Ginkgo Biloba 60capsules

Description

Other Names:

Ginkgoaceae (family) / Ginkgo / Fossil Tree / Maidenhair Tree / Japanese Silver Apricot / Baiguo / Bai Guo Ye / Kew Tree / Yinhsing

Botanical Description:

• Deciduous conifer.
• A Ginkgo Biloba tree can reach 30 or 40 m height and a spread of 8 meters.
• The trunk can become about 3 or 4 meters wide in diameter.
• It is straight columnar and sparingly branched.
• Young trees have usually a central trunk, pyramidal in shape, with regular, lateral, ascending, asymmetrical branching.
• The bark is brown and rough. It fissures rough furrows with the age.
• The leaves of this tree are interesting and unique from any other tree.
• They are fan-shaped, leathery and smooth.
• They are often deeply grooved in the middle of the leaf, producing two distinct lobes, hence the name Ginkgo biloba (two lobes).
• The leaves have a venation pattern that is open dichotomous; the veins fork in pairs from the base of the leaf, and are not cross-connected.
• They are bright green during the summer, turning gold before dropping in the fall.

Part of Plant Used:

• Leaves

Main Uses:

A nutritional supplement traditionally used as an aid for asthma and urinary problems and more recently as a circulatory stimulant for cerebral insufficiency and varicose veins.

Interactions:

• Ginkgo interacts with heart medications, seizure medications, or birth control pills Aspirin (Bayer® and others), Clopidogrel (Plavix®), Heparin or heparin-like products, such as: Dalteparin (Fragmin®), Enoxaparin (Lovenox®), Tinzaparin (Innohep®), Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as: Celecoxib (Celebrex®), Diclofenac (Cataflam®, Voltaren®), Etodolac (Lodine®), Ibuprofen (Motrin®, Advil®), Indomethacin (Indocin®), Ketoprofen (Orudis®), Ketorolac (Toradol®), Meloxicam (Mobic®), Naproxen (Naprosyn®) or naproxen sodium (Aleve®, Anaprox®, Naprelan®), Nabumetone (Relafen®), Oxaprozin (Daypro®), Warfarin (Coumadin®, Jantoven®).
• Ginkgo Biloba may affect the way your body responds to diabetes medications, depending on several factors.
• There are no known interactions; however, with the proliferation of available drugs it is always advisable to consult your doctor or health care professional before taking this or any other supplements.