{"id":1033,"date":"2012-11-28T03:53:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T03:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2012-11-28T03:53:10","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T03:53:10","slug":"ginkgo-ginkgo-biloba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1033","title":{"rendered":"Ginkgo ~  Ginkgo biloba"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Ginkgo<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Ginkgo biloba<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Ginkgoaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: leaf<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: native to China and Japan; cultivated elsewhere<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: lignans, flavonoids, terpenes<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: slightly sour<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">speeds nerve repair<\/span> and re-innervation of muscle; antioxidant, anti-inflammatory<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: antiatherosclerotic, antioxidant, increases blood flow to brain and limbs, antiasthmatic, platelet activating factor antagonist<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: asthma, hypoxia, impaired mental function, senile dementia, and cerebral insufficiency<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: strokes, migraines, tinnitus, vertigo, diabetic retinopathy and other ocular diseases, Raynauds disease, varicose veins<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: standardized extract (24% flavone glycosides): 120 mg; powder in capsules: 5 grams (Khalsa) (Standardized extracts processed to remove ginkolic acid)<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: hemophilia<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: may cause dermatitis (ginkolic acid), increased bleeding time, headaches, lengthening of menstrual cycle, and GI upset; overdose: irritability, restlessness, diarrhea, vomiting<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ginkgo Latin name: Ginkgo biloba Family: Ginkgoaceae Part used: leaf Habitat: native to China and Japan; cultivated elsewhere Main constituents: lignans, flavonoids, terpenes Energetics: slightly sour Main herbal actions: speeds nerve repair and re-innervation of muscle; antioxidant, anti-inflammatory Minor herbal actions: antiatherosclerotic, antioxidant, increases blood flow to brain and limbs, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,175,1,316,315,314,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-inflammatory","category-antioxidant","category-module1","category-muscle-re-innervation","category-nerve-repair","category-slightly-sour","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1034,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions\/1034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}