black beans.
Among the five colors, black enters the kidneys.
In the five flavors, the acid enters the liver.
Black is negative, blood is also yin, fried black beans soaked in vinegar, the combination of the two can replenish the liver blood.
Sour can also be appetizing at the same time, and the five elements of the yellow core belong to the soil, so soaking black beans in vinegar can also strengthen the spleen and appetize.
Coupled with the effect of black beans to replenish the kidney, the whole is superimposed, and the vinegar-soaked black beans can replenish the spleen, stomach, liver and kidney at the same time.
So for anti-aging, tonifying the kidney, talk about the vinegar soaked black beans are especially recommended.
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In addition to the two kinds of Sanbao powder and vinegar-soaked black beans, I would like to recommend a very good medicinal material to you, which has been repeatedly mentioned in the field of prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease in recent years.
It is Acer truncatum seed oil.
Acer truncatum seed oil is a natural vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the Acer truncatum tree.
Studies have found that nutrients such as nervonic acid and linoleic acid contained in Acer truncatum seed oil can nourish brain nerve cells, promote nerve conduction, and improve the brain's memory function.
The most important ingredient of Acer truncatum seed oil is nervonic acid.
The scientific name of nervonic acid: cis-15-docosanmonoenic acid, with a relative molecular weight of 366.6, is a long-chain monounsaturated fatty acid, which is also known as shark acid because it was first found in shark brain.
In 1926, Japanese scholars Tsujimoto and Mitsumaru extracted nervonic acid from sharks, which is rich in shark brains, and developed countries hunt a large number of sharks in order to obtain nervonic acid.
For this reason, people can only extract nervonic acid from other animals and plants, and after years of research, it has been found that the content of nervonic acid in Acer truncatum seeds is high, which opens up a new direction for the extraction of nervonic acid.
Long-term consumption of Acer truncatum seed oil can help middle-aged and elderly friends maintain clear thinking and delay memory decline.
Acer truncatum seed oil has a positive effect on the prevention of dementia.
The unsaturated fatty acids and flavonoids in Acer truncatum seed oil can be antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, protect the brain from damage, and prevent the occurrence of dementia.
At the same time, Acer truncatum seed oil can also improve blood circulation, promote blood supply to the brain, help prevent cerebrovascular diseases, and further reduce the risk of dementia.
Not only that, Acer truncatum seed oil can also help middle-aged and elderly friends stabilize the three highs.
High blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, and hyperglycemia are common health problems in middle-aged and elderly people, and long-term existence will cause cardiovascular and cerebrovascular damage.
A variety of nutrients in Acer truncatum seed oil can regulate blood lipids and blood sugar levels, lower blood pressure, improve blood circulation, and help maintain cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health.
At the same time, Acer truncatum seed oil can also promote metabolism, help in weight loss and weight control, and further reduce the risk of three highs.
So who is the acer truncatum seed oil, which is rich in nervous acid?
Three-high groups, insomnia people, cardiovascular disease people, and friends with poor memory can eat it.
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Source: Health Talk