Wuchuan Ginkgo

Wuchuan Ginkgo

　　Also known as white fruit. In 1993, Wuchuan Ginkgo won a gold medal at an expo in Bangkok, Thailand. The county has over 6,300 ancient ginkgo trees, with an average annual yield of 140 tons and a peak yield of 160 tons. These trees are mainly distributed in towns such as Du'nu, Fengle, Huangdu, Yanshan, and Baicun. Ginkgo products include King Ginkgo Wine and Ginkgo Tea.

　　Ginkgo, also called white fruit, male-female tree, duck-foot tree, or fan palm, is a gymnosperm. It is a deciduous tree that flowers in May and ripens in October, bearing orange-yellow drupe fruits. Ginkgo is a living fossil plant. All other plants of its division have gone extinct. It is the oldest surviving seed plant. Varieties and cultivars include yellow-leaf ginkgo, pagoda-shaped ginkgo, split-leaf ginkgo, weeping ginkgo, and variegated ginkgo. Ginkgo grows slowly and has an extremely long lifespan—taking over 20 years to bear fruit and 40 years to produce abundantly, with some trees living for over a thousand years.

　　Ginkgo is a highly nutritious premium tonic, containing crude protein, crude fat, reducing sugars, nucleoproteins, minerals, crude fiber, and various vitamins. Scientific studies show that per 100g of fresh ginkgo, there are 13.2g of protein, 72.6g of carbohydrates, 1.3g of fat, along with vitamin C, riboflavin, carotene, and multiple trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, selenium, potassium, and magnesium, plus 8 types of amino acids. It has high edible, medicinal, and health benefits.

　　Ginkgo seeds contain a variety of nutrients, including starch, protein, fat, and sugars, as well as vitamin C, riboflavin, carotene, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, magnesium, and other trace elements, plus components such as ginkgolic acid, bilobol, pentose polysaccharides, and sterols. They offer dietary and medical benefits such as nourishing lung qi, treating coughs and wheezing, relieving leukorrhea and parasites, reducing urination, smoothing wrinkles, protecting blood vessels, and increasing blood flow. According to modern medical research, ginkgo also improves vascular flow, enhances brain function, slows age-related cognitive decline, boosts memory, and treats Alzheimer’s disease and cerebral insufficiency. Its anti-aging properties are highly regarded in German and French scientific circles. Additionally, ginkgo can protect the liver, reduce arrhythmia, prevent fatal bronchial contractions during allergic reactions, and is used for treating asthma, transplant rejection, myocardial infarction, stroke, organ protection, and dialysis.

　　Regular consumption of ginkgo can nourish yin, beautify the skin, fight aging, dilate capillaries, improve blood circulation, give one’s skin and face a rosy glow, boost vitality, and prolong life. It is a health food suitable for all ages and a special delicacy for entertaining distinguished guests. Flavonoids and bilobalide in the seeds also have special preventive and therapeutic effects on diseases such as cerebral thrombosis, Alzheimer’s, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, and declining brain function.