Properties: Sour, astringent, warm

Meridans Entered:
Primary: Liver and Kidney

1. Stop cough and resolve Phlegm
   Cough with excessive phlegm
   Asthma, colds and pneumonia
2. Promotes digestion and removes Food Stagnation
   Indigestion
   Abdominal pain due to food retention
   High cholesterol Weight management
3. Activates the Blood and dissipates Blood Stasis
   Angina, cardiovascular and Liver disease
   Amenorrhea
   Applied topically for sun protection, sunburn, traumatic injury, ulcers, eczema, dermatitis, rashes in children and radiation damage from cancer treatments
   Often found in cosmetics and anti-aging creams

Suggested Daily Dosage: 3-9g in decoction.

• Isorhamnetin
  Monomethoxyflavone related to quercetin with roles as a tyrosinase inhibitor and anticoagulant. It is also present in Ginkgo biloba leaf and may be responsible for some if its cerebroprotective effects through antiinflammatory and antioxidant activities (Gong et al., 2020).

Notes:

The leaves and branches used to be fed to horses in ancient times to fatten them and give them a glossy coat, hence its Latin name, derived from Hippo (horse) and Phaos (shining).

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