Ginkgo Folium, Ginkgo Leaf, Yin Xing Ye 银杏叶

Ginkgo leaf
Yin Xing Ye (TCM)
Picture Ben Cao Yuan Shi, 1644 (Welcome)

Picture Ginkgo
Addisonia, 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 phlegm

2. 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 disease

3. 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 Anxiety

4. 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, Balm
ii. Ginkgo leaf, Rosemary, Basil, Siberian Ginseng, Withania
iii. Ginkgo leaf, Centella, Sesame seed, Frankincense
iv. Ginkgo leaf, Centella, Withania, Calamus
2. Circulation tonic:
i. Ginkgo leaf, Hawthorn, Ginger
ii. Ginkgo leaf, Rosemary, Calendula
iii. Ginkgo leaf, Mistletoe, Hawthorn
iv. Ginkgo leaf, Hawthorn, Horse Chestnut, Bilberry fruit
v. Ginkgo leaf, Lobelia, Ginger
vi. Ginkgo leaf, Turmeric, Panax notoginseng San Qi
3. Old Age tonic:
i. Ginkgo leaf, Rosemary
ii. Ginkgo leaf, Schisandra, Ginseng
4. Relieve Neurasthenia, improve Brain function and Memory, Ginkgo leaf, Ginseng (proven effect)

Major Formulas:



Cautions:


1. Avoid large doses or long-term use due to its mild toxicity.
2. Not used for acute (exterior) conditions such as Cold and Flu (TCM)
3. Should not be used in those with Bleeding disorders;

Drug Interactions:


Caution in those taking anticoagulants.

Main Preparations used:



Research

1. Anti-bacterial
2. Anti-viral
3. Dilate Coronary artery, improve Coronary Blood Flow (Flavonoids)
4. Improves Cerebral blood flow.
5. Inhibits thrombosis, inhibits platelet aggregation.
6. Lowers Cholesterol.
7. Relieves Angina