Supplement for brain? Try play mahjong.
Many elderly in HK are active because of mahjong.
But try not to bet ...

Focus XT by Serious Nutrition Solutions (SNS)

My late mum used to pick lemon balm leaves from our garden during my
childhood days to steam with egg yolk as a remedy for cough.

I never realized this lowly common plant was so versatile.

You will find time and again, members of the mint family being studied for
their potent therapeutic properties, such as rosemary, oregano, sage, basil,
lavender and thyme.


You are very lucky to get the full text of this study. Nature magazine normally
does not allow free access to most of their publications.


" These results suggest that doses of Melissa officinalis at or above the maximum
employed here can improve cognitive performance and mood and may therefore
be a valuable adjunct in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v28/n10/full/1300230a.html "



Lemon balm -- Melissa officinalis; also known as lemon balm, bee balm,
garden balm, Melissa, melissengeist.

http://www.rnzcgp.org.nz/assets/documents/...sonJune2011.pdf



Modulation of mood and cognitive performance following acute
administration of Melissa officinalis (lemon balm).

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/12062586



Medicinal plants and dementia therapy: herbal hopes for brain aging ?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/22070157



Effect of plant extracts on Alzheimer's disease: An insight into therapeutic avenues

http://www.ruralneuropractice.com/article....;aulast=Obulesu



The role of phytochemicals in the treatment and prevention of dementia.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/21639405/



The psychopharmacology of European herbs with cognition-enhancing properties.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/17168769


Salvia lavandulaefolia is Spanish sage, which has a minimal content of the
toxic essential oil, thujones, found in common sage, Salvia officinalis.

Thanks again. I added the free melatonin tablets into my order list.

Just not sure where to find the lemon balm leaves, never seen before even though I used to work in the kitchen and Spanish sage too.

And where can I get GHB? I read from ur links that they're present in salts too? Good for insomnia & Alzheimer's too huh?

This post has been edited by deadmau5: Jul 30 2012, 04:37 PM

How can you not have seen lemon balm before ? It is such a common plant.

I've seen it since I was a few years old. There was even a pot or two
in this Golden Age Nursing Home in Jalan SS3/39 where my father
stayed in a couple of years ago.

The leaves are maybe two inches long, thick and embossed, somewhat furry.


http://herba.herbal.my/?p=553


Melissa is also a virus fighter, including herpes and HIV.

Aqueous extracts from peppermint, sage and lemon balm leaves display potent anti-HIV-1 activity by increasing the virion density.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2288616


If you look again at this product, the inclusion of melissa extract was
why I selected it.

http://www.iherb.com/Irwin-Naturals-Power-...-Soft-Gels/8068



Lemon balm, raw.

http://www.iherb.com/Planetary-Herbals-Lem...-Capsules/40749

http://www.iherb.com/Oregon-s-Wild-Harvest...ggie-Caps/42968


Just Life organic shop, one of which is along Jln SS2/24, has lemon balm tea.

http://shop.justlifeshop.com/ProductDetail...de=780746058137

Lol maybe I wasn't paying attention on those herbs before.

I'll drop by that organic shop la since its quite near my place, thanks for the heads up.

The old thiamine (vitamin B1) derivative, sulbutiamine, which you can
buy as Arcalion in most drugstores, has some benefit in dementia, especially
when combined with a standard anticholinesterase drug like donepezil.

So if your father is already on Aricept, adding in Aracalion helps him
with episodic memory and attention.

By itself, Arcalion helps with attention, so no harm in giving him say one
200 mg tablet every other day or so.


Sulbutiamine can cause headache in some people, including my father,
when I gave him some years ago, before his dementia.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/17675917/


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulbutiamine

I think I mentioned somewhere before that it's my grandpa, not my father that we're talking about.

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/af/

One more concern for us is how he's managed to get Atrial Fibrillation. He's quite fit I would say for a 70+ yr old. Doesn't smoke/drink, goes for daily walks, has normal blood test results, normal HR & BP levels.
Yet the article above says AR patients have a HR of more than 100/min while my grandpa has only 70+/min.

Do u have any ideas on this?

" Some older people have slow transmission through the AV node due to disease
within the AV node. When these people develop atrial fibrillation, their heart rates
remain normal or slower than normal. As disease in the AV node advances, these
people can even develop an excessively slow heart rate and require a permanent
pacemaker to increase the rate of ventricular contractions. "

http://www.medicinenet.com/atrial_fibrillation/article.htm

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Magnesium is the first mineral you should think of in arrhythmias.

Just another reason to take magnesium for your grandpa, which as
given earlier will help his Alzheimer's as well.

The forms which come to mind would be :

Magnesium taurate
Magnesium orotate

Since taurine helps both his heart and his brain, magnesium taurate is
a good one.

The late and highly respected Dr Hans Nieper advocates magnesium orotate
exclusively for heart diseases.

Eastern European doctors know the value of magnesium orotate.


Magnesium orotate in severe congestive heart failure (MACH).

" After mean treatment duration of 1 year, the survival rate was 75.7% compared to
51.6% under placebo. Clinical symptoms improved in 38.5% of patients under
magnesium orotate, whereas they deteriorated in 56.3% of patients under placebo. "

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/19367681



Magnesium orotate in myocardial and neuronal protection.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/15523949


Response of the senescent heart to stress: clinical therapeutic strategies
and quest for mitochondrial predictors of biological age.

" We recently have devised a regimen of therapy to protect the senescent heart
against stress, combining metabolic therapy (coenzyme Q(10), alpha lipoic acid,
magnesium orotate, and omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids) with physical
exercise and mental stress reduction. "

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/15246998/


" An Atrial Fibrillation Cause That You Haven't Been Told "

http://www.easy-immune-health.com/atrial-f...tion-cause.html


"Anyone in A-Fib is almost certainly magnesium deficient."

http://www.a-fib.com/Treatments.htm



" I am 72 years young and have had A-fib for about a year. It wasn't until I
started taking magnesum, potassium and taruine that I stopped having
A-fib attacks and flutters. "

http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Atrial_Fibr...404-supplements


Twinlab's Cellmins would be a good choice for the guy above.

Twinlab claims their aspartate HCL salts outperform the orotates and aspartates.

http://www.hollyhillhealth.com/shop/produc...ivate_product=0


Now and Jarrow.

http://www.iherb.com/Now-Foods-Magnesium-P...20-Capsules/701

http://www.iherb.com/Jarrow-Formulas-Magne...olv-Tablets/261


The acetyl l-carnitine in Jarrow's which you are going to get him
will support his heart as well. However, the more active form of
carnitine for the heart is propionyl l-carnitine.

http://www.iherb.com/Jarrow-Formulas-GPLC-...-Caps/3305?at=0

http://tsangenterprise.com/news71.htm


This is likely taken from one of LEF's older protocols for arrhythmias.

http://www.preparemd.com/conditions/protoc...l-fibrillation/










This post has been edited by Tham: Aug 3 2012, 01:02 AM

Thanks again for all the very informative links.

He's already taking these every morning already,

http://www.marketamerica.com/product-2223/...alcium-plus.htm
http://www.marketamerica.com/sku-13057/iso...ed-bcomplex.htm
http://www.marketamerica.com/sku-13009/isotonix-opc3.htm

http://www.livestrong.com/article/286761-m...otate-benefits/

We went to pantai hospital for a 2nd opinion today, the cardiologist said his a-fib is nothing to worry about after doing the stress test but he hinted that the 'pradaxa' given by the previous specialist should not be taken as its quite 'controversial'. I googled 'pradaxa' and found quite a lot of cases like hemorrhage and gastro bleeding.
Don't know if it should be stopped but warfarin isn't a better choice neither.

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Added on August 4, 2012, 2:10 pmBtw is this lemon balm? Found it outside my grandparents house, didn't know they're growing it all this while lol



So how should it be prepared? Just mash it up and boil with water? They said its usually used for cough only

This post has been edited by deadmau5: Aug 4 2012, 02:22 PM

I take Ginkgo Biloba because I read that it's good for mental strength, e.g. memory.

alpha brain, google it.

Firstly, there's a contraindication here.

Lemon balm should not be taken if your grandpa has glaucoma,
increase intraocular pressure.

" Lemon grass should not be taken by patients with
glaucoma, as it increases eye pressure. "

http://www.ellenskitchen.com/garden/lemonbalm.html

http://www.livestrong.com/article/98379-si...cts-lemon-balm/


Secondly, why didn't you search for some tea or other recipes ?



http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Lemon-Balm-Tea

http://www.ehow.com/how_4468711_lemon-balm-tea.html

http://www.cooksgarden.com/vegetables/cucu...ticle10100.html

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,lemon_balm,FF.html

http://www.herbsociety.org/factsheets/Lemo...alm%20Guide.pdf

http://kingshillfarm.com/wp-content/upload...oup-A-Box-4.pdf



Thirdly, sometimes I wonder if you read any of the studies I posted.
Yes, as I mentioned earlier too, about my late mum preparing an egg stew
with lemon balm whenever I had a cough, that is one of the folk cures for this
condition.

But sure the studies would be very clear to tell you that this plant had other
powerful qualities that our old timers did not know about ?

We should respect the folk remedies that our parents and grandparents knew
about from their ancestors, of course, but later scientist found out properties
that the same herb had on other diseases.

If you don't have time to, or understand, the whole study, then read the title,
the introduction or abstract, then the results, and finally the conclusion. That's
what I do sometimes too.


In the meantime, I am having my hands full with another "demented" relative
whom I live with. Or more of a lunatic, rather. You can read it here :

http://www.pjnet.my/Disabled-Kids-Home-Nee...87669#pid387669


From the address I gave in the above post, you would be living not far from me,
since you mentioned that you live not far from the Just Life organic shop, which
means you are at SS2.

It is likely you've passed by my house before, since that narrow road is now used
as a short-cut transit between SS1 and SS3 by main traffic (lots of complaints by
the residents here).

He's just repainted the house a light cream, though. So it's no longer an eyesore yellow.


You could always drop by too, but then I am not at home most of the day, and
night as well (typing this from my office), as nobody wants to be around a person
who I am convinced suffers from overlapping schizoid, paranoid and narcissistic
personality disorders.

Your grandpa may be demented, but I am sure he doesn't behave the way
this sicko does. I am sure your grandpa is more of a joy to be around with,
if you stay with him, that is.

In fact, I'll become demented myself before long if I tolerate this any longer !

I've really had lost my patience with this guy, so am uploading this just to get
a little load of my back, and mind as well.

You may take a look at some of the "notices" and "orders" which he has stuck
on the front of my door over the months and years. I'm sure you or the others
here have never come across something like this before in your entire lives.

My apologies to the moderators if these uploads are out of order, you may
remove them if you wish.

He has cataract, and the article mentioned lemon grass, not lemon balm, so it shouldn't be a prob right.

I read all the links the you've given to me, I just thought that there might be a special way of preparing the lemon balm, I'll just ask my grandma to boil it with water before mixing with honey.

Actually, we're not too sure if he's just getting forgetful or what, or he's just worrying too much about petty things. We brought him to a few specialists already and they said he might be having some depression, so not sure if it's dementia or not. He still drives around to the market to buy stuff, fixes the lights/plumbing or anything that's gone wrong in the house, just last few months ago, he's managed to climb over the wall from the back of the house coz my grandma accidentally locked the door.

Btw I stay at ss23, so its quite near to ss2. And regarding ur case lol, ur brother sounds ridiculous/retarded with all these notes n orders, why not just sell the house, get back ur share and leave.

With all those mild symptoms you described, he seems pretty much normal.
Why did you think he has Alzheimer's ?

An Alzheimer's patient has much more severe symptoms. It's like trying to
communicate with and take care of a zombie, particularly in the late or advanced
stages.

They will repeat things over and over again, because their hippocampus, which
houses short term memories, has been damaged permanently. Their brains have
shrunk, and the neurons have all become tangled up into one hard mess, coated
with amyloid plaques.

Give him a good multivit for a start, like Livewell's DailySential 45+.


Regarding my brother's case - would you sell your share to him if he despised
and treated you like come worthless stray dog or concentration camp inmate ?

Would you sell your car to some scum who threatened to smash your windscreen
if you did not do so ?



I'm sure that you and me, and the other sane human beings here, have pride or
at least some self-respect. If you read the link I gave you again, he virtually tried
to starve me into submission, by locking me out of the kitchen, disposing of my
fridge not caring less about my knowledge or consent, and then barring me from
keeping even a jar of jam there for some bread after I had come home from a week's
stay at Tung Shin Hospital for a dangerous pleural effusion caused by a bacterial
infection - half my right lung was filled with fluid.

On consulting Richard Yong, the famous clairvoyant in SS2, as to what the hell
was wrong with this guy, he disclosed -

" Serious mental disorders."

" He's crazy. A SADIST. "

" Nobody in Western Digital (where he works) likes him."


How he managed to rise to the level of Principal Engineer (virtually a manager,
$15,000 a month with substantial shareholding rights) in Western Digital is beyond me.


Partly my own folly, when nearly two decades ago, struggling to get thru the third
year of his engineering degree at the University of Tasmania with failures in no less
than three subects (multiple failures in Computer Systems), I wrote several appeal
letters to his Dean and Head of Department pleading for clemency.








This post has been edited by Tham: Aug 8 2012, 06:02 AM

My family is suspecting that it might be happening sooner or later since, like what you've mentioned, he's starting to repeat questions once a while on, for example what supplements & when he should be eating it, getting worried easily, his hands sometimes shake a little, and his facial expression sometimes looks quite tired, especially the eyes. He said he doesn't even have the mood to read the newspapers anymore. He also walks a little slower lately and sometimes we need to repeat ourselves if he couldn't hear/get it the first time

So I'm basically tyring to prepare myself on some knowledge about brain health. And my jarrows & melatonin should be arriving soon.

He's taking usana's multivit & mineral too, but only once a day.

Well, I'm not too sure with all this family feuds, I'm sure u have ur ways of keeping up with it since it's been like this for quite some time already. And I'm curious about ur job, what do u work as since you post between 2-6am most of the time.

This post has been edited by deadmau5: Aug 8 2012, 11:51 AM

Melatonin Antioxidative Defense: Therapeutical Implications for Aging and Neurodegenerative Processes.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/22739839

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Chyawanprash.

Antiamnesic activity of an ayurvedic formulation chyawanprash in mice.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3137779



Beneficial effect of chyawanprash on cognitive function in aged mice.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20738179


Effect of Sonachandi Chyawanprash and Chyawanprash Plus--two herbal
formulations on immunomodulation.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16295744



"Sona Chandi Chyawanprash"


http://www.emamigroup.com/Sonachandi-Chyawanprash


I took this over a decade ago.

http://www.zanduayurveda.com/products/27/z...esari-jivan.php











This post has been edited by Tham: Aug 11 2012, 04:08 AM

This is a very good website on the brain.

You can select beginner, intermediate or advanced learning,
as well as the level of organization.

I think it is under McGill University.


Short and long term memories.

http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/i/i_07/i_0..._07_cr_tra.html



Alzheimer's.

http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/i/i_08/i_0..._08_cr_alz.html

I recommend Nutrilite Salmon Omega and All Plant Protein and Lecithin E. All these will help your brain

omega diet...omega3 to omega6 ratio of 1:4 is for dementia treatment.. please do note that inceasing omega3 however is useless if you dont reduce the abundant omega 6 in our daily "normal healthy" diet