Da Zao 40 packets 2 grams

Da Zao Granules

Brand: TCM Zone 5:1 Singles

English name: jujube, chinese date

Chinese name: Da Zao

Unit Size: box of 40/2 gm packets

Potency: 5:1

Taste: Sweet - Bensky

Properties: Warm - Bensky

Contraindications: Contraindicated when there is heat from excess, damp-heat, or phlegm-heat. Use with caution in cases with abundant dampness or qi stagnation. - Bensky

Chinese Symptomology: Weakness, shortness of breath, lassitude, reduced appetite, loose stools due to Spleen and Stomach deficiency; wan appearance, irritability, and severe emotional lability associated with restless organ disorder - Bensky

Actions: Tonifies the qi and blood, generates fluids, harmonizes the Spleen, moderates the toxic effects of other herbs. - Bensky

Pattern: Spleen and Stomach deficiency; - Bensky

Channels Entered: Spleen, Stomach - Bensky

Ingredients: Da Zao - Jujubae Fructus

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed

• Tonifies the Spleen and augments the qi: for weakness, reduced appetite, and loose stools due to Spleen and Stomach deficiency. Can be prepared with rice or millet gruel for this purpose.
• Nourishes the blood and calms the spirit: for the wan appearance, irritability.
• Moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.

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