What are the effects and side effects of Ginkgo?

Ginkgo has been used as medicine in our country for a long time. Traditional Chinese medicine has long used ginkgo to treat many cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. In normal times, you can also choose to use ginkgo as a health product according to your actual situation, which can also have a good effect in preventing the occurrence of diseases. But ginkgo leaves do have some side effects. So what are the effects and side effects of ginkgo? Let us tell you about it below.

Antibacterial effect.

Ginkgo flesh, ginkgo juice, ginkgo phenol, and especially ginkgo acid have inhibitory effects on human tuberculosis and bovine tuberculosis in in vitro tests. The water extract of ginkgo (1:2) showed antibacterial effects against seven skin fungi in vitro, including Trichophyton violaceum, Microspore Trichophyton audouinii, and Canis familiaris spp. The antibacterial power of ginkgo pulp is stronger than that of the peel.

Effects on the respiratory system.

Experiments have shown that intraperitoneal injection of ginkgo ethanol extract into mice can increase the secretion of phenol red in the respiratory tract and appear to have an expectorant effect. It exhibits a weak relaxant effect on isolated guinea pig tracheal smooth muscle.

Effects on the circulatory system.

Experiments show that 500 mg/kg of ginkgo biloba has a short-term antihypertensive effect on rabbits. Ginkgo biphenol has a histamine-releasing effect, causing increased capillary permeability and leading to edema, and this effect is counteracted by chlorpheniramine.

Scavenging effect on free radicals.

The water-soluble components of the ginkgo exocarp can scavenge superoxide free radicals produced by the xanthine oxidase system in the presence of oxygen and inhibit chemiluminescence. In experiments, after 12 days of oral administration to elderly mice, it can prevent the formation of senile pigment granules in spleen tissue and cause the pigment granules that have already formed to become dispersed and reduced in number.

Stops leucorrhea and reduces stool size.

Modern medical research has found that ginkgo has the effect of contracting the bladder sphincter. It has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on children's enuresis, frequent urination due to qi deficiency, leucorrhea, and spermatorrhea.

The effects and side effects of ginkgo are introduced above. When the body has symptoms of illness and needs to use ginkgo, it must be used appropriately, preferably under the guidance of a doctor, so that it can have a good effect in treating the disease. Otherwise, it may cause other physical discomfort symptoms or even disease.