Ginkgo Biloba's History and Benefits
By Jacobus Hollewijn
Health Pearl # 45
Do you think you are using your brain to its fullest potential, even while getting older?
How ‘bout your children and you, college students?
If not, you might be interested in supplementing your diet with the herb Ginkgo Biloba!
The Ginkgo Biloba Tree is a 200 million years-old-species that can reach up to ONE THOUSAND years of age!
Throughout time, this ancient tree has shown immunity from both floods and environmental pollution.
In China therefore, the Ginkgo Tree has long been regarded as sacred and was often planted outside temples and monasteries. They called the extract made from the leaves: THE ELIXER OF LONGEVITY!
Western Europe has impressive volumes of research, which support centuries of claims about Ginkgo’s unique benefits including its strong anti-oxidant effects.
In folk history leaves of the Ginkgo tree were used for treating poor circulation of any kind related to the heart, head, hands, or feet. They also improve the functioning of the reproductive organs.
Studies have shown Ginkgo Biloba to be effective in increasing peripheral blood flow. This makes it especially useful in treating:
Age-related brain disorders,
Raynauds Disease, and both in
PREVENTION of strokes and TREATING strokes soon after they happen, among other things.
I feel sharper already…just talking about it!
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