| Pharmaceutical Name: |
Semen Ginkgo |
| Botanical Name: |
Ginkgo biloba L. |
| Common Name: |
Ginkgo Seed |
| Source of Earliest Record: |
Bencao Gangmu |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: |
The ripe seeds are gathered in autumn, cleaned and dried in the sun. After the shells of the seeds have been broken, the seeds are removed and pounded into pieces. |
| Properties and Taste: |
Sweet, bitter, astringent, neutral and slightly toxic |
| Meridian: |
Lung |
| Functions: |
To strengthen lung Qi and soothe asthma
To relieve leukorrhea |
| Indications and Combinations: |
1. Asthma:
a) Asthma with stifling sensation in the chest and cough with profuse, dilute sputum.
*Use with Ephedra (Mahuang) and Licorice root (Gancao).
b) Asthma with stifling sensation in the chest and cough with thick yellow sputum.
*Use with Scutellaria root (Huangqin) and Mulberry bark (Sangbaipi) in the formula Dingchuan Tang.
2. Leukorrhea:
a) Downward flowing of damp-heat manifested as yellow, odorous leukorrhea.
*Use with Phellodendron bark (Huangbai) and Plantain seed (Cheqianzi) in the formula Yihuang Tang.
b) Deficiency of kidney yang manifested as whitish, odorless leukorrhea.
*Use with Cinnamon bark (Rougui), Astragalus root (Huangqi) and Dogwood fruit (Shanzhuyu). |
| Dosage: |
6-10 g |
