Ginkgo biloba side effects and contraindications

What are the side effects and contraindications of Ginkgo biloba leaves?

Ginkgo is a green plant with a long history and is known as a living fossil. It is highly ornamental and has therapeutic effects. The leaves and fruits of this plant can be used as medicine. It is a common medicine in clinical Chinese medicine and can treat human cardiovascular diseases and a variety of common diseases. However, ginkgo leaves contain certain toxic side effects, and people will have obvious side effects after taking them. In addition, ginkgo leaves also have many taboos in taking, and if you are not careful, it will also harm human health.

Ginkgo biloba leaf side effects and taboos

Side Effects of Ginkgo Biloba Leaves

Ginkgo leaves contain a lot of ginkgolic acid, which is a natural toxic ingredient. This toxic ingredient dissolves immediately when it comes into contact with water. If we drink water soaked with ginkgo leaves directly, these toxic substances will be quickly absorbed and utilized, which can easily cause the body to have obvious poisoning reactions. Nausea, retching, convulsions, and skin hematomas are all obvious manifestations of ginkgo leaf poisoning.

Taboos of Ginkgo Leaves

1. It is forbidden to mix ginkgo leaves with tea or chrysanthemum to make tea, because ginkgo leaves themselves contain certain toxic side effects. When they are used to make tea with chrysanthemum and tea, the special ingredients in chrysanthemum and tea will promote the decomposition of toxic substances in ginkgo leaves as soon as possible. After people drink the water soaked with them, they will have serious poisoning reactions, which will cause people to have convulsions, coma, nerve spasms and other adverse symptoms.

2. It is also an important taboo not to eat directly or drink it soaked in water when taking ginkgo leaves, because those ginkgo leaves that have not been purified and processed contain a lot of ginkgolic acid, which is a harmful ingredient. After being absorbed by the body, it is easy to cause a decrease in white blood cells, headache, dizziness, gastrointestinal discomfort, nausea and retching, and other food poisoning symptoms will be more serious, which will harm human health.

Side effects of long-term consumption of ginkgo leaves

Long-term consumption of ginkgo leaves also has significant side effects. It can cause the user to have skin allergies, joint pain, loss of appetite, dry mouth, leukopenia and other adverse symptoms. It can significantly reduce the functions of multiple organs in the body, and health will be seriously threatened at that time. Therefore, when we take ginkgo leaves, we should not eat them for a long time or in excess, let alone eat them immediately. It is best to take ginkgo leaves under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine.