[Nature and flavor] Sweet and sour, neutral in nature.
[return through meridians] Returns to the liver, gallbladder and heart meridians.
[Effects] Nourishes the heart and liver, calms the mind and soothes the nerves, reduces sweating, and promotes the production of body fluids.
[Indications] It is used for insomnia due to deficiency and restlessness, palpitations and nightmares, physical weakness and sweating, and thirst due to loss of body fluids.
【Medical records】
"Ben Jing": "It is used to treat cold and heat in the heart and abdomen, accumulation of evil qi, soreness and pain in the limbs, and dampness."
"Bie Lu": "It is used to treat restlessness and insomnia, pain above and below the navel, prolonged blood loss, sweating and thirst, nourishing the middle, benefiting the liver qi, strengthening the tendons and bones, helping the yin qi, and making people fat and healthy."
"Medicinal Properties": "It is used to treat tendon and bone wind. It can be made into soup and taken after frying."
"Supplement to Materia Medica": "Sleep more raw, don't sleep fried."
Wang Haogu: "To treat insomnia due to gallbladder deficiency, which is caused by cold, use it fried and taken; to treat excessive sleepiness due to gallbladder fullness, which is caused by heat, use it raw."
"Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can calm the mind, nourish the tendons and marrow, and harmonize the stomach and spleen."
"New Materia Medica": "It calms the liver and regulates qi, moistens the lungs and nourishes yin, warms the middle and eliminates dampness, restrains qi and stops sweating, strengthens the mind and calms the heart, improves hearing and eyesight."
【Predecessors release medicine】
"Ben Cao Jing Shu" says: "Ziziphus jujuba seeds are sour and mild in nature, and the seeds are sweet. They are used to nourish the liver and gallbladder, and also to wake up the spleen. When cooked, they are fragrant, and the fragrance enters the spleen, so they can be used for the spleen. They can nourish the gallbladder, so they can warm the gallbladder. The qi of the mother and the child are connected, so they can also cure deficiency and restlessness, and insomnia. They cure cold and heat in the heart and abdomen, evil qi accumulation, and soreness, pain, and dampness in the limbs, all of which are caused by spleen deficiency and evil qi, because the spleen governs the limbs. The gallbladder is the head of all internal organs, and the eleven internal organs all depend on the gallbladder. The essence of the five internal organs is all inherited from the spleen, so taking it for a long time can calm the five internal organs.
"Compendium of Materia Medica" states: Although the nature of sour jujube is astringent, its smell is bland. It should be supplemented with other medicines to achieve its effect. For example, with angelica root and ginseng, it can astringe the heart; with angelica root and peony root, it can astringe the liver; with angelica root and shu root, it can astringe the spleen; with angelica root and wheat root, it can astringe the lungs; with angelica root and cypress root, it can astringe the kidneys; with angelica root and ling root, it can astringe the intestines, stomach, and bladder; with angelica root and astragalus root, it can astringe qi and irrigate the Ying and Wei; with angelica root and rehmannia root, it can astringe blood and nourish the true yin. Another ancient prescription is very effective in treating disharmony of gallbladder qi. If the gallbladder qi is empty, the heart is upset and can't sleep, stir-fry it.
"Bencao Huiyan" says: Ziziphus jujuba seeds can nourish the five internal organs. For example, if the heart qi is insufficient, there will be palpitations, loss of consciousness, or loose pores, spontaneous sweating and night sweats; if the lung qi is insufficient, there will be shortness of breath, timidity, and dry cough without sputum; if the liver qi is insufficient, there will be cramps in the tendons and bones, and dry and broken nails; if the kidney qi is insufficient, there will be spermatorrhea, nocturnal emission, and dribbling urination; if the spleen qi is insufficient, there will be a combination of cold and heat, and emaciated muscles; if the gallbladder qi is insufficient, there will be palpitations, fear, restlessness and insomnia. T
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