Ginkgo leaves are a remedy for many diseases of the cardiovascular system, including hypertension, arrhythmia, and tachycardia. Also, this plant is suitable for preventing stroke and solving many problems with blood vessels and getting rid of impaired blood circulation: varicose veins, atherosclerosis, etc. It significantly reduces thrombosis. Ginkgo can be used for various diseases of a nervous or mental nature: for depression, dizziness, headache and migraine. Also, ginkgo leaf preparations help with multiple sclerosis, improving memory and stimulating intellectual activity. In addition, the plant is effective for Alzheimer's disease, paralysis, metabolic disorders and immune deficiency, as well as for impotence, hemorrhoids, diabetes, vegetative-vascular dystonia, asthma, tuberculosis, cataracts and other eye diseases. The seeds of this plant have been used as food since ancient times. But the tree has a wider application in medicine. Preparations of ginkgo leaves are considered an effective tool in the fight against vascular and heart muscle diseases. They also stimulate memory and normalize immunity. Various recipes for preparing ginkgo are used both in folk and official medicine. More than one and a half hundred different useful substances and trace elements are found in the leaves of the plant. They contain the greatest amount of glycosides, as well as terpene compounds. In addition, ginkgo leaves contain vitamins, proanthocyanidins and various organic acids.