What is the medical and health value of golden jujube?
The golden jujube is because after breaking it open, you can clearly see the golden threads composed of pectin and sugar stuck between the fruit pulp, stretching 1-2 inches continuously, shining in the sun, the golden jujube Hence the name. In addition to its high nutritional value, golden jujube also has certain medical effects. It is beneficial to the heart and lungs, harmonizes the spleen and stomach, replenishes qi and promotes body fluids, and nourishes and nourishes the skin. There has long been a proverb in our country: "Wood grains and jujubes are better than Ganoderma lucidum grass." Golden jujube has always been praised as a traditional high-quality nourishing product. There is a saying that "eating three jujubes a day will lead to longevity."
The medical and health value of golden jujube
1, enhance human immunity. Regular consumption of golden jujubes can help the body improve immunity. Golden jujubes contain a large amount of sugars, mainly glucose, but also fructose, sucrose, and oligosaccharides, arabinan and semi-glucans composed of glucose and fructose. Lactaldehyde, etc.; and contains a large amount of vitamin C, riboflavin, thiamine, carotene, niacin and other vitamins. It has a strong nourishing effect and can improve the body's immune function and enhance disease resistance.
2. Enhance muscle strength and increase weight. Golden jujube can help increase people's muscle strength and weight. Experimental mice were given Jinsi Xiaozao decoction by gavage every day for 3 weeks. Their weight gain was significantly higher than that of the control group, and in the swimming test, their swimming time was significantly longer than that of the control group. This shows that Jinsi Xiaozao Dates can enhance muscle strength and increase weight.
3. Protecting the liver has been experimentally confirmed. For rabbits with liver damage caused by carbon tetrachloride, the golden silk jujube decoction was fed daily for 1 weeks. The results showed that the total serum protein and albumin increased significantly compared with the control group, indicating that Golden jujube has hepatoprotective effect.
4. Anti-allergy. The ethanol extract of golden jujube can inhibit the production of antibodies against atopic diseases and also inhibits reactive antibodies in mice, suggesting that golden jujube has anti-allergic effects.
5. The flavonoid-bis-glucoside A contained in jujube for sedation and tranquility has sedative, hypnotic and antihypertensive effects. Among them, the isolated naringenin C glycosides have a central inhibitory effect, that is, reducing spontaneous movement and It stimulates reflexes and has tonic and stupor effects, so golden jujube has soothing and sedative effects.
6. Anti-cancer and anti-mutation. Jujube contains a variety of triterpenoids, among which pyrosinic acid and behenic acid have been found to have anti-cancer activity and have inhibitory effects on sarcoma S-180. The nutrients contained in dates can enhance the body's immune function and have certain effects on preventing and fighting cancer and maintaining the function of the human body's internal organs.
The golden jujube tastes very sweet and has a slightly sour taste, mainly because the golden jujube is derived from the wild jujube. When we usually eat golden jujubes, we can cook the golden jujubes with their skins on when stewing them in soup. Golden jujubes can be eaten directly, or they can be made into various desserts, pastries, rice dumplings, etc. There are also delicious foods such as candied dates, candied dates, drunken dates, etc. that we like very much.