Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba fruit) and constipation

What 2 graded rows on jujube (ziziphus jujuba fruit) agree on for constipation, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.

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What the rows agree on

Each block and row is one graded row from the Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba fruit) page, with its PubMed record.

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2 rows · 99 people

They agree: both rows found an improvement.

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Each block is one evidence row, sized by how many people it enrolled, with its grade inside.

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The best-graded row, grade C, is a randomized trial of 62 people (2025) and found an improvement.

The rows run from 37 to 62 people, published from 2008 to 2025: 2 single studies.

2 improved

Grade CTreatment response in childhood functional constipation · Improved
RCT · n 62 · 2025 · Children aged 2-10 with functional constipation (Iran); 62 of 90 completed
1-5 mL/kg/day · 3 months
Treatment response, soiling episodes, pain scores and stool frequency improved more with jujube syrup than PEG (p < 0.05); no liver or kidney problems were seen.
Row on the Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba fruit) page · PubMed 39799261 (opens PubMed)
Grade DGut transit and symptoms in chronic constipation · Improved
RCT · n 37 · 2008 · Adults with chronic idiopathic constipation and slow transit (Israel)
Not stated in the abstract · 12 weeks
Transit markers fell from 12.2 to 3 particles at week 11 with jujube; symptom severity fell from 6 to 2 (vs 6.2 to 5 with placebo). 2 of 18 on jujube and 16 of 19 on placebo dropped out for severe constipation.
Row on the Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba fruit) page · PubMed 19142004 (opens PubMed)