The Ginkgo fossil of dinosaur time

The fruit is a remedy against asthma and bronchitis, which quenches seeds
the cough, the acid in the seed interested conventional medicine
Agent against tubercle bacilli. For the Chinese, who also always the food value
observe its flora and fauna, in turn was the core of a
precious specialty. Talking about the Ginkgo. To the healing powers of ginkgo lined up
Although numerous legends, but could
high efficacy of ginkgo extract in
be detected numerous cases. So
Today every third drug against
Circulatory disorders a ginkgo preparation
and who on the flight to China thrombosis
wearing stockings, probably Ginkgo has the
Legs, because it relaxes the muscles.
The official Chinese name is Baiguo,
white fruit. Some Chinese call the
Tree because of the shape of its leaves and
Entenfuss (Yajiao), but known, he has been Silberaprikose
(Yinxing). The fruits of Silberaprikose,
their taste a little of
Walnuts recalled, served as special
Gift wrapped in silk and colorful
Bowls arranged was presented.
Boast the Chinese because of their
many dinosaur skeletons found in Sichuan,
attended the finds of 500,000 years old
Beijing people and a 2 million years old
Hominids from Yunnan sensation, so
grows here and unobtrusive for hundreds
of millions of years of Ginkgo whose
Leaves the dinosaurs once ate and
the shadow of China prehistoric man protection
searched from the sun. At the time of dinosaurs
a widespread genus escaped the
Tree is the fate of doom and
so one of the extremely rare creatures that
a bridge from ancient history in the
Contemporary hit.
In China, the ginkgo from the 11th century was.
mentioned in plants known union records.
In the Song Dynasty (960-1126 /
1279), in which the landscape painting a
Development thrust learned began to
Ginkgo to cultivate the first time. In the Centre
Art stood since the 10th century. the sinking
was in the nature, and every tree
be as the Ginkgo with its suitable for
so mysteriously shaped leaves?
he was probably Rediscovered
Near temples. Because of
Reasons of fengshui (see p. 22) both
Buddhist and Daoist at
was temples usual, a part of the natural
Forest around the plant stand n let,
Many tree species could survive,
otherwise large area due to deforestation
would have been wiped out in China.
For this reason, it was believed in the West
long that the cultivation of a ginkgo
religious, especially Buddhist
have origin. In the 12th century. The Ginkgo was
introduced in Japan, where it Holländer the
1690 saw the first time and in 1712 Utrecht
brought. Another hundred years would pass
up in Geneva the first female Ginkgo
was planted. The most beautiful and ancient
Ginkgo can be found in China still
Temple areas where usually a huge, ancient
male and female ginkgo side by side
stand and the temple and age
Dignify.----000988