Chinese Date (da zao)
Fructus
Ziziphi Jujubae
Properties:
It is sweet in flavour, warm in nature, and acts on the
heart, spleen and stomach channels. Being sweet and warm
for invigorating Qi, moistening for nourishing blood,
sweet for buffering other herbs, chiefly acting on the
spleen and stomach channels with its main effects of
strengthening the middle-jiao and invigorating Qi, and
acting on the heart channel with its effects of nourishing
blood and tranquilizing mind, it is indicated for
deficiency of the spleen and stomach, paleness due to
deficiency of blood, women¡¯s hysteria and other
syndromes. It is also used to alleviate toxic and drastic
properties of other medicines.
Effects:
Strengthening the middle-jiao, invigorating Qi, nourishing
blood, tranquizing mind buffering other medicines.
Indications:
1. For deficiency
of the spleen and stomach, anorexia and loose stool, it is
often used in combinaton with dangshen, white atractylodes
rhizome, astragalus root and other herbs for strengthening
the middle-jiao and invigorating Qi.
2. It is often
used in combination with Chinese angelica root, prepared
rehmannia root and other herbs for nourishing blood, to
treat paleness due to deficiency of blood; and with wheat
and liquorice, such as Gan Mai Dazao Decoction, to treat
deficiency of blood and hysteria in women.
3. It is used to
moderate toxic side-effects and intensity herbs in order
to protect vital Qi, For example, it can be used in
combination with lepidium seed to moderate its lowering
and purging properties in order to protect the stomachqi;
and with kansui root and knoxia root to moderate their
toxic and drastic properties in order to protect the
stomach-qi.
Dosage and
Administration:
3-12 pieces
of 10-15g.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For the
convenience of customers, we offer the
Chinese Date (da zao)
as
the quick-dissolving granule made through modern
technology.
Directions:
Every
sachet is equivalent to raw herb 10 grams.
The dosage is for
adults, one sachet each time, twice a day. Please
put the granule into a cup, then put 50-100ml
boiling water into the cup and stir it with spoon.
You will get some tea, drink it when it is luke-warm.
For children, the dosage should be reduced according
to the weight.
Air ship 50 sachets of
Chinese Date (da zao)
in the form of quick-dissolving granule for your
personal use now at $98.00.
If you would like to
order this raw herb, please go to
the order form.
