Herb of the Month: Da Zao or Hong Zao "Chinese Dates"

Chinese: Da Zao or Hong Zao

English: Chinese Dates, Jujube

💪🏽Category: Tonifying the Qi 

🍚Meridians: Spleen, Stomach
👅 Taste: Sweet
🌤Temperature: Warm

Functions:

• Weakness, shortness of breath, lassitude, reduced appetite and loose stool due to spleen and stomach deficiency

• Irritability, emotional debility

💊Dosage:

3-12 dates 

Spring is the time of Wood phase: Liver, Gallbladder are corresponding body organs, Wind is an element and Sour is flavor.