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7 Thai Memory Herbs: Real or Myth?
Dawn in a Bangkok market — and every "brain herb" a $40 capsule sells you online is sitting in a basket for a few baht. This is a stall-by-stall walk through seven Thai herbs the wellness label bottles for your memory: galangal, coconut, holy basil, garlic, ginger, gotu kola, and turmeric — what each one really is, the dish it belongs to, and how a Thai cook actually uses it. The reveal: these were always dinner. The bottle is the myth; the plate is the real thing — and you can grow most of it in a pot at home.
Want the science behind each herb? The full research, with study links, is in the references below — the video itself keeps to the market and the kitchen.
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Research cited in this episode:
Turmeric/curcumin: Small et al. 2018, Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (PMID 29246725); meta-analysis Front Nutr 2025 (DOI:10.3389/fnut.2025.1549509). Piperine absorption: Planta Medica 1998 (PMID 9619120). Holy basil/cortisol: Lopresti et al. 2022, Front Nutr (DOI:10.3389/fnut.2022.965130). Coconut/MCT: J Alzheimer's Dis 2023 (PMID 37248908). Ginger: Saenghong et al. 2012 (PMID 22235230). Garlic: Tasnim et al. 2015 (PMID 26351508). Galangal (EnXtra extract, with caffeine): Srivastava et al. 2017 (PMID 28910196). Gotu kola: Wattanathorn et al. 2008 (PMID 18191355). Longan mouse result: Li et al. 2021, J Ethnopharmacol (DOI:10.1016/j.jep.2020.113612). Pandan glucose extract: Chiabchalard and Nooron 2015, Pharmacogn Mag (DOI:10.4103/0973-1296.149724). Makrut lime leaf extract: Kooltheat et al. 2016, Nutrition (PMID 26743975). Mangosteen rind compound: Lee et al. 2016, Int J Mol Med (PMC4790674). Fingerroot cell work: Kanjanasirirat et al. 2020, Sci Rep (DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-77003-3). Mango review: Life (Basel) 2023 (PMID 38137871). Wild betel rat work: Peungvicha et al. 1998 (PMID 9533429). Lemongrass cell work: Madeira et al. 2016, Front Cell Infect Microbiol (DOI:10.3389/fcimb.2016.00071).
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