Why did those monks decided to take care of a tree that was believed to be extinct? The reason is simple it is beneficial for health. Maidenhair tree has been used by Asian civilizations for centuries to treat different health problems and nowadays, the use of the tree's by-products is a common practice among European people and Americans who have only started to understand how beneficial ginkgo can be. In a recent research conducted in a Japanese university, scientists discovered that maidenhair tree is not only useful in the cure of minor health disorders but it is also good when used to treat more serious and complex diseases. Let's have a look at the advantages of using the extract from this ancient tree. In the first place we need to say that the beverage contains Vitamin P and lactone. Vitamin P is used as an antioxidant, this means that it will fight off free radicals (the ones which sometimes cause cancer). Lactone, on the other hand, will help you energize your protoplasm and this means that your blood circulation will have a significant improvement. One of the most popular natural medicines sold in French and German pharmacies is ginkgo biloba products. As it is becoming a more used way of curing maladies in a natural ways, there are many different products that contain the properties of maidenhair trees. Among those products you can find vitamins, maidenhair tree herb, leaf and plant and even seeds. Another startling advantage of taking concentrates from maidenhair tree is that, due to the presence of Vitamin P (a strong oxidants inhibitor), the production of free radicals, the ones who generally cause cancer, is decreased significantly. Apart from that, ginkgo concentrates are useful when treating high cholesterol. When patients combine ginkgo products with de-coagulant medication, there are high chances of bleeding. The problem is that the de-coagulant medication effect is ineffective because of the intake of ginkgo products. When patients combine ginkgo products with painkillers and antibiotics they can also get the same results.