Drink with caution! It's best to follow your doctor's advice.

The medicinal uses of Ginkgo biloba are mainly reflected in three aspects: medicine, pesticides and veterinary drugs. Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty once said: "Enter the lung meridian, benefit the spleen, calm asthma and cough, and reduce defecation." Zhang Lulu's "Ben Jing Fengyuan" in the Qing Dynasty recorded that ginkgo has the functions of reducing phlegm, clearing toxins, and killing insects, and can treat "sores" Scabies, ulcerated breast ulcers, dental caries, diarrhea in children, red and white vaginal discharge, chronic stranguria, nocturnal emission and enuresis." In the Ming Dynasty, Chinese patent medicines prepared from ginkgo leaves appeared in Jiangsu, Sichuan and other places for clinical use.

In recent years, more and more people have used ginkgo leaves to soak in water to prevent and treat high blood pressure and heart disease. In fact this is unscientific. Because:

1. Ginkgo leaves contain a large amount of ginkgolic acid, which is toxic. Generally, purchased leaves have not been deeply processed and extracted, and the ginkgolic acid content in them is as high as 3000-4000ppm, especially in ginkgo. Acid is water-soluble. When you soak it in water, instead of absorbing the effective substances such as ginkgo brass and ginkgo lactones, the effect is the opposite. It is full of poison!

The side effects of ginkgo leaves are actually Yes, it can aggravate the condition of some patients with poor cardiovascular health. For pregnant women, it is a drug that can cause miscarriage.