Ginkgo Biloba has any real benefit to our health?
History The ginkgo biloba tree has been referred to as a “living fossil.” This is because it is the only living member of the Ginkgoales family. Its earliest fossils date back to 270 million years ago, which puts this tree on earth with the dinosaurs. The ginkgo biloba tree was prominent throughout North America, Europe, and Asia during the Cretaceous period (144 million years ago.). Global cataclysmic events caused a decrease in the number of Ginkgo and the extinction of dinosaurs and large reptiles, who helped disperse the seeds, may have also contributed to this decline. The Ginkgo disappeared from the North American fossil record approximately 7 million years ago and from Europe about 2.5 million years ago. At that point, scientist believed it had become extinct, but it was later found in Japan. Engelbert Kaempfer, a German physician, and botanist found it in 1691. It had survived in China in the monasteries and temple gardens. The Buddhist mo...