The vitamin C content of fresh jujube is richer than that of dried jujube, and the nutrition is more easily absorbed by human body. You can eat it directly after washing. However, it should also be noted that fresh dates are cool, and eating more dates is easy to damage the spleen and stomach. Moreover, when eating raw dates, the jujube peel is easy to stay in the intestine and is not easy to be discharged. It should not exceed 20 pieces a day.

Vitamins were lost in the drying process of dried jujube, but the iron content increased, which made it easier to be absorbed. It can be eaten raw, steamed, boiled or cooked with rice. Because of the high sugar content of dried dates, diabetics should not eat them. Eating too much can easily lead to indigestion and flatulence. It is more appropriate to eat 5~8 tablets a day, not more than 50 grams.

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According to the classic of Chinese materia medica, red dates are sweet and warm, and have the medicinal properties of tonifying the middle energizer, nourishing blood, calming the nerves, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals. Modern pharmacological research has found that jujube can enhance the oxygen content in blood and nourish the whole body cells, so it is a mild tonic.

In traditional Chinese medicine, the application of red dates can be divided into the following categories:

① invigorating spleen and stomach: people with weak spleen and stomach and weak diarrhea can eat seven red dates every day, or use them together with Dangshen and Atractylodes macrocephala, which can replenish middle energizer, strengthen spleen and stomach, and achieve the effect of appetizing and stopping diarrhea; Jujube, ginger and Pinellia can be used together to treat gastritis, abdominal distension and vomiting caused by careless diet.

2 Yiqi Yangxue: Jujube is a good tonic. Jujube is often added to the diet to nourish the body and nourish qi and blood. Dr Andy Sun, an immunologist at National Taiwan University, strongly advocates eating more red dates and astragalus in peacetime. Lycium barbarum can enhance physical vitality and enhance immunity.

3 nourishing blood and calming the nerves: female bipolar, crying and uneasy, uneasy and so on. When jujube is used together with licorice and wheat, it can nourish blood and soothe the nerves, soothe the liver and relieve depression.

④ Relieve the medicinal properties: Jujube is often used in prescriptions with heavy medicinal properties to reduce the side effects of strong drugs and protect healthy qi. For example, in the ten-jujube soup, use jujube to relieve kansui, spurge and radish flowers? Such as the toxicity of laxatives, to protect the spleen and stomach from harm.

⑤ Jujube is warm and sweet, and contains protein, various amino acids, carotene, vitamins, iron, calcium, phosphorus, etc. It can not only promote female hormone secretion, strengthen breast development, but also strengthen spleen and stomach, harmonize medicinal properties, nourish blood and soothe the nerves.

Jujube is a sacred product for invigorating qi and nourishing blood, and at the same time, it is cheap. People don't need to buy expensive folk supplements, and they can achieve the health care effect by making good use of red dates.

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