Ginkgo biloba: local experiences
Language English Country United States Media print
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
14689619
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- MeSH
- Audiometry MeSH
- Electronystagmography MeSH
- Phytotherapy * MeSH
- Ginkgo biloba * MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Plant Extracts therapeutic use MeSH
- Auditory Threshold drug effects MeSH
- Vestibular Diseases drug therapy physiopathology MeSH
- Treatment Outcome MeSH
- Check Tag
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Ginkgo biloba extract MeSH Browser
- Plant Extracts MeSH
Ginkgo biloba (EGb 761) as a phytotherapeutic agent used in otoneurology, psychiatry, and ophthalmology. We studied the efficacy of therapy with EGb 761 in 72 patients (44 male and 28 female) with chronic cochleovestibular disorders. We used pure-tone audiology, measuring pure-tone average, speech reception threshold, and speech discrimination score. Then we used craniocorpography to measure lateral body sway and angular deviation. Finally, we used nystagmography (central nystagmic frequency). Also, we assessed subjectively the variation in patients' comfort. We concluded that EGb 761 has a very good effect on both postural and oculovestibular reflexes. Also, hearing was improved, and patients' comfort was considered to be heightened by the therapy.