Sour Jujube Seed (Suan zao ren)

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• 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》载酸枣主心腹寒热、邪结气聚、四肢酸痛湿痹，久服安五脏、轻身延年；《别录》烦心不得眠、脐上下痛、血转久泄、虚汗烦渴、补中、益肝气、坚筋骨、助阴气；甄权谓筋骨风炒仁研汤服；李时珍谓熟用疗胆虚不得眠、烦渴虚汗，生用疗胆热好眠。

Nature & flavor: 酸，平，无毒（《本经》；李时珍谓仁味甘、气平）；寇宗奭谓微热。·Meridians: 肝（足厥阴）, 胆（足少阳）

• Sour Jujube Seed Decoction

• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·木部·酸枣（《本经》上品）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·木部·酸枣·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·木部·酸枣·气味（《本经》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·木部·酸枣·发明（时珍·足厥阴少阳药）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·木部·酸枣·主治（《本经》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·木部·酸枣·主治（《别录》·不得眠）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·木部·酸枣·发明（时珍·疗不得眠）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷三十六·木部·酸枣·气味（之才·恶防己）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.