The Spine Date Seed or Chinese Sleeping Elixir,What is Semen Ziziphi Spinosa?

Contents

• Brief Info and Botanical Description.
• Name Identification.
• Phytochemicals and Constituents.
• Research of Zizyphus spinosa seed.
• Traditional Theory of Insomia due to fatigue.
• Wild Jujube Seed:A Liver-Healthy Anti-Anxiety Herb,An Excellent Choice for Kava Replacement.
• Wild jujube seed helps to sleep well:Mechanism.
• Indication of Jujube Seed:A liver-healthy anti-anxiety Herb.
• How Search engine think about Jujube.
• Research Update:Zizyphus spinosa.

Applications and Properties:

Applications:

Sedative and hypnotic activity.
Radioprotective activity.
Protection from anoxia (lack of oxygen) and reoxygenation damage.
Central nervous system.
Protective effects on cardiac cells.
Anti-neoplastic effects.
Enhancing immunity.
Protective against ischemic cerebral damages.

Properties:

Mechanism:10% of the population suffers from chronic insomnia, fully 50% experience significant insomnia at some time, originating from emotional upsets, pain, or physical disorders. Wild Jujube seed is the most popular sedative herb, calming the heart and spirit, and reinforcing liver yin.
Dosage: 10-15g, it can be ground into powder for an oral dose, 1.5-3.0g each time.

Safety and Toxicity:

Zizyphus is reported to have very low toxicity when taken orally. In laboratory animals (mice and rats), a huge single dose of 50 grams herb per kilogram of body weight produced no toxic symptoms, and a daily dose of 20 grams per kilogram for 30 days did not produce toxic reactions. Side effects are not reported.

Reference:

• 1.The Spine Date Seed or Chinese Sleeping Elixir,What is Semen Ziziphi Spinosa?

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♣ last edit date:12th,Oct.2010.