Cistanche and memory
What 2 graded rows on cistanche agree on for memory, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.
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What the rows agree on
Each block and row is one graded row from the Cistanche page, with its PubMed record.
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Cistanche and memory
2 rows · 217 peopleThey agree: both rows found an improvement.
- DGrade D× 2
- Rows
- 2
- Trials
- 2
- People
- 217
What the rows share
From the rowsThe best-graded row, grade D, is a randomized trial of 117 people (2026) and found an improvement.
The rows run from 100 to 117 people, published from 2024 to 2026: 2 single studies.
The rows
2 improved- DGrade DMemory in healthy adults (with ginkgo) · Improved
RCT · n 117 · 2026 · Healthy adults aged 30–65 (Beijing)
2 tablets/day (300 mg cistanche extract) · 30 days
Memory Quotient, total memory and several memory subtests improved more than with placebo (all p < 0.01); no adverse events were reported.
- DGrade DMemory and cognition in middle-aged and older adults · Improved
RCT · n 100 · 2024 · Chinese adults at risk of cognitive decline
2 tablets/day · 90 days
MMSE rose from 26.5 to 27.1 and MoCA from 23.4 to 25.3, more than placebo; memory tests improved. TSH fell and T3 rose. No treatment-related adverse events.