The Wonders of Jujubes
Many people like to add a few jujubes when making soups, and they also enjoy adding them to steamed chicken, stewed mutton, or rabbit meat. Even when stewing tonics or soaking medicinal wines, jujubes are not an exception. So, what are the effects of jujubes?
Jujubes are warm in nature and sweet in taste. They contain protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, and abundant vitamins A, C, B1, B2, as well as carotene. They are extremely nutritious. There is a folk saying, "Eat jujubes every day, and you will never grow old." Jujubes are not only a beloved fruit but also a great remedy for nourishing the spleen and stomach, enriching the blood, calming the mind, treating illnesses, and strengthening the body. For postpartum women, eating jujubes can replenish qi and blood, calm the mind, and speed up recovery. For the elderly and weak, jujubes can enhance physical fitness and delay aging. Especially for those engaged in mental work or suffering from neurasthenia, drinking jujube soup as a substitute for tea can calm the mind, improve concentration, and stimulate the appetite. For those who are fond of tea and may suffer from sleeplessness after drinking too much in the evening, drinking jujube soup every night can relieve the suffering of insomnia. During the spring and autumn seasons, when the weather is unpredictable, adding a few mulberry leaves to jujube tea can prevent colds. In the hot summer, boiling jujubes with lotus leaves can clear heat and relieve summer heat. In the cold winter, adding ginger and brown sugar to jujube soup can expel cold and warm the stomach.
Jujubes are a natural beauty food that can also replenish qi and strengthen the spleen, promote the circulation of qi and blood, and fight aging. In addition, jujubes have some lesser-known functions:
One, Anti-allergy: Jujubes can treat allergic purpura. Eat 10 jujubes three times a day, and it is generally effective in three days. Recently, Japanese scientists discovered that jujubes contain a large amount of a substance called adenosine cyclic phosphate, which can dilate blood vessels and has anti-allergic effects. It also has the effect of strengthening myocardial contraction and improving myocardial nutrition.
Two, Treating Low Blood Pressure: 20 large jujubes, one hen. Cut the hen into pieces, stir-fry over high heat, add seasonings, and when it is 80% cooked, add the jujubes and simmer until done. Eat in portions.
Three, Liver Protection: Eating 20 jujubes daily can prevent hepatitis. For patients with acute or chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, or those with high serum transaminase levels, taking a dose of jujube and peanut soup (30 grams each of jujubes, peanuts, and rock sugar, first boil the peanuts, then add the jujubes and rock sugar) before bed each night for a 30-day course can lower serum alanine aminotransferase levels.
Four, Anti-cancer: Jujubes are rich in triterpenoid compounds and adenosine diphosphate. Most triterpenoid compounds have the function of inhibiting cancer cells. Therefore, people who often eat jujubes rarely suffer from cancer.
Jujubes have strong health benefits. Regular consumption of jujubes not only improves physical health but also beautifies the complexion. Today, let's talk about the many ways to eat jujubes.
『Angelica and Jujube Porridge』
Angelica 15g, jujubes 50g, sugar 20g, japonica rice 50g. First, soak the angelica in warm water for a moment, add 200g of water, and decoct it into 100g of concentrated juice. Remove the dregs and keep the juice. Cook with the japonica rice, jujubes, and sugar with an appropriate amount of water until the porridge is done. Take it warm in the morning and evening, 10 days as one course. This porridge has the functions of nourishing blood and regulating menstruation, invigorating blood to relieve pain, moistening the intestines to relieve constipation. It is suitable for symptoms such as qi and blood deficiency, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, blood-deficiency headache, dizziness, and constipation.
『Fo-ti and Jujube Porridge』
Fo-ti powder 25g, jujubes 50g, rock sugar 15g, japonica rice 50g. First, cook the japonica rice and jujubes together into a porridge. When the porridge is half-cooked, add the Fo-ti powder and stir while cooking until the porridge is thick. Then add rock sugar to taste. This porridge has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, replenishing essence and blood, relieving constipation, and detoxifying. It is suitable for dizziness, blurred vision, insomnia, forgetfulness, nocturnal emissions, and spermatorrhea caused by deficiency in both the liver and kidneys and insufficient essence and blood. Long-term use by patients with senile hypertension and vascular sclerosis can prolong life.
『Jujube, Scrophularia, and Wolfberry Paste』
30 jujubes, 30g of Scrophularia, 6 plums, 15g of wolfberries. Add 4 bowls of water and bring to a boil for 20 minutes. Then add an appropriate amount of rock sugar (or brown sugar) and simmer until slightly thick. After cooling, store it in a container for later use. Generally, take 2 tablespoons at a time, twice a day. This paste can replenish qi, nourish the blood, and is more suitable for recuperation in weak individuals, those with a weak spleen and stomach, or after surgery.
『Eclipta Prostrata and Jujube Soup』
Fresh Eclipta Prostrata 50g, jujubes 20. First, wash the Eclipta Prostrata and jujubes, put them in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer into a soup. After it's cooked, remove the dregs, drink the soup, and eat the jujubes. This soup has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, and nourishing blood to stop bleeding. It is suitable for gastric and duodenal bulb ulcer bleeding and hemorrhagic anemia.
『Ginkgo Leaf, Jujube, and Mung Bean Soup』
Fresh ginkgo leaves 30g (or 10g of dried product), jujubes 20g, mung beans 60g, sugar to taste. Wash and chop the ginkgo leaves, put them in a casserole, add 100g of water, and bring to a boil over low heat for 20 minutes. Remove the dregs and keep the juice. Then, add the soaked jujubes and mung beans to the casserole, add sugar, and cook until the mung beans are soft. This soup has the effects of nourishing the heart qi, replenishing the heart blood, lowering blood pressure and lipids, and clearing summer heat and detoxifying. It is suitable for patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease.
1. Use 20 jujubes, 1 egg, 30g of brown sugar, and water to stew and serve once daily. Suitable for postpartum recuperation, with the effect of replenishing qi and blood. Jujubes have the effect of replenishing qi, nourishing blood, and calming the mind. The high vitamin content in jujubes helps strengthen human capillaries.
2. Jujubes have the effect of strengthening the spleen, nourishing blood, and calming the mind. Take jujube decoction after dinner; or cook it with lily into a porridge; drinking the soup and eating the jujubes before bed can help you fall asleep faster. Use 1000g of fresh jujubes, wash and pit them, mash the pulp, add an appropriate amount of water and simmer over low heat, filter to get the juice, mix with 500g of honey, and heat on the stove to make a jujube paste. Store in a bottle for later use. Take 15ml each time, twice a day, continuously to prevent and treat insomnia.
3. 10 jujubes, 15g of black fungus, sugar to taste. Wash the jujubes, soak in water for about 2 hours, then remove and pit the jujubes. Soak the black fungus in water until it expands, then pick and wash it clean. Put the jujubes and black fungus in a steaming bowl, add an appropriate amount of water and sugar, and steam for about 1 hour. Take once after breakfast and once after dinner daily to nourish deficiency and blood. Suitable for those with a pale complexion, palpitations, and anxiety due to blood deficiency, or for anemia. It can also have a health-preserving effect of strengthening the body for healthy people. Regular consumption can make the complexion ruddy, remove spots, and beautify the body. It can also be used to treat facial dark spots and emaciation. Note: those with damp phlegm and food stagnation should not eat too much.
4. Angelica 15g, jujubes 50g, sugar 20g, japonica rice 50g. First, soak the angelica in warm water for a moment, add 200g of water, and decoct it into 100g of concentrated juice. Remove the dregs and keep the juice. Cook with the japonica rice, jujubes, and sugar with an appropriate amount of water until the porridge is done. Take it warm in the morning and evening, 10 days as one course. This porridge has the functions of nourishing blood and regulating menstruation, invigorating blood to relieve pain, moistening the intestines to relieve constipation. It is suitable for symptoms such as qi and blood deficiency, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, blood-deficiency headache, dizziness, and constipation.
5. Fo-ti powder 25g, jujubes 50g, rock sugar 15g, japonica rice 50g. First, cook the japonica rice and jujubes together into a porridge. When the porridge is half-cooked, add the Fo-ti powder and stir while cooking until the porridge is thick. Then add rock sugar to taste. This porridge has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, replenishing essence and blood, relieving constipation, and detoxifying. It is suitable for dizziness, blurred vision, insomnia, forgetfulness, nocturnal emissions, and spermatorrhea caused by deficiency in both the liver and kidneys and insufficient essence and blood. Long-term use by patients with senile hypertension and vascular sclerosis can prolong life.
6. 30 jujubes, 30g of Scrophularia, 6 plums, 15g of wolfberries. Add 4 bowls of water and bring to a boil for 20 minutes. Then add an appropriate amount of rock sugar (or brown sugar) and simmer until slightly thick. After cooling, store it in a container for later use. Generally, take 2 tablespoons at a time, twice a day. This paste can replenish qi, nourish the blood, and is more suitable for recuperation in weak individuals, those with a weak spleen and stomach, or after surgery.
7. Fresh Eclipta Prostrata 50g, jujubes 20. First, wash the Eclipta Prostrata and jujubes, put them in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer into a soup. After it's cooked, remove the dregs, drink the soup, and eat the jujubes. This soup has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, and nourishing blood to stop bleeding. It is suitable for gastric and duodenal bulb ulcer bleeding and hemorrhagic anemia.
8. Fresh ginkgo leaves 30g (or 10g of dried product), jujubes 20g, mung beans 60g, sugar to taste. Wash and chop the ginkgo leaves, put them in a casserole, add 100g of water, and bring to a boil over low heat for 20 minutes. Remove the dregs and keep the juice. Then, add the soaked jujubes and mung beans to the casserole, add sugar, and cook until the mung beans are soft. This soup has the effects of nourishing the heart qi, replenishing the heart blood, lowering blood pressure and lipids, and clearing summer heat and detoxifying. It is suitable for patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease.
9. Ginger 500g, jujubes 250g, salt 100g, licorice 150g, cloves 25g, agallochum 25g. Pound them together into a coarse powder and mix well for later use. Take 15-25g each time, decoct in the morning or soak in water as a tea substitute, several times a day. This tea has the effects of strengthening the spleen, nourishing blood, invigorating the stomach, calming the mind, and relieving depression. Long-term use can make the skin fair and tender, smooth, and reduce wrinkles.
10. 50g of jujubes, 100g of japonica rice, 15g of chrysanthemum. Put them in a pot with an appropriate amount of clear water and cook until thick. Then add an appropriate amount of brown sugar to taste. This formula has the effects of strengthening the spleen to nourish blood, and clearing the liver to improve eyesight. Long-term consumption can make the facial complexion ruddy and has a health-preserving and disease-preventing effect.
11. 50g of jujubes, 100g of soaked black fungus, sugar to taste. Clean and cut the soaked black fungus into small pieces. Pit the jujubes and put them in a pot with an appropriate amount of water and cook until the jujubes and black fungus are soft. Add sugar to taste. According to herbal records, jujubes have the effects of moistening the lungs and spleen, relieving cough, nourishing the five organs, and treating deficiency and damage. Combined with the nourishing and strengthening black fungus, its nourishing, enriching, invigorating blood, and beautifying effects are enhanced. Regular consumption can make the complexion ruddy and full of youth. This soup is especially beneficial for women.
12. 20g of jujubes, 20g of Job's tears, 15g of ginkgo nuts (shelled and peeled), 10g of longan meat. Put them in a pot and cook for 40 minutes. Then add 6 cooked shelled quail eggs and cook for another half an hour. Add an appropriate amount of brown sugar or rock sugar to eat. This soup has the effects of nourishing the heart, clearing damp toxins, and strengthening the spleen and stomach. Regular consumption can reduce the occurrence of acne, pimples, and warts, making the skin moist, tender, smooth, and fair.