Effects: Ginkgo biloba is sweet, bitter, astringent and flat, belonging to the heart and lung meridian, with the function of astringent lung, asthma, blood circulation and pain relief.

The efficacy of ginkgo biloba in the compendium of Chinese herbal medicines has been precisely recorded, "has the effect of activating blood circulation and relieving pain, and is the main treatment for arteriosclerosis coronary heart disease, lowering blood lipids, etc.". The United States Pharmacopoeia in the 2000 edition of the ginkgo biloba will be included in, which is rare in the world, but also shows that the medical value of ginkgo biloba has been recognized.

Ginkgo biloba as China's legal drugs formally included in the "Chinese Pharmacopoeia", which clearly states: "Ginkgo biloba taste sweet, bitter, astringent, flat, return to the heart and lungs through the function of convergence of the lungs, asthma, activate the blood and bruises, pain, used for coughing and wheezing, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, hyperlipidemia".

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Unprocessed ginkgo biloba contains alkylphenols and alkylphenolic acids and other water-soluble toxins, soak and drink water not only can not achieve the effect of lowering blood lipids and blood pressure, but will instead soak out these toxic substances in ginkgo biloba. May also lead to allergies, and even make the brain cells lose function thus dizziness, headache, tinnitus, loss of appetite, nausea and other toxic reactions.

Ginkgo biloba contains flavonoids and terpenoids and other active ingredients, but they are insoluble in water, and need to be extracted through a series of scientific standardized operation, in order to be made into drugs. Therefore, the use of ginkgo biloba infusion to lower blood fat, blood pressure is not scientific. What's more, it can't be used as a substitute for antihypertensive drugs and lipid-lowering drugs for treatment.

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