Sour jujube kernels are distributed in Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, Jiangsu and other regions. They are also known as jujube kernels, sour jujube pits, mountain jujube kernels, sour jujube seeds, and thorny kernels. What are the effects of sour jujube kernels?
Effects of Sour Jujube Kernels
Sour jujube kernels nourish the liver, calm the mind, soothe the nerves, and stop sweating.
They are used to treat restlessness, insomnia, palpitations, irritability, thirst, and spontaneous sweating.
- According to the "Classic of Herbal Medicine": Sour jujube kernels are used to treat cold and heat in the abdomen, accumulation of pathogenic factors, soreness in the limbs, and dampness and arthralgia.
- According to the "Supplements to the Materia Medica": Sour jujube kernels are used to treat restlessness, inability to sleep, pain above and below the navel, prolonged menstrual bleeding, spontaneous sweating, thirst, tonify the middle, nourish liver qi, strengthen tendons and bones, assist yin qi, and promote weight gain and health.
- According to the "Treatise on the Nature of Medicinal Substances": Sour jujube kernels are used to treat wind in the tendons and bones. They are ground into powder and made into a soup for consumption.
- According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica": Sour jujube kernels should be roasted before consumption to prevent drowsiness caused by excessive consumption.
- Wang Haogu: Sour jujube kernels are used to treat gallbladder deficiency causing insomnia. If the body is cold, they should be roasted before consumption; if the gallbladder is excessive, causing excessive sleepiness, they should be consumed raw.
- According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica": Sour jujube kernels constrict qi, calm the mind, nourish tendons, nourish the marrow, harmonize the stomach, and promote spleen function.
- According to the "New Compendium of Materia Medica": Sour jujube kernels regulate liver function, invigorate qi, moisturize the lungs, nourish yin, warm the middle, promote diuresis, constrict qi, stop sweating, enhance mental clarity, and improve vision and hearing.
Factors Affecting the Fruit Setting of Sour Jujube
The factors and rules that affect the fruit setting of sour jujube have not been found yet, but it may be related to its habits (sour jujube prefers light, drought resistance, cold resistance, and fear of waterlogging).
Through observation, the fruit setting rate of sour jujube is mostly continuous for two consecutive years of high yield or poor harvest. In addition to the unstable fruit setting rate, sour jujube kernel production also undergoes changes due to human factors. As the output of labor service personnel in the production area decreases, the aging of the rural population increases, and the production capacity will gradually decrease.
Sour jujube kernel resources are extremely abundant, and many regions have a large amount of resources, but there is no habit of purchasing and picking them.
