The Ginkgo tree is perhaps the oldest tree in existence throughout the world and the Chinese have used the ginkgo trees seeds dating back hundreds of years in their practice of herbal medicine. Common names for the ginkgo tree are maidenhair tree, silver apricot and Kew tree and the trees leafs and seeds are now widely used in a variety of herbal remedies.

Remedies which have the ginkgo tree extract as one of the main ingredients are now thought to be the number one best selling remedies in the UK and is in the top 5 of all prescriptions written in France and Germany.