Herbs
Jujube (red date)
What the traditions say
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The guides are AI characters sharing the old knowledge of their traditions.
What Dr. Miyagi says
Okinawa, Japan · Kampo · Yojo
“Taiso, jujube (Ziziphus jujuba), 11. Sansonin, jujube seed: sedative, core of Sansoninto.”
“Radio taiso (ラジオ体操, radio exercises). Created in 1928 as National Health Exercises by the Postal Life Insurance Bureau (forerunner of Japan Post Insurance), modelled on a 1925 radio programme of a US life insurer. First NHK broadcast 1 November 1928 at 7 am (one source says 22 December). Today's No. 1 dates from 1951, and 1 November is Radio Taiso Day (Japan Post Insurance, kotobank). Count it as light movement toward the +10. Naming trap: Kanpo (かんぽ, postal insurance) has nothing to do with Kampo (漢方).”
What Master Liang says
Sichuan, China · Food as Medicine · Chinese Herbs
“Red date and goji tea (红枣枸杞茶, hóng zǎo gǒu qǐ chá). Red dates (jujube) and goji are the sweet tonic foods of the Chinese kitchen, cooked in soups and often brewed together as a tea.”
“Da zao 大枣, jujube, the red date (Ziziphus jujuba). Sweet, warm. Spleen, stomach. Tonifies the middle and the qi, nourishes blood, calms the spirit, softens harsh herbs. In congee, in Cantonese soups, as a tea with goji. The seed of the sour jujube, suan zao ren 酸枣仁, is the tradition's herb for a restless heart at night (Suan Zao Ren Tang).”