Ginkgo Biloba Benefits and Side Effects

The benefits, effects, and side effects of ginkgo are not known. The medicinal part of ginkgo is ginkgo biloba. The medicinal part of ginkgo is ginkgo biloba, which is the dried leaves of ginkgo biloba, a plant in the Ginkgoaceae family. It is sweet, bitter, astringent and flat in nature, and belongs to the heart and lung meridians. It has the efficacy of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis (promoting blood circulation and eliminating blood stasis in the body), clearing the meridians and relieving pain, astringing the lungs (converging the lungs’ qi) and calming asthma, and resolving turbidity and lowering lipids (cleansing turbidity in the body and decreasing the excess fat in the body). This drug can be clinically used for the treatment of blood stasis and obstruction of collaterals, chest paralysis (chest tightness and pain), cardiac pain, hemiplegia, lung deficiency, cough and asthma, hyperlipidemia and other diseases. Its adverse reactions and contraindications are not clear, but it is contraindicated for those with solid evil. If necessary, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital for consultation and treatment under the guidance of a professional physician for evidence-based treatment.