Suan Zao Ren
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Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: Zizyphus, spiny date seed, sour jujube
seed
Pharmaceutical Name: Semen Ziziphi Spinosae
Properties: sweet, neutral
Temperature: neutral
Channels: HT, KD, LV
Flavors: sweet
Tonifies: blood, yin
Alternate Forms:
- sheng- for yin deficiency
- chao- for blood deficiency
Actions / Indications:
- Nourishes HT and LV, Calms spirit / shen (irritability,
insomnia, excessive dreaming, palpitations, with anxiety due to blood
or yin deficiency)
- Prevents abnormal sweating (spontaneous or night
sweating due to qi or yin deficiency)
- (cc: heat excess or hot phlegm accumulation)
- (note: crush before decocting)
Special Notes:
- Compared to Bai Zi Ren, Suan Zao Ren
is stronger to calm shen and astringes to stop sweat. Bai Zi Ren is
rich in oil and help to lubricate the intestines.
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