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Scope
Supplement × Supplement
Last verified
June 4, 2026
CautionInsufficient evidence
What is happening. Ginkgo is used for cognition and may increase bleeding risk, complicating neurologic and procedural care.
Mechanism. Bleeding risk and cognition-stack confounding.
Recommendation. Avoid around stroke, anticoagulants, or procedures unless clinician-approved.
Stack Score
How it moves the number.
Effect on the composite score
If both Cerebrolysin and Ginkgo Biloba are in the same stack, this pair applies −5 to your Stack Score (per scored caution row).
The full algorithm, the clamping rules, and four worked stacks are at /methodology/stack-score.
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Reference material
1- 1Cui S et al. Cerebrolysin for vascular dementia. Cochrane. 2019.Needs sourceNo link