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Gingko Biloba. Is it a natural cure for tinnitus?

A double blind, randomized controlled trial is considered the gold standard in experimental design and the best way to determine if true causation is present (i.e. whether or not a real treatment effect is seen with a given therapy, in a medical context).

This type of experiment is designed to eliminate the presence of various forms of bias and determine what’s really going on.

Here is a link to a paper that tested whether or not Gingko Biloba is effective in treating tinnitus. The conclusion was as follows:

50 mg Ginkgo biloba extract LI 1370 given 3 times daily for 12 weeks is no more effective than placebo in treating tinnitus.

There’s a lot of demand for “natural cures” for tinnitus. I’ll be posting more about this later on, but sufficed to say, it’s important to remember that “natural” is not a synonym for “good,” or “actually works.”

Cheers,
AudioNotch.