Ginkgo biloba
The scientific name of this medicinal plant is Ginkgo biloba.
Belongs to the family Ginkgoaceae.
This medicinal plant can also be known as the “tree of the 40 shields.” The ginkgo is a modern living fossil, with fossils clearly related to it dating from the Permian, 270 million years ago.
The Ginkgo tree is unique in the world, currently living with relatives, and has only one species, Ginkgo biloba.
After the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Ginkgo is one of the few trees that survived.
This tree is native to China Medical. Can have a life span of 1000 years, although some specimens have been found with more than 2500 years.
This medicinal plant has been used for ornamental purposes throughout history.
Its high tolerance to withstand almost all weather makes this medicinal plant is very hardy.
However, this medicinal plant grows mainly in China and Korea, southern and eastern United States, southern France, and in cities of Uruguay and Argentina.
Ginkgo is a medicinal plant which can reach up to a 35 m. high.
The Ginkgo has the crown and narrow in a pyramid.
The branches of this medicinal plant are thick and rigid, the bark is grayish-brown with well-defined grooves.
The leaves of these medicinal trees are light green and a size of between 5 and 15 cm, are flat and fan shaped.
The seeds of this medicinal tree, have no external protection, are exposed.
For several centuries, know the medicinal properties of this tree.
The seeds of this plant are used medicinally in traditional Chinese medicine for hundreds of years.
More recently, ginkgo leaf extracts have been used to treat a variety of diseases.
From the leaves of the Ginkgo extract is obtained which has flavonoids (ginkgoloides and hetero), which is used to treat diseases such as asthma, bronchitis, fatigue and ringing in the ears.
The medicinal property of this plant is also very beneficial for the elderly and for senile, as their bodies lose the capacity to adequately irrigate the tissues, especially the brain, and that causes memory loss, fatigue, confusion, depression and anxiety . Ginkgo reduces the consumption of these symptoms and more efficient irrigation of the heart and extremities.
Other investigations show that these flavonoids reduce the tendency to form clots in the veins and arteries and thus lowers the risk of thrombosis.
Ginkgo biloba also has certain properties that make it beneficial for people suffering from depression, brain vascular insufficiency.
It was noted that in addition to improving cerebral circulation Ginkgo had the effect of improving mood.
The flavonoids of this medicinal plants are also effective in neutralizing free radicals are involved in the process of aging.
Recipes from this medicinal plant:
The typical dose is 40 to 80 mg 3 times daily of an extract standardized to contain 24% ginkgo.
This medicinal plant substances should not be combined with anticoagulants such as warfarin, heparin, aspirin, garlic, vitamin E.
