Patent ID: 11963969
Assignee: BUDDHIST TZU CHI MEDICAL FOUNDATION
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for relieving amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a subject in need thereof, comprising:
administering, to the subject, a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective dose of gastrodin and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the subject has at least one disease selected from the group consisting of hereditary amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis wherein the gastrodin has at least one effect observed in an analysis on the subject selected from the group consisting of improvement in axon growth of neurons, decrease in accumulation of neurofilaments, and recovery of nerve electrophysiological function, as compared to those of a subject that has not been administered with the therapeutically effective dose of gastrodin.