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Alternate English names: sour jujube thorn

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Ziziphus jujuba Mill. var. spinosa (Bunge) Hu ex H.F. Chou. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Ziziphus jujuba Mill. [= Z. vulgaris Lamarck var. spinosus Bunge; Z. spinosus Hu]

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Acrid^✽; cold^✽; nontoxic.^✽

Actions and indications: Disperses swelling, discharges pus, and relieves pain. Treats suppurating welling-abscesses (yōng); pain in the heart [region] and abdomen.

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