SP, ST (3-12 pieces, 10-30g)
Chinese Dates (Jujube) will tonify your SP and perk your qi right up! Legend tells that a restless spirit came to the village looking for blood, so the villagers gave an offering of dates to help moderate and harmonize the properties of other herb spirits.
After the villagers appeased the spirit they celebrated through the night. One villager who wasn't careful had developed (cc: food stagnation) due to (cc: intestinal parasites) ate way too many cloying dates (cc: use and dosage when weak digestion; too sticky, may cause stagnation) which caused him to develop (cc: damp phlegm).
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Explanation of Key Words in this story... |
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| tonify your SP and perk your qi right up | tonifies SP qi; moderates spasms; alleviate pain |
| restless spirit came to the village looking for blood | calms spirit; nourishes blood |
| moderate and harmonizes the properties of other herbs | moderates and harmonizes properties of other herbs |
Da Zao Actions and Indications
- Tonifies SP; augments qi (weakness, shortness of breath, lassitude, reduced appetite, loose stools due to SP and ST deficiency)
- Nourish blood; calms spirit (wan appearance, irritability, severe emotional lability, crying without reason, hysteria due to restless organ disorder)
- Moderates and harmonizes properties of other herbs (moderates harshness of other herbs, harmonizes middle jiao in combination with other herbs, particularly with shen jiang)
- (cc: excess dampness, damp phlegm disorders with epigastric distension and bloating)
- (cc: food stagnation)
- (cc: intestinal parasites)
- (cc: minimize use and dosage when weak digestion; too sticky, may cause stagnation)
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Special Notes:
- Da zao with sheng jiang is a great combination: Sheng jiang disperses and enters the wei level whereas da zao tonifies and enters the ying level... when used together they harmonize ying and wei, and the middle jiao (to stop vomiting, etc.)
- Da Zao has two colors: black and red. Red is slightly stronger to tonify qi, whereas Black is slightly stronger to tonify blood.