An Ancient Tree For The Young and Old

This amazing tree is the source of great hope for aging patients with signs and symptoms of insufficient blood supply to the brain. These symptoms include senility, short term memory loss, vertigo, headache, ringing in the ears, lack of cerebral blood flow which is extremely common in the geriatric population due to the presence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

The Ginkgo is the worlds oldest living tree, a species whose existence can be traced back over 200 million years! For this reason, the Ginkgo is often referred to as "The Living Fossil". Each individual trees may live as long a 1,000 years or longer. The Ginkgo is associated with longevity and it has incredible resistance to environmental factors.

What's In It?

Ginkgo's pharmacological activity is due to its high content of terpenes, flavanoids, pro-dither, quercetin, and Ginkgo Heterosides (flaviglycerides). Ginkgo Biloba extract has demonstrated remarkable pharmacological action on different parts of the circulatory and nervous system (arteries, capillaries, veins, and heart). Its effects include enhancement of energy, increase of cellular glucose intake, and lubricating of platelet aggregation.

Brain Antioxidant

Ginkgo Biloba also promotes radical scavenging activity, increased blood flow to the brain, and improved transmission of nerve signals. In clinical patients both chronic cerebral arterial insufficiency and/or peripheral arterial insufficiency responded favorable to Ginkgo Biloba extract.

Cerebral Vascular Insufficiency:

In a large open trial including 112 geriatric patients with chronic cerebral insufficiency, Ginkgo Biloba displayed a statistically significant regression of the major cerebral vascular insufficiency symptoms, these symptoms included; short term memory loss, vertigo, headache, ringing in ears, lack of vigilance, and depression.

Symptoms of decreased cerebral blood flow are extremely common in the senior population, due to the atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The significant regression of these symptoms offered by Ginkgo Biloba suggests that vascular insufficiency may be the causative factor, accounting for "age related cerebral disorders."

Improved Mental Performance

Ginkgo Biloba extract has been shown in clinical studies to increase the rate at which information is transmitted at the nerve cell level.

Free Radical Inhibition

In recent studies, Ginkgo Biloba has demonstrated an ability to neutralize free radicals. Free radicals are directly implicated in the aging process as in many other debilitating conditions. Oxygen scavengers are among the best substances used to prevent the formation of free radicals.

Inner Ear

Problems of the inner ear stem from some underlying vascular defect. In one study, Ginkgo Biloba was given to persons suffering from hearing loss due to old age (presbyacusia), patients with persistent ringing in the ears (tinnitis), and patients with dizziness (vertigo). Improved hearing was experienced by 40% of the presbyacusia patients, those who did not respond were assumed to have irreversible lesions of the sensory structures of the inner ear. Most of those patients with ringing in the ears experienced significant improvement within ten (10) to twenty (20) days. The action of Ginkgo Biloba on cerebral circulation resulted in swift and complete disappearance of vertigo.

Atherosclerotic: (ath•a•ro•skia•ro-ses) an arteriosclerosis characterized by the disposition of fatty substances in and fibrosis of the inner layer of the arteries.

Terpene: (ter•pen) any of a various isomeric hydrocarbons found present in essential oils (as from conifers) and used especially as solvents and in organic syntheses.

Querceti: (kwar•set•an) a yellow crystalline pigment occurring usually in the form of glycerides in various plants.