Adults can generally consume up to about 20 pills at a time, children can only eat up to 5 pills at a time, and infants and young children under the age of 3 are not recommended to consume them. In general, raw ginkgo nuts, children usually eat about 20 pills in a row, adults eat about 50 pills in a row will be at risk of poisoning. Symptoms of poisoning usually occur within 1 to 12 hours after eating it raw, such as nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea and breathing difficulties. The outer skin of immature ginkgo nuts also contains toxins that may cause itching and allergies after skin contact, so be sure not to pick raw white nuts yourself.

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White fruit is very rich in nutrients, containing ginkgolic acid, ginkgol, and calcium, potassium, phosphorus and other beneficial trace elements, a variety of vitamins. And the flavor is sweet and soft, excellent taste, has good health care function. But the white fruit also has its side effects. White fruit has a small poison, in addition to containing starch, protein, fat, but also contains hydrocyanic acid, generally to the green part of the embryo is the most toxic. As a dried fruit to eat, white fruit must be cooked or made into candied fruit. Into the medicinal use, cooked with a strong role in the collection of She; raw with a strong role in clearing the poison to kill insects. But the raw food can not be too much.