Ginkgo Folium, Ginkgo Leaf, Yin Xing Ye 银杏叶 Ginkgo leafYin Xing Ye (TCM) Ben Cao Yuan Shi, 1644 (Welcome) GinkgoAddisonia, vol. 11: (1926) Botanical name: Ginkgo biloba Parts used: Leaf Temperature & Taste: Neutral, Dry, Bitter, Sweet. Slightly Toxic. Uses: 1. Consolidates Lungs, Stops Wheezing:-Coughing, Wheezing-Chronic Cough, Cough with excess phlegm2. Move the Blood, Clears Stasis, Ease Pain:-Coronary Heart Disease, Angina Pectoris (Chinese Pharmacopoeia)-tightness and pain of the chest-Hyperlipemia-Intermittent claudication (Commission E)-peripheral arterial occlusive disease3. Moves the Blood, Settles Wind, Benefits the Brain:-‘symptomatic relief of organic brain dysfunction’ (Commission E)-Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease-improves Concentration and Memory-Vertigo, Tinnitus (Commission E)-Dizziness, Headache with Anxiety4. Astringes to Stop Leakage:-Diarrhea, Dysentery-Leukorrhea Dose: Long Infusion or Decoction: 3–9 grams.Standardized Extract (to contain 24% flavone, 6% terpene lactones): 40–80mg, two or three times daily. Main Combinations: 1. Benefit the Brain in the aged:i. Ginkgo leaf, Rosemary, Balmii. Ginkgo leaf, Rosemary, Basil, Siberian Ginseng, Withaniaiii. Ginkgo leaf, Centella, Sesame seed, Frankincenseiv. Ginkgo leaf, Centella, Withania, Calamus2. Circulation tonic:i. Ginkgo leaf, Hawthorn, Gingerii. Ginkgo leaf, Rosemary, Calendulaiii. Ginkgo leaf, Mistletoe, Hawthorniv. Ginkgo leaf, Hawthorn, Horse Chestnut, Bilberry fruitv. Ginkgo leaf, Lobelia, Gingervi. Ginkgo leaf, Turmeric, Panax notoginseng San Qi3. Old Age tonic:i. Ginkgo leaf, Rosemaryii. Ginkgo leaf, Schisandra, Ginseng4.…

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