The world’s first medication known to improve stroke recovery is based on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), thanks to the approach of testing TCM in Western-style clinical trials.

It has been a century since Alzheimer’s disease (AD) was first described in 1906, and it has become the most prevalent cause of dementia wroldwide. ...In Europe and the United States, various cerebral and peripheral vasotherapeutic agents - classified in Europe as C4A agents - are used to treat memory impairment in the elderly, and have the potential for preventing a decline in cognitive function. One of these agents is a special standardized Ginkgo biloba extract: EGb 761®.... Recently, a number of studies have further explored this potential role of EGb 761®.