The medicinal material known as the fruit of living fossils is ginkgo.

The Ginkgo tree is the oldest relict plant among existing seed plants. It is called a "living fossil" and is a specialty plant in my country. The ginkgo tree is also called the "Gongsun tree" because it grows slowly but has a long lifespan. "The father-in-law plants the tree, and the grandson reaps the fruit." The fruit produced by the ginkgo tree is called ginkgo, also known as ginkgo, which is used both as medicine and food. Ginkgo is its medicinal name.

Ginkgo is delicious. In "Selling Ginkgo" by Ye Shengtao, there is a very attractive description of "hot ginkgo, fragrant and fragrant, and glutinous and glutinous". Ginkgo is used as medicine. Ginkgo has entered the classics of Materia Medica, first appearing in "Daily Materia Medica" written by Wu Rui of the Yuan Dynasty. This herbal book about daily necessities explains the medicinal uses of daily necessities.

The origin of ginkgo:

Chinese food culture’s pursuit of ingredients also leaves other countries behind. While other countries are helpless against certain explosively growing creatures, Chinese people are able to use a variety of cooking skills to make these creatures become delicacies on the dinner table, and the fruits of the ginkgo tree, which is recognized as a living fossil in the world, are not spared either. The tip of the Chinese tongue. Although the ginkgo is small and not outstanding in appearance, its small white oval fruit is filled with pink and glutinous seeds. Once cooked, it can become everyone's favorite delicacy.

But such a small fruit has passed through the Cretaceous period of the dinosaur age, survived the fourth glacial movement that wiped out most animals and plants, and finally continued to reproduce in China. In the long 345 million years, it has gone through countless storms and waves, witnessed the inheritance of five thousand years of Chinese culture, and has become a part of Chinese history and culture.