Editing Ginkgo biloba (section)

===Traditional medicine===
Ginkgo has been used in [[traditional Chinese medicine]] since at least the 11th century CE.<ref name="Crane2013">{{cite book |last1=Crane |first1=Peter R. |title=Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot |date=2013 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |isbn=978-0-300-21382-9 |page=242 |quote=According to some sources, the medicinal use of ginkgo dates back to 2800 B.C.… However, the first undisputed written records of ginkgo come much later… Ginkgo first appears in copies of the Shen Nung pharmacopeia around the eleventh and twelfth centuries.}}</ref> Ginkgo seeds, leaves, and nuts have traditionally been used to treat various ailments, such as dementia, asthma, bronchitis, and kidney and bladder disorders. However, there is no conclusive evidence that ginkgo is useful for any of these conditions.<ref name="nccih" /><ref name="drugs" /><ref name="Faran1997">{{cite book |last1=Faran |first1=Mina |last2=Tcherni |first2=Anna |title=Medicinal herbs in Modern Medicine (ṣimḥei marpé bir'fū'ah ha-modernīt) |volume=1 |publisher=Akademon (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) |date=1997 |location=Jerusalem |pages=77–78 |language=he |oclc=233179155 |isbn=965-350-068-6}}, s.v. ''Ginkgo biloba''</ref>

The [[European Medicines Agency]] [[Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products]] concluded that medicines containing ginkgo leaf can be used for treating mild age-related [[dementia]] and mild [[peripheral vascular disease]] in adults after serious conditions have been excluded by a physician.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ginkgo folium |date=3 August 2015 |url=https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/herbal/ginkgo-folium |publisher=European Medicines Agency |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref>