Jujube Ziziphus (Da Zao) Berry Red

Botanical Name: Ziziphus jujube

Jujube is a shrub or small tree. The fruit is used to make medicine.

Jujube is used for improving muscular strength and weight, for preventing liver diseases and stress ulcers, and as a sedative. Jujube is also used for various skin conditions including dry and itchy skin, purpura, wounds, and ulcers; digestive problems including lack of appetite and diarrhea; and circulatory problems including high blood pressure and anemia. Other uses are for fatigue, hysteria, fever, inflammation, asthma, and eye diseases.

In foods, jujube is used in a variety of recipes.

In manufacturing, jujube extracts are used in skin care products to reduce redness and swelling, wrinkles and dryness; and for relief from sunburn.

Jujube might help protect the body against certain types of liver damage. It might also help increase body weight.