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Disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition and a food composition for preventing or treating degenerative cranial nerve disease. A pharmaceutical composition and a food composition comprising, as an active ingredient, an extract of longan meat, which is a temporary seed coat of longan tree, which is a mugaceous plant. The composition further includes one or more extracts selected from the group consisting of Enomoto and Zushi, and further from the group consisting of Kakkon, Ogon, Kikyo, Jakushi, Sasa, Life Kushi and Shiso Also preferred are pharmaceutical and food compositions additionally comprising one or more selected extracts. The degenerative cranial nerve disease is preferably selected from the group consisting of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and multiple sclerosis. [Selection] Figure 1a |