Synonyms in a broader sense
Medicinal plant: Ginkgo bilboa Ginkgo biloba: The ginkgo tree belongs to the family of Ginkgoaceae. Ginkgo actually Ginkyo (from the Chinese) translated means silver apricot. Alternatively, the Ginkgo tree is also called:.
- Fan Tree
- Fan-leaf tree
- Elephant leaf tree
- Duckfoot Tree
- Fan-leaf tree
- Girl hair tree or
- Japanese temple tree
ExplanationDefinition
Ginkgo has been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine as a therapeutic agent for circulatory disorders. The Ginkgo – extract is won from the leaves of the Ginkgo tree. In different studies it could be proved that the active substances from the Ginkgo extract are therapeutically effective.
Ginkgo is most frequently used in the therapy of circulatory disorders in the brain and venous diseases. The ginkgo tree, also called temple tree, is the only remaining representative of the ginkophytes, a division of the seed plants (spermatophyta). Until 30 million years ago, it was also native to Central Europe, but then moved to Southeast Asia and back.
The 30 to 40 meter high ginkgo tree is a deciduous deciduous tree. It is one of the oldest plant species on earth in terms of its developmental history and forms the link between ferns and conifers. This is how an actual department was created for it, the ginkgo plant, which today comprises only one species.
Fossils of ginkgo species can also be found in Central Europe. Since all other genera have died out today, the Ginkgo biloba is considered the oldest fossil in the plant world. The ginkgo tree is considered a living fossil.
Its original forms existed already 300 million years ago. It survived the ice age in Southeast Asia and was discovered as a garden plant by Buddhist monks 300 million years ago. The German name Ginkgo is based on a spelling mistake of the Japanese Ginkyo in the notes of the German doctor Engelbert Kaempfer, who brought the tree back to Europe from Japan in 1750.
The ginkgo is dioecious, which means there are male and female plants. The name biloba = bilobed indicates this typical leaf shape. Special extracts from the leaves are used medicinally.
In traditional Chinese medicine, the seeds are also used. The dried leaves and their preparation, especially highly concentrated dry extracts, are used medicinally. As the main pharmacologically active ingredient, ginkgo leaves contain levoglycosides and terpene lactones.
In clinical studies, it has so far only been proven to have a positive effect on ginkgo extracts, such as those obtained from the flowers in acetone-water mixture. More than 20 process steps are necessary to obtain the dry extract. the dried leaves are first finely ground and then mixed with solvents such as some water or alcohol to extract the most important active ingredients.
Finally, the liquid extract is dried, ground and pressed together with other excipients, usually in tablets. The leaves of the Gingko – tree one uses thus in the plaster or welfare tea. in the traditional Chinese medicine in Ginkgotees from asthma to blood circulation disturbances are arranged before.