What are the functions and medicinal values ??of jujube tree roots?

Everyone is familiar with the roots of the jujube tree, but of course some people are unfamiliar with it. In fact, jujube root is a relatively common Chinese medicinal material. But many people don’t know what the jujube root actually does. Now follow me to take a look at the efficacy and functions of jujube root.

Effects and functions of jujube root

The effects and functions of jujube root are: regulating menstruation and stopping bleeding; dispelling wind and relieving pain; tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea.

Functions: Regulating menstruation and stopping bleeding; dispelling wind and relieving pain; nourishing the spleen and stopping diarrhea. Mainly caused by irregular menstruation, infertility, metrorrhagia, vomiting blood, stomach pain, arthralgia, spleen deficiency and diarrhea, rubella, and erysipelas.

Usage and dosage: Oral administration: decoction, 10-30g. External use: appropriate amount, boil in water and wash.

Evaluation by various schools

1. "Qianjin Prescription": To treat children with fire elixir, if it starts from the feet, if it is red, boil the juice and bathe for five or six degrees.

2. "Classification of Herbal Medicine Properties": Treats vomiting blood and collapse. Menstruation seeds.

3. "Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine": It lowers milk, clears away heat, and regulates menstruation. Treats dampness and children's wind.

Medicinal effects of jujube root

Alias ??

Jujube root ("Compendium of Materia Medica").

Source

It is the root of the jujube plant of the Rhamnaceae family.

Original form

The plant form is detailed in the "Jujube" article.

Nature and flavor

"Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine": "Placid in nature, sweet in taste, non-toxic."

Functions and Indications

Treatment Joint pain, stomachache, vomiting blood, bleeding, irregular menstruation, rubella, erysipelas.

Usage and dosage

Oral administration: decoction, 0.5 to 1 tael. External use: boil in water and wash.

Attached Recipe

① Treatment of urticaria (Feng Dan): Decoct jujube root and camphor bark and bathe in water, twice a day. ("Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine")

Excerpt

"* Dictionary"

Source

From "Compendium of Materia Medica".

Jujube root not only has a variety of effects, but it also has many ways of eating in our lives, so it is loved by many people.

Effects of jujube tree roots

Jujube is a deciduous shrub or small tree, up to 10m high. There are long branches, short branches and new branches. The long branches are smooth and hairless, and the young branches are slender and slightly curved in a zigzag shape. They are purple-red or gray-brown, with 2 stipule spines. The long thorns can reach 3cm, thick and straight, and the short thorns are lower. Curved, 4-6mm long; short branches are short, thick, oblong, emerging from old branches; current-year branchlets are green, drooping, solitary or in clusters of 2-7 on short branches. Single leaves are alternate, papery, petioles are 1-6mm long, and those on long branches can reach 1cm; leaves are oval, ovate-elliptical, 3-7cm long, 2-4cm wide, with an obtuse or rounded apex, with a small tip. Head, base slightly inclined, nearly round, with finely serrated edges, dark green above, hairless, light green below, hairless or sparsely pubescent along the veins; three veins emerge from the base.

Functional Indications

Regulate menstruation and stop bleeding; dispel wind and relieve pain; nourish the spleen and stop diarrhea. Mainly used for irregular menstruation, infertility, metrorrhagia, vomiting blood, stomach pain, arthralgia, spleen deficiency and diarrhea, rubella, and erysipelas

Function: Indications: joint pain, stomach pain, vomiting blood, metrorrhagia, irregular menstruation, rubella, erysipelas.

① "Qianjin Prescription": "To treat children's fire elixir, if it starts from the feet and is red, boil the juice and bathe for five or six degrees."

② "Classification of Herbal Medicine Properties" : "Treat vomiting of blood and collapse. Seeds for regulating menstruation."

③"Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine": "Reducing milk, clearing away heat, regulating menstruation. Treating dampness and rheumatoid arthritis in children." Usage and dosage Oral administration: decoction , 0.5~1 tael. External use: boil in water and wash. Recipe ① Treatment of urticaria (Fengdan): Decoction the roots of jujube and camphor bark and bathe in water, twice a day. ("Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine")

②To treat joint pain: one tael of jujube root and five qian of Acanthopanax bark. Decoction in water. (Jiangxi "Handbook of Herbal Medicine")

③Treat stomach pain: 2 liang of fresh jujube roots and one pig tongue. Stew and eat. (Jiangxi "Handbook of Herbal Medicine")

Pork tongue stewed with jujube roots

1 Uses

Strengthen the stomach and relieve stomachache

2 Ingredients< /p>

60 grams of fresh jujube roots, 1 pig tongue, appropriate amounts of green onion segments, ginger slices, refined salt, and MSG.

　3 Method

Wash and chop the fresh jujube roots, wrap them in white gauze and tie them tightly; wash the pig tongue. Put the jujube root and pig tongue into a casserole, add the onion segments, ginger slices and medicine bag, add an appropriate amount of water, simmer over medium heat for 1 hour, remove the onion, ginger and medicine bag, add refined salt and MSG to taste.