Da Zao
大棗 dà zǎo, "big date"

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	Tastes: Sweet		Dosage: 3-12 dates or 10-30g

	Cautions: Contraindicated when there is heat from excess, damp-heat, orphlegm-heat. Use with caution in cases with abundant dampness or qi stagnation. See Toxicity.		Meridians: Spleen , Stomach
	Preparation: This herb should be cracked open when used in decoction.		Quality: Good quality red jujubes consists of full, thick, light red fruit of uniform size with a sweet taste and small seeds. Good quality black jujubes consists of large black fruit with a glossy, wrinkled surface and a sweet taste.
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (67) bā zhēn tāng (Eight Treasure Decoction) bàn xià bái zhú tiān má tāng (Pinellia Atractylodis Macrocephalae and Gastrodi) bàn xià xiè xīn tāng (Pinellia Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium) chái gé jiě jī tāng (Bupleurum and Kudzu Decoction to Release the Muscle Layer Decoction) chái hú jiā lóng gǔ mǔ lì tāng (Bupleurum plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction) chái hú jiā máng xiāo tāng (Bupleurum Decoction plus Mirabilite) chái hú qīng zào tāng (Bupleurum Decoction to Clear Dryness) dà chái hú tāng (Major Bupleurum Decoction) dà fáng fēng tāng (Major Ledebouriella Decoction) dà qīng lóng tāng (Major Bluegreen Dragon Decoction) dāng guī sì nì tāng (Tangkuei Decoction for Frigid Extremities) dì huáng yǐn zǐ (Rehmannia Decoction) dí tán tāng (Scour Phlegm Decoction) gān mài dà zǎo tāng (Licorice Wheat and Jujube Decoction) gé gēn jiā bàn xià tāng (Kudzu Decoction plus Pinellia) gé gēn tāng (Kudzu Decoction) gù zhēn tāng (Stabilize the True Decoction) guì zhī èr yuè bì yī tāng (Two Parts Cinnamon Twig Decoction and One Part Maidservant from Yue Decoction) guì zhī fù zǐ tāng (Cinnamon Twig and Prepared Aconite Decoction) guì zhī jiā gé gēn tāng (Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Kudzu) guì zhī jiā hòu pò xìng zǐ tāng guì zhī jiā lóng gǔ mǔ lì tāng (Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell) guì zhī jiā sháo yaò tāng (Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Peony) guì zhī mà huáng gé bàn tāng ( Combined Cinnamon Twig and Ephedra Decoction) guì zhī qù sháo yào tāng (Cinnamon Twig Decoction minus Peony) guì zhī tāng (Cinnamon Twig Decoction) hòu pò qī wù tāng (Seven- Substance Decoction with Magnolia Bark) huáng lián tāng (Coptis Decoction) huáng lóng tāng (Yellow Dragon Decoction) huáng qín tāng (Scutellaria Decoction) huò xiāng zhèng qì sǎn (Agastache powder to Rectify the Qi) jiā jiǎn wēi ruí tāng (Modiified Polygonatum Odoratum Decoction) jiā wèi mài mén dōng tāng (Augmented Ophiopogonis Decoction) jǐu xiān sǎn (Nine-Immortal Powder) jú pí zhú rú tāng (Tangerine Peel and Bamboo Shavings Decoction) mài mén dōng tāng (Ophiopogonis Decoction) píng wèi sǎn (Calm the Stomach Powder) rén shēn yǎng yíng tāng (Ginseng Decoction to Nourish the Nutritive Qi) sān huáng shí gāo tāng (Three-Yellows and Gypsum Decoction) sāng dān xiè bái tāng (Mulberry Leaf and Moutan Decoction to Drain the White) shè gān má huáng tāng (Belamcanda and Ephedra Decoction) shēn sū yǐn (Ginseng and Perilla Leaf Decoction) shēng jiāng xiè xīn tāng (Fresh Ginger Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium) shí pí yǐn (Bolster the Spleen Decoction) shí quán dà bǔ tāng (All-Inclusive Great Tonifying Decoction) shí wèi wēn dǎn tāng (Ten-Ingredient Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder) shí zǎo tāng (Ten-Jujube Decoction) sì qī tāng (Four-Ingredient Decoction for the Seven Emotions) sì shén wán (Four-Miracle Pill) sì wù xiāo fēng yǐn (Eliminate Wind Decoction with the Four Substances) sū zǐ jiàng qì tāng (Perilla Fruit Decoction for Directing Qi Downward) tíng lì dá zǎo xiè fèi tāng (Descurainia and Jujube Decoction) tōng qiào huó xuè tāng (Unblock the Orifices and Invigorate the Blood Decoction) wǔ hǔ tāng (Five Tiger Decoction) wū tóu guì zhī tāng (Aconite and Cinnamon Twig Decoction) wú zhū yú tāng (Evodia Decoction) xià kū cǎo gāo (Prunella Syrup) xiāng shā yǎng wèi tāng (Nourish the Stomach Decoction with Aucklandia and ) xiǎo chái hú tāng (Minor Bupleurum Decoction) xiǎo jiàn zhōng tāng (Minor Construct the Middle Decoction) xìng sū sǎn (Apricot Kernel and Perilla Leaf Powder) xúan fù dài zhě tāng (Inola and Hematite Decoctioon) yì gōng san (Extraordinary Merit Powder) yùe bì jiā zhú tāng (Maidservant from Yue Decoction Plus Atractylodes) yùe bì tāng (Maidservant from Yue Decoction) zài zào sǎn (Renewal Powder) zhì gān cǎo tāng (Honey-Fried Licorice Decoction)

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Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Jujubae Fructus

Botanical:

Japanese: taisō

Korean: daechu,daejo

Common: jujube, Chinese date

Temperature: Warm

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