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Top Product Attributes

  • Common Name

    Zizypus, Jujuba, Da Zao, Suan Zao Ren

  • Botanical Name

    Ziziphus jujuba

  • Part Used

    Seed

  • Alcohol

    30%

  • Dose

    20 to 40mL weekly

Zizyphus is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to assist in falling asleep and staying asleep, for irritability, to assist in the relief of anxiety and nervous exhaustion and to aid in the relief of excess sweating and night sweats.

Main Product Attributes
A guide to Zizyphus and its properties

  • Traditional Use

    Zizyphus has long been cultivated in China for its popular fruits known as da zao or big date. The seeds are known as suan zao ren and they have been extensively trialled as the principal ingredient in a traditional Chinese formula called Suan Zao Ren Tang, or sour jujube seed decoction, a well-known classic Chinese herbal prescription for insomnia.

  • Actions

    Sedative, hypnotic, anxiolytic, hypotensive

  • Indications

    •    Insomnia
    •    Anxiety
    •    Restlessness
    •    Prophylaxis of liver disease
    •    Night sweats
    •    Irritability
    •    Heart palpitations
    •    Hypertension

  • Energetics

    Warming and cooling

  • Use in Pregnancy

    There is insufficient reliable information available about the safety of zizyphus in amounts greater than those found in foods.

  • Contraindications & Cautions

    None known.

  • Drug Interactions

    Caution with antidiabetic drugs and central nervous system depressants

  • Dietary Information

    Vegan friendly. Gluten and dairy free

  • Substitutes

    Valerian, Saffron, Passion Flower, Hops