Hong Zao
Name: Red Jujube (大棗(紅)
Pinyin: Hong Zao
Pharm. Name: Jujubae, Fructus
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
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Sweet |
Tonify qi, tonify spleen, nourish blood and induce tranquilization. |
Spleen, Stomach |
3-12 dates, 10-30g (Powder) |
Description:
This herb has the ability to nourish the blood and induce any form of tranquilization. It also has dual usage of food and medicine, indicated for poor appetite with emaciation, fatigue, loose stool due to malnutrition caused by spleen qi deficiency, because it can tonify qi and spleen. It can be applied singly. For serious cases of qi deficiency, it is commonly combined with qi and spleen tonics, because it is mild in action. Furthermore, it can cure Restlessness and insomnia due to heart deficiency, and Blood deficiency syndromes.