Herbal supplement gingko biloba found to prevent cell death in the brain, improve recovery from stroke

( Natural News ) We need not look towards Big Pharma for solutions to our ailments, but only need to get back to our roots – literally. Among the world’s oldest trees is the ginkgo biloba, one of the most ancient and most popular solutions to many medical conditions. A study from Nanjing University in China found that ginkgo biloba may assist in stroke recovery and prevention of brain cell death. Ginkgo biloba versus ischemic stroke The study, led by Dr. Yun Xu from the Department of Neurology at the university, included 348 participants who had suffered an ischemic stroke. Each participant was assigned either a 450 milligram ginkgo biloba extract in three doses plus 100 milligrams of aspirin (179 people in total), or 100 milligrams of aspirin alone (169 in the control group). The dosage was prescribed every day for six months, one week after being admitted to the hospital from the stroke. Assessments were made by the researchers on the 12 th , 30 th , 90 th , and 180 th days of the trial using a test that measured memory, attention, and language skills. Findings show that participants who took ginkgo biloba together with aspirin had better test scores compared to those who were only taking aspirins alone. Combining both the ginkgo biloba extract and aspirin treatment alleviates cognitive and neurological deficits after an acute ischaemic stroke without increasing the occurrence of negative vascular effects. An ischemic or ischemic stroke is a type of stroke that happens when an artery to the brain gets blocked. It can be caused by a narrowing of the arteries in the neck or in the head, or atherosclerosis (cholesterol calcification or deposits). It is one of the most common kinds of stroke, with an occurrence rate of 88 percent […]

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