According to Chinese ancient books, jujube is sweet in taste and warm in nature, which has the function of nourishing blood and calming the nerves, thus easing the medicinal properties. Modern research shows that jujube can greatly enhance the oxygen content in human body and nourish cells, which is a cardiotonic agent for drug relaxation.
Efficacy and function of jujube
1. Spleen and stomach
People with spleen and stomach weakness and diarrhea fatigue can eat seven red dates a day, or use them together with Dangshen and Atractylodes macrocephala, which can replenish the middle energizer, strengthen the spleen and stomach, increase appetite and stop diarrhea; Jujube, ginger and Pinellia can be used together to treat gastritis caused by careless diet, such as abdominal distension and vomiting.
2. Enhance human immunity
Jujube contains a lot of sugars, mainly glucose, but also fructose and sucrose, as well as oligosaccharides, arabinan and galactomannan composed of glucose and fructose. It also contains a lot of vitamins such as vitamin C, riboflavin, thiamine, carotene and nicotinic acid. , has a strong nourishing effect, can improve human immune function and enhance disease resistance.
tonifying qi and blood
Jujube is a good tonic, often added to the diet, nourishing the body and nourishing qi and blood. Dr Andy Sun, an immunologist at National Taiwan University, strongly advocates that eating more dates, astragalus and medlar in peacetime can enhance the vitality of the body.
4. Enhance muscle strength and gain weight
The weight gain of experimental mice was significantly higher than that of the control group when they were given jujube soup for 3 weeks every day. In the swimming test, the swimming time is obviously longer than that of the control group, which shows that jujube can enhance muscle strength and gain weight.
5. Relieve the medicinal properties
Jujube is often used in prescriptions with strong medicinal properties to reduce the side effects of strong drugs and protect healthy qi. For example, in Ten Jujube Soup, jujube is used to reduce the toxicity of laxatives such as Gansui, Euphorbia Euphorbia and Wuhua, and to protect the spleen and stomach from harm. Jujube is a sacred product for invigorating qi and nourishing blood, and at the same time, it is cheap. People can achieve the purpose of health care by making good use of jujube without buying expensive supplements.
Calm down
The flavone-disaccharide A contained in jujube has sedative, hypnotic and hypotensive effects, and the isolated naringin C has central inhibitory effect, that is, reducing spontaneous movement, stimulating reflex and rigidity, so jujube has sedative and tranquilizing effects.
nourishing the blood and tranquilization
For women with bipolar disorder, crying, anxiety, etc. Using Ganmai jujube soup with licorice and wheat can nourish blood and soothe the nerves, soothe the liver and relieve depression.
8. disgust
The ethanol extract of jujube can inhibit the production of antibodies against specific allergic diseases and the reactive antibodies in mice, suggesting that jujube has anti-allergic effect.
9. Anti-cancer and anti-mutation
Jujube contains many kinds of three kinds of compounds, among which phytic acid and phytic acid have been found to have anti-cancer activity and inhibit sarcoma S- 180. Nutrients contained in jujube can enhance human immune function, and play a certain role in preventing cancer and maintaining human organ function.