Eating ginkgo nuts need to pay attention to:

1, not raw. Raw white fruit not only tastes bitter, but also contains cyanogenic glycosides, leucoacid and other toxic substances, so before eating, the seed coat should be removed, soaked for more than half a day, boiled through before eating.

2, should not eat. Raw food, excessive consumption of white fruit, light headache and dizziness, nausea and vomiting, heavy convulsions, coma, and even lead to respiratory paralysis and death. It is recommended to control the daily intake of 5 to 10 grams, that is, adults should not exceed 10 pills per day. Once you find the above symptoms of poisoning, seek medical attention as soon as possible.

3, children eat with caution. Children have a low tolerance for toxins, and are easily poisoned after consuming untreated white fruits. If the child has a cough, enuresis and other problems, it is recommended that under the guidance of a doctor to take the white fruit treatment; healthy children should not eat white fruit.

Expanded:

Ginkgo nuts should never be given to children under 5 years of age. Secondly it should not be eaten raw. Because the ginkgo contains cyanogenic glycosides of this substance, in large quantities after eating raw, it will lead to take the person to vomit, drowsiness, nausea, numbness of the mouth and lips of the symptoms of poisoning, the serious will be delirious, serious coma, life-threatening.

So it is recommended that the ginkgo is processed and cooked before consumption, you can use the white fruit porridge, or add a few ginkgo nuts in the stew, so that the taste will not be too bitter, and the daily consumption of not too much, should be controlled at 7 to 10.

Reference:

People's Daily Online - Ginkgo nuts should not be eaten casually