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Ginkgo tree
Moderator Pumbaa: After the White Dew, the autumn dryness is getting stronger and stronger, and the ginkgo lily lotus seed soup is served on everyone's table. In this issue of Cao Fang Baiwei, Zheng Xianhui, a pharmacist in the Pharmacy Department of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is invited to introduce Ginkgo biloba to you.
Zheng Xianhui: I believe that you are familiar with such delicious foods as gingko bean curd porridge and Zhi Zhu gingko soup. Ginkgo biloba belongs to the category of both medicine and food, which is delicious and healthy.
Ginkgo biloba is a mature seed of Ginkgo biloba. Ginkgo tree is an ancient tree species, known as "the ancestor of plants", "the living fossil of plants" and "the panda in the plant world", so ginkgo is also called ginkgo fruit. There are also places called Lingyan, Buddha's Armor, Duck's Foot, Gongsunguo and so on. Ginkgo biloba was first seen in "Daily Materia Medica" in the Yuan Dynasty, and Chinese medicine believes that its nature is sweet, bitter, astringent and flat. Toxic. Enter the lung and kidney meridians. It has the functions of astringing lung, relieving asthma, stopping leukorrhagia and reducing urine. Can be used for treating cough with excessive phlegm, asthma, leukorrhagia, frequent urination, etc. It is a good medicine for treating cough and enuresis. Modern medical research shows that the main active components of Ginkgo biloba L. are ginkgolides, ginkgetins, ginkgo polysaccharides, ginkgo proteins, etc. Has a good function of regulating blood pressure and blood lipid; Protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases; Scavenging human free radicals; Has the effects of delaying aging and enhancing memory. At the same time, it can also resist inflammation, allergy, tumor and regulate immune function.
Ginkgo biloba is not only a traditional Chinese medicine, but also sweet and nutritious. Commonly used in dietotherapy and medicated diet, it is a good product for both medicine and food. However, Ginkgo biloba not only contains some active ingredients beneficial to the body, but also contains toxic ingredients such as ginkgolic acid, ginkgo toxin and allergic protein. Excessive or improper consumption will produce toxic side effects and even death. Especially children, pay attention when eating ginkgo.
When ginkgo biloba is used as medicine, the dosage is generally 5 ~ 10g. Usually it can be eaten raw when added to decoction, and cooked when made into powder or chewed. Ginkgo biloba is highly toxic when eaten raw. It is best to eat it cooked and not to take it for a long time.
In addition, ginkgo biloba is astringent, and patients with exogenous pathogens should not eat it.
Ok, that's all for today's program. See you next time!
Zheng xianhui
Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Chinese Pharmacist