Ziziphus jujuba porridge has the effect of calming the nerves and is suitable for students who have anxiety and can't sleep before the exam. (Photo/taken from Taiwan Province Wiki website) Zhu Xiaoping, a family physician in Chinese mainland, compiled traditional medical classics and included many old folk remedies in his series of works. One of the articles about sleep remedy mentioned that most students have high expectations of themselves and great psychological pressure, and often suffer from insomnia due to anxiety before exams. Parents are advised to cook jujube porridge for their children, which will be effective in one week.
Ziziphus jujuba seed sleep-aiding porridge
Ingredients: Ziziphus jujuba seed 30-50g, water 1.5l, white rice 100g, salt or sugar.
Practice: Mash the Ziziphus jujuba seeds, put them in a pot and add water. Cook them on medium heat until water 1 liter, add white rice and cook until the rice is cooked. Finally, add salt or sugar to taste. 1 week/day 1 bowl.
Zhu Xiaoping mentioned that the main component of Ziziphus jujuba seed is "Ziziphus jujuba saponin", which has the effect of calming the nerves and helping sleep. In some experiments, the pure Ziziphus jujuba seed was compared with the famous Anshen pills made of Ziziphus jujuba seed, Poria, Platycladus orientalis seed and Codonopsis pilosula. It is also found that taking Ziziphus jujuba seeds alone has a better sleep effect. If you don't have time to cook porridge at home, you can also make tea with jujube paste.