Chinese date’s are known as a warm food. (People believe that all kinds of food have characteristics -warm or cold, in oriental culture.) So it makes you relax and warms you up (good for insomnia and cold body sense) . It is often used with ginseng as a roborant (a strengthening food) for example in Ginseng tea or samgyetang - Korean chicken soup.
This is a picture of dried Chinese dates I bought the other day.
I found a good description about Chinese dates from Wikipedia. So you can read more about them.
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I finally checked out your blog and it looks great! I only just discovered chinese red dates (that’s what we call them in Oz) and would never have thought to use them in a tea. I was told to use them in cooking or eat them raw to help build my blood (blood tonic)??!!
I’m not sure if you have a medicinal section in your blog… but I’m keen to use food for health so any tips would always be appreciated!
Thanks!
This information is from: http://www.foodsnherbs.com
There is a lot of information there on the medicinal properties of different foods and herbs. They also have some therapeutic recipes.
Chinese Jujube (Red Date)
NATURE:
Neutral and warm; sweet; attributive to spleen and stomach.
CHARACTERISTICS:
The medicinal fruit is oblong in shape and turn dark reddish brown when ripe. The kernels are hot in nature and it is common to cook jujubes without the kernels. It is a superior herb, most widely employed in the Chinese pharmacopoeia adding to herbal formulas to prolong, enhance, and harmonize the effect of the other ingredients; and to circulate the herbal essences in the bloodstream and in the meridians.
THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS:
Nourish blood and calm the mind for insomnia and restlessness; invigorate the spleen and stomach with poor appetite; promote secretions of vital fluids; retard aging; warming; moderating the toxicity of potent drugs. It is best for fatigue, hypertension, physical exhaustion and malnutrition.
Thanks for that suggested site and info Gil. It may be useful for us.
Linda, You can try the site Gil suggested, it has lots of useful information. I will also try to comment on the health benefits of recipes I show if I can.
Where can I purchase organic jujubes (chinese dates) or their powder online? Organic. Thanks, Ellen