China's cursive book "Ben Jing" records that red dates are sweet in taste and warm in nature, belonging to the spleen and stomach meridian, and have the functions of nourishing the middle energizer, nourishing the blood and calming the nerves, and relaxing the medicinal properties; However, modern pharmacology has found that jujube is rich in protein, fat, sugar, organic acids, vitamin A, vitamin C, trace calcium, amino acids and other nutrients.
Nutritional analysis:
1. Jujube can improve human immunity and inhibit cancer cells: Pharmacological studies have found that jujube can promote leukocyte production, reduce serum cholesterol, increase serum albumin and protect the liver. Jujube also contains substances that inhibit cancer cells and even transform cancer cells into normal cells;
People who often eat fresh dates seldom suffer from gallstones. This is because the rich vitamin C in fresh dates converts excess cholesterol into bile acids. With less cholesterol, the probability of stone formation is reduced.
3. Jujube is rich in calcium and iron, which plays an important role in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and anemia. Middle-aged and elderly people often suffer from osteoporosis during menopause, and teenagers and women at the peak of growth and development are prone to anemia. Jujube will have an ideal therapeutic effect on them, and its effect is usually incomparable to drugs;
4. It also has a good nourishing effect on people who are weak after illness;
5. Rutin contained in red dates is a substance that softens blood vessels, thus lowering blood pressure and preventing and treating hypertension;
6. Red dates can also resist allergies, remove odors, soothe the nerves, improve intelligence and brain, and stimulate appetite.
pharmacological action
Modern pharmacology also found that jujube can improve the phagocytic function of mononuclear phagocyte system in the body, protect the liver and enhance physical strength. This discovery coincides with the method of nourishing liver and detoxifying in traditional Chinese medicine.
Jujube tonifies qi and nourishes blood.
Small red dates are very effective. It is often seen in the prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine, because red dates have the effect of relieving medicinal properties; Jujube can invigorate qi and nourish blood, which is a good nutrition.
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 shows 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. Spleen and stomach: People with weak spleen and stomach, diarrhea, fatigue and weakness can eat seven red dates a 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 caused by careless diet, such as abdominal distension and vomiting.
2. Yiqi Yangxue: Jujube is a good tonic. Jujube is often added to the diet to nourish the body and nourish blood. Dr Andy Sun, an immunologist at National Taiwan University, strongly advocates that eating more red dates, astragalus and medlar at ordinary times can enhance the vitality of the body and enhance immunity.
3. Nourishing blood and calming the nerves: female bipolar disorder, crying and restless, uneasy and so on. Using red dates together with licorice and wheat can nourish blood, soothe the nerves, soothe the liver and relieve depression.
4. Relieve the medicinal properties: Red dates are often used in prescriptions with strong medicinal properties to reduce the side effects of drugs with strong medicinal properties and protect healthy qi. For example, in Ten Jujube Soup, jujube is used to reduce the toxicity of laxatives such as Gansui, Euphorbia Euphorbia and Wuhua, and to protect the spleen and stomach from harm.
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 supplements in the market, and they can achieve the health care effect by making good use of red dates.
People with diabetes had better eat less because the sugar content is too high.
Jujube-Introduction of Edible Methods
"red jujube porridge"
Many people like to put a few red dates as ingredients when making soup. Steamed chicken, stewed mutton or rabbit meat also like to add red dates, even stewed supplements and medicinal liquor are no exception. What effect does jujube have?
Jujube is warm and sweet, and contains protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin b 1 and vitamin b2. In addition, it also contains carotene, which is very nutritious. There is a folk saying that "eat dates every day and you will never get old." Jujube is not only a favorite fruit, but also a good medicine for nourishing the spleen and stomach, nourishing blood and calming the nerves, treating diseases and strengthening the body. Maternal consumption of red dates can tonify the middle energizer, nourish blood and soothe the nerves, and accelerate the recovery of the body; Eating red dates for the elderly and infirm can enhance physical fitness and delay aging; In particular, some people who are engaged in mental work and neurasthenia can use red dates to cook soup instead of tea, which can rest their minds and stimulate their appetite. People who are famous for their tea addiction will inevitably lose sleep if they drink too much at night. If you use red dates to make soup instead of tea every night, you can avoid the pain of insomnia. When the spring and autumn is cold and warm, adding several pieces of mulberry leaf decoction to red dates instead of tea can prevent colds and colds; Summer is hot, and cooking red dates and lotus leaves together can help to cool off the heat; In cold winter, ginger, brown sugar and jujube soup can drive away cold and warm the stomach.
Jujube is a natural beauty food, which can also invigorate qi and spleen, promote biochemical circulation of qi and blood, and resist aging. In addition, red dates have some little-known functions:
Allergy: red dates are used to treat allergic purple spots. Take 10 tablet three times a day, which usually takes effect for three days. Recently, Japanese scientists found that red dates contain a lot of substances called cyclic adenosine monophosphate, which has the effects of dilating blood vessels and anti-allergy. At the same time, it also has the functions of enhancing myocardial contractility and improving myocardial nutrition.
Treatment of hypotension: 20 jujubes, each hen/kloc-0, cut chicken into pieces, stir-fry with fire, add seasoning, add jujube when it is ripe, and eat it several times.
Liver protection: Eating 20 red dates every day can prevent hepatitis. For patients with acute and chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and patients with high serum transaminase activity, taking jujube and peanut soup (30g of jujube, peanut and rock sugar each, fried peanuts first, then jujube and rock sugar) before going to bed every night can reduce the serum alanine transaminase level.
Anti-cancer: Jujube is rich in triterpenoids and adenosine diphosphate. Triterpenoids have the effect of inhibiting cancer cells. Therefore, people who often eat red dates rarely suffer from cancer.
"Danggui Jujube Porridge"
Angelica sinensis 15g, red dates 50g, sugar 20g, and japonica rice 50g. Soak Angelica sinensis in warm water for a while, add 200 grams of water, first fry 100 grams of concentrated juice, remove residues and take juice, add some water of japonica rice, red dates and sugar, and cook until porridge is finished. Take it warm every morning and evening, 10 day is 1 course of treatment. The porridge has the effects of enriching blood, regulating menstruation, promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, moistening intestine and relaxing bowels, and is suitable for deficiency of both qi and blood, menoxenia, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, headache due to blood deficiency, dizziness and constipation.
"Shouwu jujube porridge"
Polygonum multiflorum powder 25g, red dates 50g, rock sugar 15g, japonica rice 50g. First put the japonica rice and red dates into the pot and cook them into porridge. When the porridge is half cooked, add Polygonum multiflorum powder, stir evenly while cooking until the porridge is thick, and then add rock sugar to taste. The porridge has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing essence and blood, relaxing bowels, and removing toxic substances. It is suitable for dizziness, insomnia, amnesia and wet dream's nocturnal emission caused by deficiency of liver and kidney and essence and blood. Elderly patients with hypertension and arteriosclerosis can prolong life if they take it for a long time.
"red jujube ginseng paste"
30 pieces of red dates, 30g of Scrophularia, 6 pieces of ebony, 0/5g of medlar/kloc, 4 bowls of water, boiling for 20 minutes, adding appropriate amount of crystal sugar (or brown sugar), frying until it is slightly thick, and cooling in a container for later use. Generally 2 tablespoons each time, twice a day. This ointment can tonify middle energizer, invigorate qi, nourish blood, and replenish blood, and is more suitable for physical weakness, weakness of spleen and stomach or aftercare after operation.
"Eclipta and Jujube Soup"
50 grams of fresh Eclipta prostrata and 20 red dates. First, wash Eclipta prostrata and red dates, put them into the pot together, add a proper amount of water, simmer the soup, remove the residue after cooking, and eat the dates with the soup. This soup has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing blood and stopping bleeding, and is suitable for gastroduodenal ulcer bleeding, hemorrhagic anemia, etc.
Ginkgo, jujube and mung bean soup
Fresh Ginkgo biloba leaves (dry product 10g)30g, red dates 20g, mung beans 60g, and proper amount of sugar. Wash and chop Ginkgo biloba leaves, put them in a casserole, add water 100g, bring to a boil with low fire, remove residues and take juice after 20 minutes, then pour the soaked red dates and mung beans into the casserole, add sugar and cook until the mung beans are crisp and rotten. It has the effects of nourishing heart and qi, nourishing heart and blood, lowering blood pressure, reducing blood fat, relieving summer heat and removing toxic substances, and is suitable for patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease.
"jujube soup"
Jujube has a strong health care function. Eating dates regularly can not only keep you healthy, but also keep you beautiful. Today, let's talk about various ways to eat red dates.
1. Take 20 pieces of red dates, eggs 1 piece and 30g of brown sugar, and stew them with water 1 time every day, which is suitable for postpartum nursed back to health and has the effects of invigorating qi and enriching blood. Jujube has the effects of tonifying the middle energizer, nourishing blood and calming the nerves. The high vitamin content in jujube has a good effect on human capillaries.
Second, red dates have the functions of strengthening the spleen, nourishing blood and calming the nerves. After dinner, you can take it with jujube water; Or cook porridge with lilies; Eating soup and dates before going to bed can speed up sleep. Take fresh jujube 1000g, wash, remove the core, mash the meat, add appropriate amount of water and fry it with slow fire, filter to get juice, mix it with 500g of honey, stir well on fire to get jujube paste, and bottle it for later use. Take 15 ml each time, twice a day, and take it continuously, which can prevent insomnia.
Three, red dates 10, black fungus 15 grams, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Rinse the jujube, soak it in clear water for about 2 hours, and then remove the jujube stone. Soak Auricularia auricula in clear water, take it off and wash it. Put red dates and auricularia auricula into a soup basin, add appropriate amount of water and crystal sugar, and steam in a cage for about 1 hour. Take it once a day after breakfast and dinner to tonify deficiency and nourish blood. Suitable for people with blood deficiency, pale face, palpitation and anemia. People who are not sick can eat it to nourish blood and strengthen the body. If you take it regularly, it can be used to stay in the face and remove spots, strengthen the body and enrich muscles, and can also be used to treat facial dark spots and emaciation. Pay attention to the stagnation of wet phlegm. People should not eat more.
4. Angelica sinensis 15g, red dates 50g, sugar 20g and japonica rice 50g. Soak Angelica sinensis in warm water for a while, add 200 grams of water, first fry 100 grams of concentrated juice, remove residues and take juice, add some water of japonica rice, red dates and sugar, and cook until porridge is finished. Take it warm every morning and evening, 10 day is 1 course of treatment. The porridge has the effects of enriching blood, regulating menstruation, promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, moistening intestine and relaxing bowels, and is suitable for deficiency of both qi and blood, menoxenia, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, headache due to blood deficiency, dizziness and constipation.
5. Polygonum multiflorum powder 25g, red dates 50g, rock sugar 15g and japonica rice 50g. First put the japonica rice and red dates into the pot and cook them into porridge. When the porridge is half cooked, add Polygonum multiflorum powder, stir evenly while cooking until the porridge is thick, and then add rock sugar to taste. The porridge has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing essence and blood, relaxing bowels, and removing toxic substances. It is suitable for dizziness, insomnia, amnesia and wet dream's nocturnal emission caused by deficiency of liver and kidney and essence and blood. Elderly patients with hypertension and arteriosclerosis can prolong life if they take it for a long time.
Six, 30 pieces of red dates, 30 grams of Scrophularia, 6 pieces of ebony, 4 bowls of Lycium barbarum 15 grams, boiled for 20 minutes, then added with a proper amount of rock sugar (or brown sugar), fried until it is slightly thick, put it in a container and cooled for later use. Generally 2 tablespoons each time, twice a day. This ointment can tonify middle energizer, invigorate qi, nourish blood, and replenish blood, and is more suitable for physical weakness, weakness of spleen and stomach or aftercare after operation.
7. 50 grams of fresh Eclipta prostrata and 20 red dates. First, wash Eclipta prostrata and red dates, put them into the pot together, add a proper amount of water, simmer the soup, remove the residue after cooking, and eat the dates with the soup. This soup has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing blood and stopping bleeding, and is suitable for gastroduodenal ulcer bleeding, hemorrhagic anemia, etc.
Red date tea
Eight, fresh ginkgo biloba leaves 30 grams (dry 10 grams), red dates 20 grams, mung beans 60 grams, and appropriate amount of sugar. Wash and chop Ginkgo biloba leaves, put them in a casserole, add water 100g, bring to a boil with low fire, remove residues and take juice after 20 minutes, then pour the soaked red dates and mung beans into the casserole, add sugar and cook until the mung beans are crisp and rotten. It has the effects of nourishing heart and qi, nourishing heart and blood, lowering blood pressure, reducing blood fat, relieving summer heat and removing toxic substances, and is suitable for patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease.
9. 500g of ginger, 250g of red dates, 0/00g of salt/kloc-,0/50g of licorice/kloc-,25g of clove and 25g of agarwood. * * * Pour in coarse powder and set aside evenly. 15- 25g each time, decocted in the morning or soaked in water to make tea, several times a day. The tea has the effects of invigorating spleen and nourishing blood, invigorating stomach and tranquilizing mind, and relieving depression. Long-term use can make face white and tender, skin smooth and wrinkles reduced.
Ten, 50 grams of red dates, japonica rice 100 grams, chrysanthemum 15 grams, together with the right amount of water, put it in the pot, and add the right amount of brown sugar to taste when it is thick. This prescription has the effects of invigorating spleen, enriching blood, clearing liver-fire and improving eyesight; Long-term consumption can make facial skin rosy and play a role in health care and disease prevention.
Eleven, 50 grams of red dates, water-borne auricularia auricula 100 grams, and appropriate amount of sugar. Remove impurities from black fungus and cut into small pieces. Remove the core from the red dates, and put them in a pot with water until the red dates and fungus are cooked thoroughly. Add sugar to taste and serve. According to herbal records, jujube has the effects of moistening lung, invigorating spleen, relieving cough, nourishing five internal organs and treating physical weakness, while auricularia auricula has enhanced its nourishing, nourishing, promoting blood circulation and nourishing abilities. Regular eating can make your face rosy and youthful, and this soup is especially beneficial to women.
Twelve, 20 grams of red dates, 20 grams of coix seed, ginkgo 15 grams (shelled and peeled) and longan meat 10 grams, put in a pot and cook for 40 minutes, add 6 shelled quail eggs, cook for half an hour, and add appropriate amount of brown sugar or crystal sugar to eat. This soup has the effects of nourishing the heart, calming the nerves, eliminating dampness and detoxicating, and strengthening the spleen and stomach. Regular eating can make the skin less acne, acne, flat wart and so on. , and make the skin moist, smooth, smooth and fair.