Ginkgo seeds are the seeds of ginkgo biloba, and they are still a traditional Chinese medicine. After ripening, remove the fleshy seed coat of the ginkgo seeds, wash them, steam them slightly or boil them slightly, and dry them to be used as medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that ginkgo biloba is sweet, bitter, astringent, flat in nature, has a small poison, enters the lungs and kidney meridians, has the function of restricting the lungs and fixing asthma, stopping the contraction of urine, and can treat asthma and phlegm, leucorrhea and white turbidity, sperm and frequent urination, nameless swelling and poison, ringworm sores, etc. The “Compendium of Materia Medica” contains ginkgo “cooked food, warming the lungs and invigorating qi, fixing asthma, shrinking stools, and stopping white turbidity.” Raw food, phlegm, disinfection and insecticide”.

Ginkgo seeds are rich in protein, vitamins, amino acids and a variety of trace elements, which can unblock blood vessels, improve brain function, delay brain aging in the elderly, enhance memory ability, and assist in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and cerebral insufficiency and other diseases.

Ginkgo seeds can be used in a variety of ways, not only as a vegetable, but also as porridge, or directly fried as a snack. The following is an introduction to 4 healthy food remedies for your reference.

Ginkgo bean curd porridge

Materials and methods: 15 ginkgo seeds (peeled, cored), 50 grams of yuba, 200 grams of rice, appropriate amount of sugar. Wash the above ingredients, add water to the pot and cook into porridge, and finally season with sugar.

Efficacy: Strengthen the spleen and stomach, relieve lung and asthma, tonify the kidney and invigorate qi, suitable for lung deficiency cough and asthma, kidney deficiency enuresis and urination frequency.

Ginkgo seed soup

Materials and methods: 12 ginkgo seeds (peeled, cored), 100 grams of coix seeds, appropriate amount of rock sugar. Wash the above ingredients, add an appropriate amount of water to the pot and cook the soup, and season with rock sugar after cooking.

Efficacy: Strengthen the spleen and dampness, clear away heat and relieve pain, dispel wind and drain pus, suitable for spleen deficiency and diarrhea, phlegm, wheezing and coughing, urine drenching pain, edema, etc.

Steamed longan meat with ginkgo seeds

Materials and methods: 5 pieces of ginkgo seeds (peeled and cored), 10 pieces of longan meat. Wash the above ingredients, put them in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and steam them to eat.

Efficacy: Nourishing the spleen and invigorating qi, calming the heart and calming the nerves, suitable for palpitations, forgetfulness, insomnia, postpartum blood deficiency, old age and frailty.

Pork belly in a pot with ginkgo seeds

Materials and methods: 10 ginkgo seeds (peeled, cored), 30 grams of coix seeds, two pork tripes (that is, pig bladder), appropriate amount of salt. Wash the ginkgo seeds and coix seeds, and fry them in an iron pan until they are slightly yellow; Cut the pork belly, put refined salt and rub it repeatedly, and then rinse it with water. Put all the raw materials into a casserole, add an appropriate amount of water, boil over a fire, change to a simmer for 3 hours, and add salt to taste.

Efficacy: Spleen and dampness, stop astringency, suitable for spleen deficiency and dampness, thin white matter, as well as limb fatigue, loss of appetite, loose stool, frequent urination, men’s sperm loss, etc.

It should be noted that ginkgo seeds contain a large amount of hydrocyanic acid, ginkgo dicholic acid and ginkgo acid, etc., which are toxic, and excessive and raw food will have toxic side effects. Mild symptoms include general malaise and drowsiness, and severe symptoms include vomiting, nausea, fear, convulsions, and dyspnea. Therefore, for people who love to eat ginkgo seeds, the following two principles should be adhered to: first, cooked food, eat less. After the above-mentioned biotoxins are fully heated at high temperatures, their biological activities can be destroyed to the greatest extent and they can be safely consumed. Second, remove the seed coat and germ (i.e., peel and core) before eating.