Novel medical application for myristyl ether

The invention belongs to the field of medicines, and relates to a novel medical application for myristyl ether, specifically to an application of the myristyl ether in preparation of anti-depression or anti-anxiety medicines. The myristyl ether has excellent anti-depression and anti-anxiety activity, has the characteristics of quick response and effective oral administration, and even can achievethe above-mentioned effects by single administration. 本发明属于医药领域，涉及肉豆蔻醚的新医药用途，具体地，涉及肉豆蔻醚在制备抗抑郁或抗焦虑的药物中的用途。肉豆蔻醚具有优异的抗抑郁和抗焦虑活性，且具有快速起效、口服有效的特点，甚至单次给药能够实现上述效果。