Research · Systematic review
Ginseng for cognition
What it found
Found no convincing evidence of a cognitive-enhancing effect; data could not be pooled due to heterogeneity, and there was no high-quality evidence in dementia.
- Design
- Systematic review
- Year
- 2010
- Population
- healthy adults and adults with age-associated memory impairment (9 trials)
- Intervention
- Panax ginseng extract vs placebo
- Outcome
- cognitive function, behaviour, quality of life
- Journal
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Citation last checked 2026-06-21.