PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dementia therapeutic drug, a drink and food, and an agent for skin, which have an excellent improvement/mitigation/therapeutic effect suitable for symptoms associated with the elderly and a dementia patient.SOLUTION: In a dementia therapeutic drug, a drink and food, and an agent for skin, ferulic acid, a cacao/cacao oil and fat component, and one or more kinds selected from rare sugars (D-psicose/D-allose) are formulated. By continuous intake, there are effects that improvement in cognitive function is expected and that a calm mental condition can be kept. Also, there is an effect that a peripheral behavior regarded as a problem in dementia is slightly improved/recovered.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】高齢者および認知症患者に伴う随伴諸症状に適合する改善・緩和・治療効果に優れた、認知症治療薬、飲食品および皮膚用薬剤の提供。【解決手段】フェルラ酸、カカオ・カカオ油脂成分と希少糖(D‐プシコース・D‐アロース)より選択した1種類以上を配合する認知症治療薬、飲食品および皮膚用薬剤。継続的に摂取していくことにより、認知機能の改善が見込まれ、穏やかな精神状態を保つことができる効果がある。また、認知症で問題視されている周辺行動が若干、改善・回復される効果がある。【選択図】なし