Ginkgo biloba, commonly known as ginkgo, keeps healthy and prolongs life. Ginkgo mainly includes fried food, barbecue food, cooked food, side dishes, cakes, candied fruit, canned food, beverages and alcohol. It has the functions of eliminating phlegm, relieving cough, moistening lung and relieving asthma, but it can cause poisoning if eaten in large quantities.

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1. Antimicrobial and bactericidal Ginkgo biloba L. contains ginkgolic acid and ginkgol, which have been proved by experiments to have antibacterial and bactericidal effects, and can be used to treat respiratory infectious diseases. Ginkgo biloba extract can inhibit various fungi to varying degrees, and can relieve itching and treat tinea.

2. Eliminating illness and relieving cough Ginkgo biloba is sweet and bitter, and has the effect of astringing lung qi, relieving asthma and relieving cough. It has an auxiliary dietotherapy effect on cough caused by lung diseases, asthma with weak constitution in the elderly and asthma with various phlegm types.

3. A waterlogging-resistant and insect-resistant Ginkgo biloba leaf

Ginkgo biloba exocarp contains ginkgolic acid and ginkgol, which has anti-tuberculosis effect. Ginkgo biloba leaves soaked in oil have a strong inhibitory effect on mycobacterium tuberculosis, and fresh fruits soaked in raw vegetable oil have a certain effect on improving symptoms such as fever, night sweats, cough and hemoptysis, and loss of appetite caused by tuberculosis. Therefore, it can be used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis.

4. Stop turbidity and reduce stool. Modern medical research has found that the so-called Ginkgo biloba can contract the sphincter of bladder. It can be used for the adjuvant treatment of infantile enuresis, frequent micturition due to qi deficiency, excessive leucorrhea and unconsolidated nocturnal emission.

5. Lowering serum cholesterol and dilating coronary arteries Ginkgo biloba leaves contain shikimic acid, ginkgetin, isoflavones and sterols. In recent years, it has been used to treat hypertension, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, cerebral vasospasm, hypercholesterolemia and other diseases.

The medicinal use of Ginkgo biloba is mainly reflected in three aspects: medicine, pesticide and veterinary medicine. In the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen once said: "Entering the lung meridian can benefit the temper, stop asthma and cough, and reduce defecation." Ginkgo biloba in Ben Feng Jing Yuan written by Zhang Lulu in Qing Dynasty has the effects of resolving phlegm, detoxicating and killing insects, and can be used to treat "furuncle, ulceration of mammary abscess, dental caries, infantile diarrhea, leucorrhea with red and white discharge, chronic stranguria, nocturnal emission and enuresis".