Ginkgo Biloba Doesn't Work For Anything. It's Just A Tree

Given that the science says this doesn't work, you might wonder how it is that hundreds of gingko biloba products are still on the market, all of them with claims about memory. Simple: it's a dietary supplement, not a drug, which means that it is essentially unregulated (in the U.S.). The FDA won't step in unless the marketing claims get so outrageous that they cross the line into medicine–and even then, the FDA rarely does more than send a sternly worded letter.

Ginkgo Biloba Benefits Energy, Mood and Memory

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine and current clinical studies, ginkgo biloba is safe, effective and benefits the body in numerous ways because it exerts protective effects against mitochondrial damage and oxidative stress. It’s been used in Chinese herbal medicine to treat a variety of medical conditions since ancient times, especially circulatory problems and those related to declining memory.

Ginkgo Trees Stink Up Cities When Seeds Fall

Ginkgo seeds smell horrible, and their toxic flesh may cause rashes. But every fall, they are at the center of a citywide scavenger hunt.

Is Ginkgo biloba a cognitive enhancer in healthy individuals? A meta-analysis

Alas for any hopeful consumers, ginkgo biloba doesn’t work, as scientific studies have repeatedly shown. A recent meta-analysis of 28 different trials looked at its effect on memory, executive function and attention, and found that it had zero effect on any of these functions - Forbes magazine

Is Ginkgo Dangerous?

Based on this study, if you take high-quality ginkgo extract in typical dosages — I recommend 120 mg daily in divided dosages, taken with food — and have enjoyed good results, I see no reason to discontinue that use.

New Doubts About Ginkgo Biloba

The results of the study do not confirm that ginkgo biloba is dangerous to humans, but it is disturbing that the laboratory animals all tended to suffer the same sorts of injuries, said Cynthia Rider of the National Toxicology Program and the lead scientist of the ginkgo biloba study.

The Whispering Leaves of the Hiroshima Ginkgo Trees

How paradoxical, how sad, how stupid, it would be if, more than seven decades after Hiroshima opened the door to the possible suicide of humanity, we did not understand that warning from the past, that call to the future, what the gentle leaves of the ginkgo trees are still trying to tell us.