Ginkgo:

BOTANICAL NAME: Ginkgo biloba



PARTS USED AND HABITAT: Ginkgo biloba is the world?s longest living species of tree; individual trees live as long as 1,000 years. Ginkgo grows most prominently in the southern and eastern US, southern France, China, and Korea. The leaves of the tree are used.



INDICATION AND USAGE:

(1) Primary uses: Age-related cognitive decline; Alzheimer?s disease; Intermittent claudication.

(2) Secondary uses: Atherosclerosis; Depression (for elderly people); Erectile dysfunction (of vascular origin); Macular degeneration; Retinopathy; Vertigo

(3) Other uses: Asthma; Depression; Diabetes; Migraine headaches; Parkinson?s disease; Raynaud?s disease; Tinnitus