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Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba

The living-fossil tree whose leaf is taken for circulation and memory — slowly, and with bleeding in mind.

Flavor

Dried leaf tea is green-tea astringent and faintly nutty. Extracts are nearly tasteless.

Symptoms

brain fog, poor circulation

In favor

A beautiful street tree

Against

Bleeding risk

Grow lab

Yes

Days to harvest

Leaf from a young tree in 2–3 years; a specimen tree is a decade

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