Jujube Ziziphus jujuba
Medicines that tonify QiWarm
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Traditional recorded function
Tonify qi and supplement the middle, nourish blood and Calm the spirit, moderate the medicinal properties
1. Used for poor appetite and loose stools, fatigue and weakness due to Spleen deficiency. 2. Used for sallow complexion due to blood deficiency and women's visceral agitation with mental restlessness, and other patterns. 3. Used in formulas with relatively drastic medicinal properties to reduce the side effects of drastic drugs and protect healthy qi.
Nature & taste
SweetWarm
Meridians entered
StomachSpleen
Botanical source
Accepted nameZiziphus jujuba Mill.
FamilyRhamnaceae
Classical source
Top grade《神農本草經》
味甘平。主治心腹邪氣，安中養脾，助十二經，平胃氣，通九竅，補少氣少津液，身中不足，大驚，四肢重。和百藥。久服輕身長年。葉覆麻黃，能令出汗。生平澤。
Herbal properties
WarmReinforcingDescendingAstringentMoistening
Found in these formulas
Aconite and Cinnamon Twig DecoctionAconite and Cinnamon Twig DecoctionAconite and Japonica Rice DecoctionAconite and Japonica Rice DecoctionAgastache Powder to Rectify the QiAngelica Decoction for Strengthening the MiddleAngelica Four Reverse DecoctionAngelica Frigid Extremities Decoction plus Evodia and GingerAngelica and Forsythia DecoctionAstragalus Constructing the Middle DecoctionAstragalus DecoctionAstragalus Decoction for Strengthening the MiddleAstragalus and Cinnamon Twig Five-Ingredient DecoctionAstragalus and Cinnamon Twig Five-Ingredient DecoctionAtractylodes and Aconite DecoctionBamboo Leaf DecoctionBamboo Shavings Gallbladder-Warming DecoctionBazhen TangBelamcanda and Ephedra DecoctionBupleurum Decoction Plus Dragon Bone and Oyster ShellBupleurum Decoction plus MirabiliteBupleurum Decoction plus MirabiliteBupleurum and Cinnamon Twig DecoctionBupleurum and Cinnamon Twig DecoctionBupleurum and Peony Six Gentlemen DecoctionBupleurum and Poria DecoctionBupleurum and Pueraria Decoction to Relieve the MusclesBupleurum and Trichosanthes DecoctionChaihu Jia Longgu Muli Tang (Bupleurum plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction)Chuanxiong and Angelica Blood-Regulating DrinkCinnamon Twig DecoctionCinnamon Twig DecoctionCinnamon Twig Decoction Minus Cinnamon Twig Plus Poria and White AtractylodesCinnamon Twig Decoction Minus PeonyCinnamon Twig Decoction Minus Peony Plus AconiteCinnamon Twig Decoction Plus AconiteCinnamon Twig Decoction Plus AconiteCinnamon Twig Decoction Plus AstragalusCinnamon Twig Decoction Plus AstragalusCinnamon Twig Decoction Plus CinnamonCinnamon Twig Decoction Plus Cinnamon TwigCinnamon Twig Decoction Plus Dragon Bone and Oyster ShellCinnamon Twig Decoction Plus Kudzu RootCinnamon Twig Decoction Plus Magnolia Bark and Apricot SeedCinnamon Twig Decoction Plus PeonyCinnamon Twig Decoction Plus PeonyCinnamon Twig Decoction Plus PuerariaCinnamon Twig Decoction Plus RhubarbCinnamon Twig Decoction Without PeonyCinnamon Twig Decoction Without Peony Plus Aconite