Jujube is warm, enters the spleen meridian, can warm the middle, and tonify qi and deficiency. They can be used to treat qi deficiency and weakness, body cold, diarrhea and dysentery. Eating them can make people rosy and healthy.
2. Strengthening the spleen and promoting digestion
Jujube also has the effect of invigorating spleen and promoting digestion. Jujube records in "Materia Medica of Haiyao": "Xiaoshi stops cough deficiency." Eating raw dates directly can eliminate food accumulation and relieve indigestion. Moreover, date palms contain very soft cellulose, which can also soothe the stomach and treat gastric ulcers.
Runfei cough
Jujube is sweet and moist, enters the lung meridian, and has the effects of moistening lung and relieving cough, resolving phlegm and relieving asthma. They can be used to treat shortness of breath, cough and excessive phlegm caused by lung qi deficiency.
relaxing bowel
Jujube can also treat intestinal disorders and restore and enhance intestinal function. Jujube can establish a broad spectrum of benign bacteria in the intestine, and contains very soft dietary fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis and relieve constipation. Generally, dates are soaked in water at night and squeezed into juice. People with constipation will find it much easier to defecate the next day.
5. Antioxidant activity
Jujube also has anti-oxidation and anti-hydroxyl radical effects. Modern pharmacological experiments show that the crude extract of date palm can scavenge 50% of peroxide in riboflavin photoreduction test, and the fruit extract can scavenge 50% of hydroxyl radical in deoxyribose degradation test. After increasing the concentration, the production of peroxide and hydroxyl radical can be completely inhibited. In addition, the water extract of date palm can significantly inhibit lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation.