St. Francis Ginkgo Liquid - 250ml

Ginkgo

Gingko is the most frequently recommended medicinal herb in Europe. It makes sense that the oldest known tree is used for concerns that become more prevalent as we age.

Ginkgo is used to increase blood flow to the whole body but especially to the brain and extremities. The active components are flavone glycosides, potent antioxidant molecules. Free radicals are unstable molecules that in their bid to become more stable must bump into healthy cells and cause damage. Ginkgo's antioxidant properties neutralize free radicals and therefore reduce damage to vessels all over the body, including those in the brain. It has anti-aging properties because as an antioxidant it protects the body against environmental pollutants other substances that lead to aging. Ginkgo increases circulation by making the blood flow freely, thus enhancing oxygen delivery to and waste removal from cells. Ginkgo may also improve the communication between brain and nerve cells.

This herb also serves to treat a number of central nervous system disorders, cognitive disorders secondary to depression, and conditions linked to cerebral vascular insufficiency, which often affect the elderly, causing memory impairment, difficulty with concentration, headaches, dizziness, mood swings, dizziness, vertigo, and hearing problems. Ginkgo improves cognitive functions and sleeping patterns in people who suffer from depression. It also helps those affected seasonally by depression in winter.

In addition, Ginkgo is used to treat a variety of ailments: asthma, bronchitis, allergies, heart disease, thrombosis, angina pectoris, arteriosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia (high blood cholesterol), cardiac perfusion injury, blood pressure irregularities, Raynaud's disease, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dysentery and filariasis, sexual dysfunction, and eye ailments like diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and macular degeneration. Ginkgo aids in offsetting the process of aging and is preventative against acute mountain sickness. It also helps to control gastric acidity, regulates the body's bacterial flora, enhances liver and gallbladder function, and normalizes problems of sexual dysfunction arising from the use of SSRI antidepressants. As well, it relieves those who are prone to intermittent episodes of lameness and suffer pain in walking, especially people with Fontaine's stage IIa or IIb peripheral arterial occlusive disease.

Benefits of Tinctures

Capsules, soft gels and tablets are very popular. Tinctures, however, have many advantages over these modes of delivery. The bio-availability of tinctures is very high in comparison, because unlike pills tinctures don't rely on digestion to break them down. Tinctures are readily absorbed by the body, beginning their work in the bloodstream almost as soon as they enter the mouth. Which is a very significant benefit. Note also that:

• Tinctures can be applied externally as well as internally


• Tinctures can be stored for long periods of time, even years, without loss of effectiveness


• Tinctures can be taken relatively accurately because they are administered in drops

Why are tinctures alcohol-based?

Not only is the alcohol in St. Francis tinctures indispensable for extracting the active ingredients of an herb, it is also needed to stabilize and preserve them. As well as limiting microbial activity, alcohol has the ability to inhibit enzymatic or hydrolytic reactions in plant extracts.

Alcohol plays the role of a carrier substance conveying active ingredients within the body. Beyond that, it has been scientifically proven that small amounts of alcohol actually enhance the immune system and its defenses.

The amount of alcohol taken in an average dose of tincture, you'll be surprised to learn, is about the same as what you'd find in an overly ripe banana!