According to historical records, red jujube is a traditional famous and high-quality specialty tree species native to China. The jujube stone fossils discovered by archaeologists in cultural sites prove that jujube has a history of more than 8,000 years in China. As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, people began to use red dates to ferment and brew red date wine, which was used as a high-quality tribute to entertain guests and friends. The nutritional and health care effects of red dates have been discovered and utilized by people in ancient times. Therefore, people have always regarded jujube as one of the "hardcore crops" and "woody grains". Jujube is also used for medicinal purposes very early.
Modern pharmacology has found that red dates are rich in nutrients such as protein, carbohydrates, organic acids, vitamin A, vitamin C, a variety of trace calcium and amino acids. Red dates are rich in vitamins A, B, C and other essential vitamins and 18 kinds of amino acids and minerals. Among them, the content of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is as high as 70 to 80 times that of grapes and apples, and rutin (vitamin P) The content of these two vitamins is also very high, and these two vitamins have certain effects on cancer prevention, hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Even red jujube seed powder also contains chrysanthemum A, chrysanthemum B, betulinic acid, betulin and other substances, which can be used to soothe nerves, stop sweating, nourish the liver, treat insomnia, and calm the mind.