You can eat it, but you need to pay attention to eating it in moderation. Although ginkgo biloba tastes good, it is good for your health to eat some properly after cooking, but it is easy to have diarrhea if you eat too much. However, ginkgo biloba has certain toxicity. Besides protein and starch, Ginkgo biloba also contains something called chloramine acid, especially green shoots, which is more toxic. The important way to prevent the harm caused by ginkgo toxicity is to cook ginkgo before eating, otherwise the toxicity of ginkgo may have adverse effects on lying-in women.
However, the cooked ginkgo is still a little toxic, so even if it is cooked thoroughly, it is not suitable for eating more. It is better to eat a small amount of ginkgo. Eating too much ginkgo may leave toxins in the body. If the lactating mother eats ginkgo, it will transfer the toxicity of ginkgo to the baby through the milk, which is easy to damage the baby's body. Therefore, although ginkgo can be eaten, it needs special attention when eating. First, cook it thoroughly, and then eat it in small quantities.
Although ginkgo biloba contains toxicity, it is very toxic as long as it is cooked, and generally does not cause physical discomfort. Moreover, the benefits of eating ginkgo biloba are obvious, such as relieving cough and benefiting the lungs, protecting blood vessels, increasing blood flow, improving brain function, delaying human aging, enhancing memory, helping Alzheimer's patients and people with insufficient blood supply to the brain to improve symptoms and so on.