The toxic components of ginkgo are ginkgo poison and white fruit neutral poison (white fruit acid. White fruit alcohol and white fruit phenol, etc.). Ginkgo poison has a hemolytic effect, take too much, easy to be poisoned, the raw product is more toxic, and the green germ is the most toxic. The toxic components of white fruit can be dissolved in water, and can be destroyed by heating, so the toxicity of this product is small for cooked use. If as food, should be removed from the seed coat, germ, soaked for more than half a day, cooked through before eating.

The symptoms of class I poisoning are nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, fever, restlessness, convulsions, mental agitation, respiratory distress, cyanosis, coma, pupil light reflex is slowed down or disappeared; in severe cases, it can be due to the respiratory center paralysis and death.

Rescue: 2-3 hours after taking, should be gastric lavage, diarrhea, diuresis, egg white or activated charcoal, in order to reduce the toxin continues to be absorbed; dyspnea and cyanosis, oxygen, and respiratory stimulants; convulsions and convulsions, give valium, phenobarbital and other sedative, anticonvulsants, intravenous hypertonic dextrose, and other symptomatic treatment, Chinese medicine can be used licorice 30 grams of decoction, or white fruit shell 30-60 grams of decoction, or white fruit shell 30-60 grams of decoction, and the other symptoms. 30-60 grams of shell, decoction, or with the appropriate amount of wood incense with boiling water grinding juice, into the musk a little service.