The gingko biloba would be efficient against the anxiety
The gingko biloba would have the effects anxiety, according to German researchers. This medicinal plant is already recognized to slow down the progression of the illness as well as to attenuate the decline of the memory and the cognitive functions.
The researchers led a test clinique1 by 107 patients suffering from anxiety and whose age varied from 18 years to 70 years. None among them endured cognitive decline or craziness.
Lasting four weeks, the topics took either a daily dose of 480 mg of excerpt of ginkgo2 is a dose of 240 mg of the same excerpt is a placebo. None of the topics took psychoactive medicine against the anxiety.
According to the results, the two dosages of gingko had the effect of decreasing the anxiety of the topics compared to the placebo. The size of the effect anxiolytique of the gingko excerpt would be comparable to the one gotten in similar tests led with classic anxiolytiques as the oxazepam and the.
The topics that took the excerpt of gingko saw to lower their arterial tension appreciably while this effect has not been observed among the patients who took the placebo, also return the authors of the survey.
The ginko biloba, that doesn’t cause a dependence and that dark not to the cognitive functions, could constitute a spare solution to the medicines of synthesis for people, young and less young, that endure anxiety, conclude the researchers.
gingko biloba
Common names: Ginkgo tree, the ECU 40.
Botanical name: Ginkgo biloba, family ginkgoacées.
English name: Ginkgo, Maidenhair Tree.
Chinese name: Bai Guo Ye, Ginkyo, Yin-Kuo, Yinhsing.
Part used: leaves.
Habitat and origin: Ginkgo biloba is the oldest species of tree whose specimens are still identical to their ancestors. It occupied the planet already there are 300 million years. Thanks to a few individuals have been found in ancient Chinese temples, we have re everywhere in the world, especially as ornamental tree. On an exceptional resistance to environmental stress, it can live up to 1 000 years and reach 40 to 50 metres high. It seems to resist pollution and easily adapt to urban environments.
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