Can eating dried red dates replenish blood?

Dried red dates are foods that have the effect of replenishing blood. They include a variety of nutrients. After ingestion, these nutrients can make your body healthier. Especially for some people with anemia, they can relieve symptoms to a certain extent and play a side effect of alleviating anemia. Not only that, they also contain rich vitamins and minerals, which are also essential nutrients for people's daily life.

The Chinese herbal book "Ben Jing" records that red dates are sweet and warm in nature, and belong to the spleen and stomach meridians. They have the functions of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, nourishing blood and calming the mind, and alleviating the properties of medicines. Modern pharmacology has found that red dates contain rich nutrients such as protein, fat, sugar, organic acid, vitamin A, vitamin C, trace calcium and multiple amino acids.

Nutritional Analysis :

1. Jujube can improve human immunity and inhibit cancer cells: Pharmacological studies have found that red dates can promote the production of white blood cells, lower serum cholesterol, increase serum albumin, and protect the liver. Red dates also contain substances that inhibit cancer cells and can even transform cancer cells into normal cells.

2. People who often eat fresh dates rarely suffer from gallstones. This is because the rich vitamin C in fresh dates converts excess cholesterol in the body into bile acid. With less cholesterol, the probability of stone formation is also reduced.

3. Jujubes are rich in calcium and iron, which play an important role in preventing and treating osteoporosis and postpartum anemia. Middle-aged and elderly people often suffer from osteoporosis during menopause, and adolescents and women who are at the peak of growth and development are prone to anemia. Jujubes have an ideal therapeutic effect on them, and their effect is usually incomparable to drugs.

4. It also has a good tonic effect on people who are weak after illness

5. The rutin contained in dates is a substance that softens blood vessels and thus lowers blood pressure, and has preventive and therapeutic effects on hypertension.

6. Dates can also resist allergies, remove fishy and strange odors, calm the mind, improve intelligence and brain health, and enhance appetite.

Replenishing Qi and Blood

The Chinese herbal medicine book "Ben Jing" records that red dates are sweet in taste and warm in nature, and they can nourish the spleen and stomach meridians. They have the functions of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, nourishing blood and calming the mind, and alleviating the properties of medicines. Modern pharmacological research has found that red dates can increase the oxygen content in the blood and nourish cells throughout the body. It is a mild tonic.

In traditional Chinese medicine, the applications of red dates can be divided into the following categories :

① Strengthen the spleen and stomach : People with weak spleen and stomach, diarrhea, fatigue and weakness can eat seven red dates a day, or use them together with Codonopsis pilosula and Atractylodes macrocephala. It can replenish Qi, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and achieve the effect of increasing appetite and stopping diarrhea. Red dates, ginger and Pinellia ternata can be used together to treat gastritis, bloating, vomiting and other symptoms caused by improper diet.

② Tonify Qi and nourish blood : Red dates are an excellent tonic and are often added to dietary therapy and medicinal food to nourish the body and moisturize Qi and blood. Dr. Andy Sun from the Department of Immunology at National Taiwan University strongly advocates eating more red dates, astragalus, and wolfberry to enhance physical vitality and strengthen immunity.