Abstract:Background: Vascular dementia is a common form of dementia which is caused by problems with the blood supply to the brain. Some but not all people with vascular dementia have had strokes. Western medicines licensed to treat vascular dementia are limited. Oral Chinese traditional medicines are often used to treat it in China. Oral Chinese traditional medicine in this review is defined as the oral Chinese Patent Medicine with a certain dosage form of medicinal substances recorded in Chinese materia medica or use… Show more
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