Introduction: As the saying goes, "Eat three jujubes a day, and you'll never look old." The most prominent feature of red dates is their high vitamin content. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that jujubes can tonify the middle energizer, replenish qi, nourish the blood, and promote the production of body fluids.
Fresh jujubes are richer in vitamins; however, they are seasonal, not always available, and eating too many may harm digestion. Although dried jujubes have a lower vitamin content, their iron content increases, and their nutrients are more easily absorbed, making them more suitable for therapeutic use.
1. Jujube Water – Promotes Liver Detoxification
For office workers who spend long hours in front of a computer and often work late, drinking jujube water consistently can help with liver detoxification. Liver detoxification experiments have confirmed that for people with poor liver function, drinking jujube water daily for a week can effectively increase serum protein in the body, help protect liver health, and promote liver detoxification.
It is recommended to tear the jujubes before steeping them, as the skin is tough and difficult to digest. Steeping them whole makes it hard to fully dissolve the active ingredients, greatly reducing their effectiveness. Additionally, fresh jujubes are not suitable for steeping or decocting because their vitamin C content is very high, and hot water will cause significant nutrient loss. Therefore, dried jujubes should be used for making jujube water.
2. Jujube Tea – Nourishes Blood and Qi
Drinking jujube tea can effectively treat problems of a cold stomach and stomach pain. The specific method is to stir-fry the jujubes until they are black, then steep them in hot water. You can also add longan to the infusion, which has the effect of nourishing blood and qi. Jujube and longan tea has significant health benefits and is especially suitable for women and people who use their voices frequently, such as teachers, salespeople, and other professionals.
3. Jujube Soup – Relieves Cough and Moisturizes Lungs
Cooking jujubes, tremella (snow fungus), rock sugar together has the effect of relieving cough and moisturizing the lungs, and is especially suitable for dry seasons. Prepare 20 grams of tremella, 20 jujubes, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar. After the tremella is fully soaked, tear it into small pieces. Wash the jujubes and cut them in half. Cook them together for half an hour, then add an appropriate amount of rock sugar and cook until it melts before serving.
4. Jujube Boiled Eggs – Nourishes Blood and Beautifies the Skin
Jujube, longan, and brown sugar egg soup has the effect of nourishing blood and beautifying the skin. Both jujubes and brown sugar water have blood-nourishing properties, longan is nourishing, and eggs are rich in nutrients. This sweet soup is healthy and nutritious for women to eat regularly. After adding an appropriate amount of water to the jujubes and longan, cook them until soft. Add an appropriate amount of brown sugar, crack in an egg, and continue to cook over low heat until the egg is done.
5. Jujube Soaked in Wine – Prevents Cardiovascular Diseases
Soaking an appropriate amount of jujubes in wine and drinking the jujube wine in moderation can help keep blood vessels clear and prevent cardiovascular diseases. During the soaking process, the rich organic substances in the jujubes are more easily dissolved out. Drinking a small glass daily can achieve good health and wellness benefits.