About Jujube
Jujube fruit is a food; the seed (Ziziphus spinosa, suan zao ren) is a traditional sleep/calming herb in TCM formulas. Human clinical evidence is limited to small, low-quality trials and traditional use; contains flavonoids and saponins with preclinical sedative activity.
What Jujube supports
- Seed used traditionally for sleep and calm; preclinical sedative activity
How much Jujube to take
The RDA prevents deficiency. The effective range is what clinical trials used to actually move the outcome.
Effective
100–1000
mg
No established therapeutic dose; nominal range for a blend component. Sedative uses traditionally rely on the seed (Ziziphus spinosa).
Clinical evidence
Limited clinical evidence. Traditional use plus small low-quality trials.