The medicinal value of a “living fossil”

Ginkgo is a dioecious deciduous tree that is a specialty of China. In the long process of evolution, and ginkgo contemporaneous plants have mostly been extinct, but it survived and still graceful, so it is known as 250 million years ago naked plants “living fossil”. Ginkgo biloba fruit is also known as the white fruit, both traditional and edible kernels can be used, but also can be used in medicine, it can be said that the dual-purpose medicine and food. Its efficacy is mainly for astringent lung phlegm asthma, solid astringent stop belt turbidity. Mostly used for asthma, phlegm and coughing and bring down, white, frequent urination and other diseases. In recent years, domestic and foreign scholars have found that ginkgo has important medicinal value for many systems of the human body. For example: 1, it is the cardiovascular “faithful guardian” of the various organs of the human body, the most “bitter” most “tired” is the heart. It is working non-stop every moment. If the heart is a little problem, it is non-trivial. 20 century since the 1980s, domestic and foreign medical scientists on the ginkgo biloba carried out a lot of research, found that it contains flavonoids, and further found that ginkgo biloba bitter lactone B on the platelet-activating factor (PAF) has a selective antagonism, these components of cardio-cerebral vascular disease has a special therapeutic effect. It is an indisputable fact that Ginkgo biloba preparations have good therapeutic effects on ischemic heart disease (mainly angina pectoris and myocardial infarction). Ginkgo biloba extract has a significant vasoregulatory effect, which enhances the elasticity of blood vessels and increases the blood flow in the cardiac vessels; it also reduces the viscosity of the blood and improves the rheology of the blood; and it also prevents the formation of blood clots. These three aspects of pharmacological effects complement each other and have a special therapeutic effect on ischemic heart disease. At present, no other western medicine has been found to have such a comprehensive effect that can be compared with it. Recently, the United States of America, New York, Connell University Cardiovascular Research Center of Dr. Nelke research found that ginkgo biloba extract also has a cardioprotective effect. 2, it is the brain’s “God of protection” Ginkgo biloba preparations on the brain’s protective effect, but also thanks to its enhancement of vascular regulation, improve blood rheology and prevention of thrombosis. Ginkgo biloba preparations for the prevention of stroke (known as stroke in Western medicine) has a significant effect on the rehabilitation of the sequelae of stroke also has a certain role. Research at the University of Paris, France, that continue to take ginkgo biloba preparations after a stroke, can shorten the recovery time, reduce the emergence of sequelae of stroke, especially on the small stroke of the efficacy of the more obvious. The protective effect of ginkgo biloba on the brain is also reflected in its ability to improve brain function and combat Alzheimer’s disease. Ginkgo biloba preparation can improve moderate cognitive impairment, memory loss, mental retardation, inattention and other symptoms of brain damage, the country in the clinic for the treatment of multiple cerebral infarction-induced dementia, the patient’s intelligence test has significantly improved. The aging of the human body is often preceded by the aging of the brain, the ginkgo biloba extracts developed as health food, is not lost as a useful aid for the elderly and middle-aged people to prevent aging. 3, it is asthma “new nemesis” White fruit is the traditional Chinese medicine treatment of bronchial asthma, “conventional weapons”, and ginkgo biloba has antispasmodic asthma role, but only in recent years. Experiments found that ginkgo biloba bitter lactone B can significantly relieve bronchospasm. Therefore, clinicians use ginkgo biloba preparations for oral treatment of bronchial asthma, and also achieved the expected efficacy. After the administration of the drug, the hyperresponsiveness of the airways of the patients was significantly reduced, and the clinical symptoms and lung function were significantly improved. Studies have also found that ginkgo biloba extract has a certain anti-inflammatory effect. 4, it is a lot of difficult and miscellaneous diseases, “the new savior” With the “living fossil” of the medicinal value and clinical application of the development of research gradually in-depth. Clinically, there are some scholars with ginkgo biloba preparations for the treatment of peripheral circulatory disorders caused by numbness of the hands and feet, cold pain, eye blood flow and nerve disorders, ear tinnitus, deafness and auricular vertigo, and gained successful experience. As male impotence should also be attributed to vascular and nerve dysfunction in the final analysis. So, some domestic Chinese medicine experts in the identification of the basis of treatment with ginkgo biloba preparation, the treatment of impotence actually also achieved better results. Ginkgo biloba extract alone has a selective antagonistic effect on PAF, its application prospects are also immeasurable. It has been predicted that in the near future, ginkgo bilobalide B may become the “new savior” for some acute and critical diseases, such as endotoxin-induced shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation.