Ginkgo biloba is a traditional Chinese medicine, but it is often used in our daily life. For example, some people pay more attention to health and often use ginkgo biloba leaves. In fact, Ginkgo biloba leaves also have some side effects, so you should pay attention to them when you eat them, especially in moderation. Children should not eat more. So, what are the effects and taboos of Ginkgo biloba?

1, relieving cough and asthma

Ginkgo biloba leaves have the functions of astringing lung qi, relieving cough and asthma. It has a certain dietotherapy effect on chronic cough due to physical weakness and asthma due to senile deficiency. People with severe asthma and excessive phlegm-heat should not eat it.

Step 2 stop urinating

Ginkgo biloba leaves have astringent effect, which can solidify semen, shrink urine and stop leukorrhagia. It has a good therapeutic effect on frequent micturition in women, increased leucorrhea, turbid urine in men and nocturnal emission.

3, antibacterial

Ginkgo biloba leaves can inhibit the growth of mycobacterium tuberculosis, staphylococcus, streptococcus, diphtheria, anthrax, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, typhoid Bacillus and so on. , and has a wide range of antibacterial effects.

4. Anti-aging

Ginkgo biloba leaves also have the functions of dredging blood vessels, improving brain function, delaying brain aging of the elderly and enhancing memory. Help to improve Alzheimer's disease and cerebral blood supply insufficiency.

5. the disadvantages of eating ginkgo biloba

Ginkgo biloba contains a small amount of ginkgolic acid, ginkgol, ginkgol and other toxic substances. Excessive raw or cooked food may lead to poisoning. Generally, adults eat no more than 20 ginkgo biloba at a time, and children eat no more than 10 at a time. Remember not to eat too much.

6. Symptoms of ginkgo poisoning

Excessive consumption of Ginkgo biloba leaves will not cause symptoms immediately, but it has a latent period, and it will attack quickly after more than an hour, usually within 1~ 12 hours after meals.

(1) Symptoms of digestive system

Ginkgo poisoning will affect the digestive system, and there will be symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea. After poisoning, there will be loss of appetite, which will bring great discomfort to the patient.

(2) Symptoms of nervous system

Eating a small amount of ginkgo biloba will not be toxic, even if it contains toxicity, but eating too much ginkgo biloba will increase toxicity and lead to poisoning. Poisoned people will have headache, chest tightness, irritability, stiff limbs, dilated pupils, coma and other symptoms, and more serious symptoms will lead to pulmonary edema and heart failure.