Indeed, jujube is not only a fruit, but also a dried fruit, and it is also a good medicine for health care. The medicinal history of jujube is very long, which was recorded as early as Shennong Herbal Classic. It is believed that jujube is sweet in taste and flat in nature, which has the wonderful functions of "restraining evil spirits, helping the twelve meridians, calming stomach qi and dredging nine orifices", and has the unique effect of "replenishing less qi and harmonizing various medicines", so it can be eaten for a long time, because Shennong believes that jujube is "mentally ill for many years".
Doctor Zhang Zhongjing also has a soft spot for the clinical application of jujube. In Treatise on Febrile Diseases, the publication frequency of jujube is also quite high. Although it is not as good as licorice and ginger, it can definitely rank in the top ten. Moreover, Zhang Zhongjing's usage of jujube can be said to be perfect, especially a poem "Ten Jujube Soup". The three flavors of "Gansui, Daphne genkwa and Euphorbia" are all "drugs for tigers and wolves", and they all rely on "ten dates" to protect the spleen and stomach and turn the tide.
The application of jujube has also been used by Zhang Zhongjing in Xiaochaihu decoction, which is known as one of the top ten prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine, and Guizhi decoction, which is known as the first prescription of typhoid fever. In addition, jujube can be found in Guiling Ganzao Decoction, Ganmai Jujube Decoction, Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction, Danggui Sini Decoction and Roasted Glycyrrhiza Decoction. Later physician Huang Yuanyu praised jujube as "the best fruit in the world and the best medicine on the earth".
So, what's Huang Yuanyu's original opinion on the health care value of jujube? Huang Yuanyu believes that jujube is "sweet, slightly bitter, slightly pungent, slightly sour, slightly salty and slightly fragrant", which means that jujube has five flavors and is also "a fruit with fragrance in the soul". Regarding its meridian tropism, Huang Yuanyu expressed his thoughts that jujube "entered Taiyin spleen meridian and Yangming stomach meridian". As for the wonderful use of jujube, Huang Yuanyu is also as fond of ink as gold. Promoting fluid production, moistening lung, removing dryness, nourishing blood, nourishing liver and calming wind; Treat spleen and stomach deterioration and regulate meridian deficiency. But when I think about it, the function of jujube is nothing more than "tonifying deficiency, benefiting spleen and stomach, and nourishing qi and blood"
However, Huang Yuanyu's view on the "smell" of jujube is unique. He thinks jujube is "sweet and fragrant", so what are "sweet" and "fragrant"? Huang Yuanyu explained that "neither sour nor spicy nor bitter nor salty is sweet", which means that as long as it is neither sour nor spicy nor bitter nor salty, it is sweet? Not necessarily, because you still have to "get the sum of the five flavors", sweet. "No fishy smell, no shame, no burning and no decay, its breath is fragrant", which means that the smell is not fishy, no shame, no burning and no decay. Is it fragrant? Not necessarily, you need to "get five qi".
Many people think that jujube is a good medicine for enriching blood. Huang Yuanyu thinks that jujube is "rich in flavor and thick in quality, longer than tonifying blood and shorter than invigorating qi". Therefore, in order to think of a good blood-enriching effect, it is necessary to combine traditional Chinese medicine, especially ginseng, which is beneficial to qi. Huang Yuanyu pointed out that "Ginseng can tonify soil, invigorate qi and produce blood, and jujube can tonify soil, enrich blood and transform qi". If we work together, we will certainly create a new chapter in invigorating qi and nourishing blood.
Although red dates are good, how to choose them? The ancients always emphasized the processing method, even jujube was no exception. The general processing method is to remove impurities, cut into pieces, remove the core and dry the jujube. However, Gan Long's doctor Huang Yuanyu has a unique secret book. He chose a solid and fat jujube, boiled it to remove the bitter water first, then put it in water until the jujube was ripe, peeled and pitted, took half a catty of clean meat of jujube, added half a catty of ginger juice, put it in the original soup, and dried it with the juice. This processing method is extremely unique. It is estimated that today's jujube is not processed according to Huang Yuanyu's method.
Generally speaking, the ability of jujube to "replenish deficiency, benefit spleen and stomach, and replenish qi and blood" is still very strong after all. No matter how jujube is processed, it can play its unique role. So, since jujube is so good, are they all forgiven? Actually, it's not. For example, jujube is not suitable for people with wet phlegm, phlegm stagnation, dental diseases and insect diseases. In addition, it is not recommended for children to eat dates that have not been pitted.