According to research, Ginkgo may promise to act as an anti-aging agent. Here are 14 ways that Ginkgo may help slow down the aging process:
- Improve blood flow to the arteries, veins, and capillaries
- Improve memory and processing functions of the brain
- Slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease
- Reduce bacterial infection that leads to gum disease
- Relieve vertigo and dizziness
- Reduce tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
- Reduce vision loss by improving oxygen flow to the retina
- Improve hearing by increasing blood flow
- Lower blood pressure
- Inhibit abnormal blood clotting
- Relieve impotence in men
- Relieve Raynaud’s disease (a reduction in circulation leading to cold hands and feet)
- Raise HDL levels (the good cholesterol)