The young shoots of the sour jujube tree have no special effects and should not be used blindly. Sour jujube tree shoots are the shoots growing on the sour jujube tree of the Rhamnaceae family, which are not medicines and are not recorded in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia or other authoritative sources, so it can be assumed that the sour jujube tree shoots do not have any special efficacy. The medicinal value of the sour jujube tree is its dried mature seeds, which are recorded in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia as sour jujube kernel, which is flat, sweet and sour in nature, and enters the heart, liver and gallbladder meridians, i.e., it can nourish the heart and nourish the liver and tranquilize the spirit and the mind, and it can also astringe sweating (treating sweating with astringent traditional Chinese medicines) and promote the production of body fluid, which is commonly used to improve the symptoms of restless sleep, frequent palpitations and excessive dreaming, excessive sweating in a deficient state of body, and injury of body fluid and thirst, among others. Although the young shoots of the sour jujube tree and the sour jujube kernel also grow on the sour jujube tree, they do not all have medicinal value, so patients should not use them blindly, and if they need to use them, they must be guided by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner.