red dates

Red dates, also known as jujubes, are characterized by their high vitamin content and are known as "natural vitamin pills". They have the effects of nourishing yin, tonifying yang, and replenishing blood. Red dates are temperate crops with strong adaptability. Red dates are known as "hardcore crops" and are drought-resistant and waterlogged-resistant. They are the preferred variety for developing water-saving forestry and fruit industries.

People who often eat fresh dates rarely suffer from gallstones. This is because the rich vitamin C in fresh dates converts excess cholesterol in the body into bile acid. Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in ancient my country, said: "In spring, it is better to reduce sourness and increase sweetness to nourish the spleen." This means that in spring, it is better to eat less sour food and more sweet food. Chinese medicine believes that spring is the time when liver qi is strong. Eating too much sour food will cause excessive liver qi and damage the spleen and stomach, so you should eat less sour food. People have more outdoor activities in spring than in winter, and they consume more physical energy and need more calories. But at this time, the spleen and stomach are weak, and the digestive ability of the gastrointestinal tract is poor. It is not suitable to eat more greasy meat. Therefore, calories can be supplied by sweets. Red dates are such a good product for nourishing the spleen in spring.

Nutritional value of red dates

1. Jujube can improve human immunity and inhibit cancer cells: Pharmacological studies have found that red dates can promote the production of white blood cells, lower serum cholesterol, increase serum albumin, and protect the liver. Red dates also contain substances that inhibit cancer cells and can even transform cancer cells into normal cells.

2. People who often eat fresh dates rarely suffer from gallstones. This is because the rich vitamin C in fresh dates can convert excess cholesterol in the body into bile acid. With less cholesterol, the probability of gallstone formation is also reduced.

3. Jujubes are rich in calcium and iron, which play an important role in preventing and treating osteoporosis and postpartum anemia. Middle-aged and elderly people often suffer from osteoporosis during menopause, and adolescents and women who are at the peak of growth and development are prone to anemia. Jujubes have an ideal therapeutic effect on them, and their effects are usually incomparable to drugs.

4. It also has a good tonic effect on people who are weak after illness

5. The rutin contained in dates is a substance that softens blood vessels and thus lowers blood pressure, and has preventive and therapeutic effects on hypertension.

6. Jujube can also resist allergies, remove fishy and strange smells, soothe the mind, improve intelligence and brain function, and increase appetite.

The efficacy and function of red dates

1. Anti-cancer

Jujube can improve human immunity and inhibit cancer cells. It can promote the formation of white blood cells, lower serum cholesterol, increase serum albumin, protect the liver, and red dates also contain substances that inhibit cancer cells and even transform cancer cells into normal cells.

2. Lower blood pressure and cholesterol

The vitamin P content in jujube is the highest among all fruits and vegetables. It can maintain capillary permeability, improve microcirculation and thus prevent arteriosclerosis. It can also regulate human metabolism, enhance immunity, resist inflammation, resist allergies, and lower blood sugar and cholesterol levels. The rutin it contains can protect capillaries from becoming unobstructed and prevent the increase of blood vessel wall fragility.

3. Protect liver

Jujubes can improve the phagocytic function of monocytes in the body, protect the liver and enhance physical strength; the vitamin C in jujubes can reduce the damage of chemical drugs to the liver, promote protein synthesis and increase the total serum protein content.

4. Prevent osteoporosis

It plays an important role in preventing and treating osteoporosis and anemia. Middle-aged and elderly people often suffer from osteoporosis during menopause, and adolescents and women who are at the peak of growth and development are prone to anemia. Jujubes have an ideal therapeutic effect on them, and its effect is usually incomparable to drugs.

5. Prevent and treat insufficient blood supply to the brain

The flavonoids in jujube can prevent and treat cerebral ischemia and protect the ultrastructural damage of brain tissue caused by cerebral ischemia.

6. Prevent and treat cardiovascular disease

Jujubes are rich in vitamin C and vitamin P, which are very beneficial for strengthening capillaries, maintaining blood vessel wall elasticity and resisting atherosclerosis. Jujubes contain cAMP, whose pharmacological effects are manifested in improving human microcirculation, dilating coronary arteries, increasing blood supply to the brain and heart, slowing down heart rate, reducing myocardial oxygen consumption and improving the metabolism of ischemic myocardium, so it can prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

7. Restore your strength

It also has a good tonic effect on people who are weak after illness.

8. Prevent Gallstones

The rich vitamin C in fresh dates converts excess cholesterol in the body into bile acid. With less cholesterol, the probability of stone formation also decreases.

Medicinal value of red dates

Red dates not only have high nutritional value, but also contain a variety of trace elements needed by the human body, such as protein, fat, sugar, ascorbic acid, calcium, iron, vitamins, etc., and have high medicinal value. "Compendium of Materia Medica" states: "Dates are sweet and non-toxic. They are mainly used to treat evil spirits in the heart and abdomen, calm the middle, nourish the spleen, calm the stomach, open the nine orifices, help the twelve meridians, replenish the less qi, ... and harmonize with hundreds of medicines. Long-term use can make the body lighter and prolong life." "Sui Ju Yuan Diet" states that "fresh dates are sweet and cool. They scrape the intestines and stomach and help dampness and heat. Dried dates are sweet and warm to nourish the spleen and stomach, nourish the body and replenish fluids, moisten the lungs, and can resist hunger. ... Those produced in the north that are large, firm and thick are the best for replenishing strength." Jujube kernels can be used as stimulants, and can be used as sedatives after being fried until yellow. They have the effects of calming, nourishing the heart, astringing sweat, strengthening the stomach, and digesting food. Leaves, bark and roots can also be used as medicine. Jujubes are often used as medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. There is a saying that "it is better to go without meat for three days than to go without dates for one day" and "eating three dates a day will not make you look old at the age of seventy."

Red dates are good food with blood-tonifying effect, so many people believe that as a tonic, eating more red dates will definitely be beneficial for women. Red dates are the most common medicine and food prescription in traditional Chinese medicine. They are sweet and warm in nature. Their main functions are to tonify the middle and replenish qi, nourish blood and calm the mind. They are mainly used in the treatment of spleen and stomach qi deficiency, blood deficiency and sallow complexion, blood deficiency and insomnia. For example, drinking red dates water regularly can improve pale complexion and cold hands and feet for women with anemia caused by excessive menstrual bleeding. However, as a prescription, there are contraindications. For example, during menstruation, some women often experience swollen eyes or feet. In fact, this is a manifestation of heavy dampness, and this group of people is not suitable for taking red dates. This is because red dates are sweet, and eating more can easily produce phlegm and dampness, causing water and dampness to accumulate in the body, which aggravates the symptoms of edema. At the same time, women who take red dates as a tonic but have a hot constitution are not suitable for taking them during menstruation, because this is very likely to cause excessive menstrual bleeding and harm their health. In addition, since red dates are rich in sugar, especially those made into snacks, they are not suitable for diabetic patients to take as a tonic to avoid increasing blood sugar.

Side effects and contraindications of red dates

1. It should not be eaten with cucumbers or radishes: radishes contain ascorbic acid enzymes and cucumbers contain vitamin-degrading enzymes. Both ingredients can destroy vitamins in other foods.

2. Do not eat rotten and spoiled dates: When the dates are rotten, microorganisms will multiply. The fruit acid enzyme in the dates will continue to decompose pectin to produce pectin acid and methanol, and methanol can be further decomposed to produce formaldehyde and methanol.

3. It should not be consumed at the same time as vitamins: the vitamins in dates can decompose and destroy vitamin K, thereby reducing the therapeutic effect.

4. It should not be consumed at the same time as animal liver: Animal liver is rich in copper, iron and other elements. Copper and iron ions can easily oxidize the vitamins contained in other foods and lose their effectiveness.

Taboos when taking antipyretics: Taking antipyretics and consuming foods high in sugar content at the same time can easily form insoluble complexes, reducing the initial absorption rate. Jujubes are foods high in sugar content, so they are taboos.

How to eat red dates

Shouwu Red Dates Porridge

25g Polygonum multiflorum powder, 50g red dates, 15g crystal sugar, 50g polished rice. First, put polished rice and red dates into the pot and cook them into porridge. When the porridge is half cooked, add Polygonum multiflorum powder, stir while cooking until the porridge is thick, and then add crystal sugar for seasoning. This porridge has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidney, benefiting the essence and blood, relieving constipation, and detoxifying. It is suitable for dizziness, insomnia, forgetfulness, nocturnal emission, and spermatorrhea caused by liver and kidney deficiency and insufficient essence and blood. Long-term consumption can prolong the life of patients with senile hypertension and vascular sclerosis.

Red Dates and Wolfberry Porridge

Ingredients: 70g red dates, 15g wolfberries, 100g rice.

practice:

1. Soak the red dates, wolfberries and other ingredients in water and wash them clean.

2. Put red dates, wolfberries, rice and water into a pot and cook until done. Add brown sugar to taste.

3. You can control the viscosity and sweetness according to your personal needs and preferences.

Red Dates, Ginseng and Wolfberry Paste

30 red dates, 30 grams of Radix Glehniae, 6 black plums, 15 grams of wolfberry, add 4 bowls of water and boil for 20 minutes, then add appropriate amount of rock sugar (brown sugar can also be used), fry until slightly thick, wait for it to cool slightly, and put it in a container for later use. Generally, 2 tablespoons each time, twice a day. This paste can replenish qi, nourish blood and replenish blood, and is more suitable for recuperation of physical weakness, weak spleen and stomach or after surgery.

Eclipta prostrata and red dates soup

50g fresh Eclipta prostrata and 20 red dates. Wash Eclipta prostrata and red dates, put them in a pot, add appropriate amount of water, simmer, remove the residue after cooking, drink the soup and eat the dates. This soup has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidney, nourishing blood and stopping bleeding, and is suitable for bleeding of gastric and duodenal bulb ulcers, hemorrhagic anemia, etc.

Ginkgo Leaf, Red Dates, Mung Bean Soup

30g fresh ginkgo leaf (10g dried), 20g red dates, 60g mung beans, and appropriate amount of sugar. Wash and chop the ginkgo leaf, put it into a casserole, add 100g water, boil it over low heat, remove the residue and take the juice after 20 minutes, then pour the soaked red dates and mung beans into the casserole, add sugar, and cook until the mung beans are soft. It has the effects of nourishing the heart qi, replenishing the heart blood, lowering blood pressure and lipids, and relieving heat and detoxification. It is suitable for patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease.