The efficacy and function of cooked jujube seeds

Ziziphus jujuba seed, a kind of Chinese medicinal material. In fact, now you can only buy Chinese jujube seeds at traditional Chinese medicine hospitals. Especially in some urban areas, there is no room for hawthorn to grow. Everyone knows that the main effect of sour jujube is to stimulate appetite and help digestion. So are the effects and functions of sour jujube seeds also the same? In fact, the effects of sour jujube seeds are similar to those of sour jujube, basically they both stimulate appetite and help digestion.

Related Combinations

① Treats deficiency, restlessness and insomnia: 2 liters of Chinese jujube seeds, 1 liang of liquorice, 2 liang of Anemarrhena asphodeloides, 2 liang of Poria cocos, and 2 liang of Chuanxiong. Take the above five ingredients, add eight liters of water, boil the Chinese jujube kernels to obtain six liters, add other herbs and boil until three liters remain. Divide into three portions and take warm. (Suanzaoren Decoction from Synopsis of the Golden Chamber)

② Treat bone steaming, restlessness and insomnia: 2 liang of Chinese jujube kernel. Use two and a half large cups of water, grind and filter out the juice, add two cups of rice and cook into porridge. When it is almost cooked, add one cup of Rehmannia juice and simmer it again. Eat it at any time. (Sour Jujube Seed Porridge from Sheng Hui Fang)

③ Treat insomnia and palpitations due to gallbladder deficiency: 1 liang of Chinese jujube seeds. Fry until fragrant, then grind into powder. Take 2 qian each time, mixed with bamboo leaf soup, at any time. (Sheng Hui Fang)

④ Treats heart deficiency, loss of consciousness, fear and alarm, frequent trance, easy forgetfulness, restless sleep, dreams of danger, and all heart diseases: Ziziphus jujuba seeds (slightly fried, peeled), ginseng, 1 liang each, cinnabar (ground, water-blasted), half a liang, frankincense (grind in a mortar and water basin. Grind the above four ingredients and make them into pills as big as marbles. Take one pill each time, dissolve it with warm wine, or jujube soup, and take it on an empty stomach before going to bed. (Ningzhi Paste from the Bureau of Prescriptions)

⑤ Treat gallbladder wind toxic gas, imbalance of deficiency and excess, drowsiness and excessive sleepiness: 1 liang of Chinese jujube seeds (raw), 2 liang of whole wax tea, roast them with ginger juice until slightly charred, and pound them into powder. Take 2 qian each time, add 7 fen of water, boil for 6 fen, and drink it while warm at any time. ("A Simple Prescription to Help the Public")

⑥Treat night sweats during sleep: take equal parts of Chinese jujube seeds, ginseng and poria. Grind the above ingredients into fine powder and mix with half a cup of rice drink. (Puji Fang)