Nutritional value of ginkgo

Ginkgo trees, also known as ginkgo trees, are tall deciduous trees of the ginkgo family. The fruit of ginkgo trees is ginkgo. Ginkgo trees are endemic to China and are known as living fossils on the earth. Let's take a look at the nutritional value of ginkgo.

Nutritional value of ginkgo

The roots, bark, leaves and fruits of ginkgo trees have medical value. The nuts of ginkgo trees contain 62% starch, 11% crude protein, 3% crude fat, 5% sucrose, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, selenium and other minerals, trace elements and vitamins and other bioactive substances.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that ginkgo has sweet and bitter taste, has small poison, and has the functions of collecting lung qi, calming phlegm and asthma, stopping turbidity, stopping diarrhea, detoxifying sores, anti-aging and so on.

Ginkgo biloba has the effect of dilating blood vessels, promoting microvascular circulation and anticoagulation, so ginkgo biloba has a certain curative effect on coronary heart disease, angina pectoris and cerebrovascular disease.

According to the analysis and determination of German scientists, there are more than 160 active ingredients in ginkgo biloba leaves, including 36 kinds of flavonoid bioactive substances. Because of the overall function of these components, they can have a good curative effect on the human body. China has not only developed a variety of ginkgo biloba health products, but also has a large number of ginkgo biloba exports. at present, the use of ginkgo biloba leaves is the highest among all herbs in western countries.

Ginkgo also has a cosmetic function, because ginkgo contains essential amino acids and is the raw material for the synthesis of collagen, which can make the skin shiny and elastic, so many cosmetics on the market are related to ginkgo.

The way to eat ginkgo

The edible part of ginkgo is nuts, and there are many ways to eat. The simplest way to eat is to stir-fry ginkgo, which originated in Shanghai, to stir-fry the washed ginkgo with a shell in a pan, or to wrap the ginkgo in a paper bag and heat it in a microwave oven, waiting for ginkgo to burst.

There are many ways to make cooked ginkgo, including stir-frying, steaming, simmering, stewing and so on. Ginkgo can be matched with pig, beef, mutton and poultry eggs. Before cooking, the meat can be boiled to half-cooked, and then the ginkgo cooked in clear water, remove the peel and pour into the material, cooked together, so as to prevent the ginkgo from being overcooked.

How to eat ginkgo safely

Ginkgo contains ginkgolic acid, ginkgo phenol and other substances, which are toxic to a certain extent, mainly distributed in green embryos and seed coats, with a general toxic dose of 10-50. Poisoning symptoms such as vomiting and dizziness will occur 1-12 hours after eating. Therefore, when eating ginkgo, you should pay attention to the following points:

1. Avoid eating raw food. Ginkgo toxin after heat, the toxicity will be weakened, so eat ginkgo must be cooked.

2. Children had better not eat or eat less. The younger the more likely to be poisoned, babies can not eat, 3-5-year-old children can not exceed 5, adults about 10 is appropriate.

3. Remove the skin and embryo before eating. Ginkgo toxin is mainly concentrated in the embryo and seed coat, must be removed before eating, germinated ginkgo can not be eaten.

Do not take it with aspirin or anticoagulants. Ginkgo has anticoagulant effect, and when taken with these similar drugs, it may cause bleeding and aggravate the disease.

5. People under the following circumstances should not eat or eat carefully. After the operation of patients, pregnant women, menstrual women should avoid taking ginkgo biloba preparation, in addition, people with weak body should not take it.