Jujube (Da zao)

• functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
• WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
• public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：《本经》载大枣主心腹邪气、安中、养脾气、平胃气、通九窍、助十二经、补少气少津液身中不足、和百药，久服轻身延年；《别录》补中益气、坚志强力；李杲谓和阴阳、调荣卫、生津液。

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，无毒（《本经》大枣）；孙思邈谓甘辛热滑，李杲谓温。·Meridians: 脾（血分）

• Lepidium and Jujube Decoction to Drain the Lung
• Tangerine Peel and Bamboo Shavings Decoction
• Licorice, Wheat and Jujube Decoction
• Minor Construct the Middle Decoction
• Cinnamon Twig minus Peony plus Aconite Decoction
• Cinnamon Twig Decoction minus Peony plus Ephedra, Asarum and Aconite
• Cinnamon Twig minus Peony Decoction
• Discharge Pus Decoction
• Scutellaria plus Pinellia and Fresh Ginger Decoction
• Aconite and Non-Glutinous Rice Decoction
• Maidservant from Yue Decoction Plus Pinellia
• Maidservant from Yue Decoction
• Cinnamon Twig and Aconite Decoction
• Magnolia Bark Seven-Substance Decoction
• Cinnamon Twig minus Peony plus Dichroa Leaf, Oyster Shell and Dragon Bone Decoction to Restore from Counterflow
• Scutellaria Decoction
• Poria, Cinnamon Twig, Licorice and Jujube Decoction
• Evodia Decoction
• Cinnamon Twig plus Peony Decoction
• Ephedra, Forsythia and Adzuki Bean Decoction
• Two-Parts Cinnamon Twig One-Part Yuebi Decoction
• Remove Cinnamon Add Atractylodes Decoction
• Atractylodes and Aconite Decoction
• Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Peony, Fresh Ginger and Ginseng (New Supplement)
• Licorice Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium
• Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Magnolia Bark and Apricot Kernel
• Cinnamon Twig Decoction
• Cinnamon Twig plus Cinnamon Decoction
• Cinnamon Twig Decoction Plus Astragalus
• Cinnamon Twig plus Aconite Decoction
• Astragalus and Cinnamon Twig Five-Substance Decoction
• Cinnamon Twig minus Cinnamon plus Poria and Atractylodes Decoction
• Cinnamon Twig plus Kudzu Decoction
• Four Gentlemen Decoction
• Trichosanthes Root and Cinnamon Twig Decoction
• Cinnamon Twig plus Rhubarb Decoction
• Half Cinnamon Twig and Half Ephedra Decoction
• Ophiopogon Decoction
• Major Blue Dragon Decoction
• Minor Bupleurum Decoction
• Two-Parts Cinnamon Twig One-Part Ephedra Decoction
• Clam Shell Decoction
• Kudzu Decoction
• Major Bupleurum Decoction
• Pinellia Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium
• Bupleurum plus Mirabilite Decoction
• Inula and Hematite Decoction
• Coptis Decoction
• Tangkuei Decoction for Frigid Extremities
• Bupleurum and Cinnamon Twig Decoction
• Belamcanda and Ephedra Decoction
• Fresh Ginger Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium
• Kudzu plus Pinellia Decoction
• Tangkuei Decoction for Frigid Extremities plus Evodia and Fresh Ginger
• Bamboo Leaf Decoction
• Honey-Fried Licorice Decoction
• Bupleurum plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction
• Dioscorea Pill

• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·五果类·枣（条目标题·《本经》上品）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·五果类·枣·大枣·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·五果类·枣·大枣·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·五果类·枣·大枣·发明（时珍：枣为脾经血分药）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·五果类·枣·大枣·主治（《本经》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·五果类·枣·大枣·主治（李杲）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·五果类·枣·大枣·气味（大明·慎用忌口）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.