The autumn is full of yellow color and foliage. Deciduous trees are the initial harbingers of this time of year, and they have to give a golden thread of rain. So when we started this topic, a lot more about the ginkgo tree.
ginkgo tree is the object of worship and the sacred tree of the East. It is a symbol of the unity of opposites, for some a symbol of immutability, has the miraculous energy. It is also a holder of hope and immeasurable past a sign of love. Due to the fact of all this, it is connected with a lengthy life.
Ginkgo is a deciduous tree that has grown for centuries in the courts of Chinese and Japanese temples as sacred tree. It belongs to the loved ones of Ginkgoaceae. This tree is native to China, Korea and Japan. Ginkgo Biloba is the oldest tree in the planet. It is known that there are old trees, think it or not, 200 million years ago. This tree can attain an age of a thousand years. After the Ice Age, of course, ginkgo tree grows only in China. Its height of about 30 m, the crown of a young tree is pyramidal, but the adult tree has usually oval crown. The leaves are fan-shaped, green in spring, dark green in summer and lemon yellow in autumn. The seeds have shape and size like a plum, but they have yellow-greenish colour and unpleasant smell. In China, this tree attracted thousands of people from across the nation. Golden leaves fall since mid-November, turning the soil in the "Yellow Sea" in order.
An old tree. near the Buddhist temple in Zhongnan Mountain Gu Guanyin and are a ideal way to celebrate autumn Ginkgo is a "living fossil" because regardless of the drastic climate modifications, adopted remained untouched. The leaves of the ginkgo tree are used in Chinese medicine for the treatment of respiratory illnesses such as asthma and bronchitis, then for the remedy of hair loss, tuberculosis, poor circulation, gonorrhea, skin illnesses, diarrhea, higher blood pressure and anxiousness. Current scientific studies show the possibility of a remedy against Alzheimer's disease. Except for health-related purposes in China and Japan, Ginkgo Biloba seeds are eaten roasted as snacks.
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