| English
Name |
| Chinese
Date |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Picture |
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| Origin |
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Chinese
Date is the dried ripe fruit of Ziziphus jujuba Mill (Fam.
Rhamnaceae). |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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It
is sweet in taste and warm in nature, and is distributed to
the Spleen, and Stomach Channels. |
| Main
Active Ingredient |
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| Precaution |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in a dry place, protect from moth. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Ellipsoidal or spheroidal, 2~3.5 cm long,
1.5~2.5 cm in diameter. Externally dark red, somewhat lustrous,
irregularly wrinkled. Base dented, with a short fruit stalk.
Exocarp thin, mesocarp brownish-yellow or pale brown, fleshy,
soft, sugary and oily. Kernel fusiform, acute at the both
ends, texture hard. Odour, slightly aromatic; taste,sweet.
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ACTION |
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To tonify
the spleen and replenish qi, to nourish blood, and to ease the
mind. |
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INDICATIONS |
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Anorexia,
lassitude and loose stools in deficiency syndromes of the
spleen; hysteria in women. |
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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1.Tonifying
the spleen and regulating the nutrient system
This
drug can be used to treat poor appetite and listlessness due
to deficiency of the spleen and stomach, diarrhea due to deficiency
of the spleen, incoordination between the nutrient and defensive
systems, etc. In tonifying the spleen and stomach, the drug
is often used in combination with Radix Codonopsis Pilosulae
and Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae and in coordinating
the nutrient and defensive systems, the drug is always used
in combination with Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens.
2.Nourishing
the heart and calming the mind
In treating
restlessness of deficiency type and insomnia, the drug is
often used in combination with Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, Radix
Polygalae, etc. In treating hysteria, the drug is often used
in combination with Radix Glycyrrizae, fructus Tritici Levis,
etc.
3.Modifying
drug properties
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TIPS |
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It
is added to many strong tonic prescription as a metabolic buffer
to slow down and prolong their effects. |
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