Ginkgo, also known as Duck's Foot, Lingyan, Buddha's Finger Orange, Ginkgo biloba and Gongsun Shuzi, is the kernel of Ginkgo biloba. Ginkgo nut contains not only starch, protein, fat and sugar, but also vitamin C, carotene, calcium, phosphorus, potassium and ginkgolic acid, which is rich in nutrition. Regular consumption of ginkgo can yin beauty anti-aging, dilate microvessels and promote blood circulation, but you can't eat more ginkgo, and it will be poisoned if you eat too much.

1. Eating too much ginkgo will cause poisoning

Eating too much ginkgo will "hurt people" (poisoning), just like "a rose with thorns". Lv Peiwan said that the dosage of ginkgo in medicine is 3 to 9 g each time. Five-year-old children should not eat more than five ginkgo nuts at a time, and adults should not eat more than 3 ginkgo nuts at a time, otherwise there will be a danger of poisoning. The symptoms of ginkgo poisoning are a bit like drunkenness, such as vomiting, coma, dull eyes, dilated pupils, and serious death.

The mortality rate of ginkgo poisoning is related to the age, constitution and consumption of the consumers. Generally speaking, the younger you are, the worse your health is, and the more you eat, the higher your mortality rate is.

2. Medicinal value of ginkgo biloba

Ginkgo biloba is not only a delicious food, but also a precious medicinal material. Lv Peiwan, deputy director of the Department of Preventive Medicine of Henan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that the ancients discovered the medicinal value of ginkgo very early and often used it to treat frequent urination and leukorrhagia. However, this effect of ginkgo is not particularly used in clinic, and now it is mainly used in clinic to reduce asthma and calm the qi. When used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis, ginkgo biloba can be soaked in rapeseed oil for 1 days, one in the morning, one in the middle and one in the evening, and taken for three months before meals, with good therapeutic effect.

3. Ginkgo biloba is a good gift to each other

Ginkgo biloba appeared hundreds of millions of years ago. Ginkgo biloba, which has existed for hundreds of years, is rare and scattered, enjoying the reputation of living fossil, national treasure and national tree.

Under natural conditions, it takes more than 2 years for ginkgo trees to bear fruit, and it will take 4 years for them to bear a large number of fruits. Therefore, the nickname "Gongsun Tree" has the meaning of "public seeds and grandchildren get food", which shows how rare it is to eat ginkgo. Therefore, since the Song Dynasty, ginkgo has always been regarded as a good gift to each other. Mei Yaochen, a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, said in a poem: "There are beautiful fruits in the backyard, and they are given away as carp", and ginkgo has become a symbol of friendship.