Spina Date Seed - suan zao ren

Suanzao ren
Chinese herbal medicine
Alias: jujube kernel, jujube kernel, mountain jujube kernel
English name: Spina Date Seed
Main effects: nourishing the heart and liver, calming the mind, astringing sweat, and promoting body fluid
Suanzao ren is a Chinese herbal medicine used to calm the mind and help sleep. It can help improve sleep quality, relieve anxiety and tension, and regulate problems such as panic and dreaminess. It is often used to treat insomnia, neurasthenia, and irritability caused by menopause. Suanzao ren is mainly produced in hilly areas in Hebei, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places. Among them, the jujube kernel produced in Xingtai, Hebei and Yan'an, Shaanxi has full particles and high content of effective ingredients, which is very popular in the market. It is necessary to pay attention to controlling the dosage when using it. Patients with long-term insomnia are recommended to seek systematic conditioning from a Chinese medicine practitioner.
Suanzao ren is sweet, sour, and flat in nature. It enters the liver, gallbladder, and heart meridians.
It is suitable for regulating symptoms such as restlessness, insomnia, dreaminess, and easy fright caused by insufficient yin and blood. At the same time, it can also astringe and stop sweating, and is suitable for people who are weak and prone to sweating. Modern research has found that Chinese date seeds contain triterpenoid saponins, alkaloids, flavonoids, volatile oils, sugars, proteins, and organic acids. These ingredients work together to nourish organs, calm nerves, stop sweating, and promote the production of body fluids.
Effects
Chinese date seeds can help nourish the heart and liver functions, improve problems such as difficulty falling asleep and waking up at night due to panic and anxiety. It can also regulate abnormal sweating symptoms, such as night sweats (sweating during sleep, stopping after waking up) or inexplicable cold sweats when nervous. Chinese date seeds also have a good relieving effect on the state of dry mouth and always wanting to drink water but not quenching thirst.
What are the main effects and clinical applications of Chinese date seeds?
Chinese date seeds are mainly used to relieve insomnia caused by anxiety or physical weakness, improve symptoms of panic and dreaminess, regulate abnormal sweating caused by physical weakness, and relieve symptoms of dry mouth and thirst.
Symptoms of restlessness
· Treat insomnia, dreaminess, panic and anxiety caused by insufficient yin and blood in the heart and liver. Chinese date seeds can be used alone or in combination with Radix Ophiopogonis, processed Polygonum multiflorum, Poria cocos and other medicinal materials;
Treat liver deficiency with heat (manifested as irritability, eye pain, etc.) For insomnia caused by weak heart and spleen (manifested as easy fatigue and poor appetite), it can be used in combination with herbs such as Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Poria cocos, and Chuanxiong; for insomnia caused by palpitations due to weak heart and spleen (manifested as easy fatigue and poor appetite), it is often used in combination with herbs such as Astragalus, Angelica sinensis, and Codonopsis pilosula;.
Weak body and sweating, thirst due to lack of body fluid
For abnormal sweating caused by weak constitution, it is often used in combination with herbs such as Astragalus, Schisandra chinensis, and Cornus officinalis;
To relieve thirst symptoms caused by insufficient body fluid, it can be used together with herbs such as Rehmannia glutinosa, Ophiopogon japonicus, and Radix Trichosanthis.