Ingredient Spotlight

Jujube / Da Zao

Traditionally supports: Digestive harmony, Stress ease , Immune support, and Energy restoration

How It's Used

In Chinese herbal traditions, Jujube is cherished for its ability to tonify the spleen and stomach, boost Qi, nourish the blood, and calm the spirit. It also plays a harmonizing role, moderating the effects of stronger herbs in formulas for a balanced approach.

In Western herbal practices, Jujube is celebrated for its antioxidant richness, including flavonoids and polysaccharides, which help promote natural resilience and vitality. It supports digestive comfort, encourages liver balance, and is associated with cognitive and emotional well-being.

Fun Fact: In traditional Chinese wedding ceremonies, Jujube was placed in the newlyweds' bedroom as a fertility charm, symbolizing good luck and future prosperity!

“In addition to its powerful medicinal benefits, Jujube is a delicious fruit that I love adding to herbal bone broth, porridge, and desserts—or eating them alone as a snack!”

- Lulu Ge, Founder

What the research says.

Proven by 1,350 studies (and counting), doctors of all backgrounds can finally agree on the healing properties of this powerful herb

Isolation, structures and bioactivities of the polysaccharides from jujube fruit

Jujube has immunomodulatory, antioxidant, antitumor, hepatoprotective, and hypoglycemic activities, and gastrointestinal-protective effects.

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Extraction optimization, characterization and immunity activity of polysaccharides from Fructus Jujubae

Jujube polysaccharide fractions (RQP1d and RQP2d) concentration-dependently induced significant increases in nitric oxide formation in RAW 264.7 cells, and both extracts stimulate the innate immune response.

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Anti-Influenza Activity of Betulinic Acid from Zizyphus jujuba on Influenza A/PR/8 Virus

Betulinic acid, a pentacyclic triterpene isolated from Jujube tree, has been known for a wide range of biological and medicinal properties such as antibacterial, antimalarial, anti-inflammatory, anthelmintic, antinociceptive, and anticancer activities.

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Antioxidative and hepatoprotective effects of the polysaccharides from Zizyphus jujube cv. Shaanbeitanzao

Jujube ZSP, which was isolated from Zizyphus jujube cv. Shanbeitanzao, has definite antioxidative activity, estimated in 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical, hydroxyl radical, and superoxide anion systems.

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