Dates

Traditional Medicine (Dates)

Dates is a palm plant species or in Latin Phonex dactylifera. A collection of palm species such as palm oil while his men stemmed such as betel nuts can be eaten raw or cooked. Generally grow on the plains of the Middle East, including Medina, Egypt, and Tunisia.
Where Muslims are used to break the fast with dates, based on the word of the Holy Prophet Another point: "Houses are not like home dates that do not have food." Dates appointed by the Prophet because it has high content of foods that are high value. Similarly, in God Firma s.w.t. in sura al-Mukminah verse 19, "Then we grow kerenanya gardens of dates and grapes for you. Over there you get a lot of fruits, and sebahagiaannya you eat."

Traditional Medicine (Dates)

Here are some of the properties of date palm fruits which we summarize from various sources:
1. Tamr (dry dates) serves to strengthen the intestinal cells and can help to expedite the urinary tract because it contains fibers in charge of controlling the rate of bowel movements and strengthen the uterus, especially when giving birth.
2. Ruthab (wet dates) prevents bleeding for women in childbirth and accelerate the process of the position of the womb as usual before the next pregnancy. This is because the fresh dates contained oxytocine hormone-like hormone that may help the birth process. Oxytocine hormone is a hormone that helps when one of its functions or any woman giving birth and lactating female animals.
3. Facilitate the delivery and assist the safety of the mother and baby. Recent research states that ruthab fruit (dates wet) has the effect of controlling the rate of motion of the uterus and increase the systolenya (contraction of the heart when blood is pumped into the arteries).
4. Dates, whether or ruthab tamr can calm nerve cells via its influence on the thyroid. Therefore, doctors recommend to give a few dates in the morning to the children and the elderly, for better mental state. Date palm juice is also a powerful antidote to the problem of insomnia. Dates to prevent stroke.
5. Dates are highly recommended as a meal to break their fast. There are things that have been defined in the medical field that the sugar and the water is the substance of the first people need to hold fast after a period of food and drink. Reduced glucose (sugars) in the body can lead to constriction of the chest and disturbances in bones. On the other hand, reduced water can weaken and reduce endurance. This is different from the fasting person who immediately fill his stomach with food and drink when the breaking. Though he takes three hours or more for digestion to absorb these sugars. Therefore, people who eat the food and drinks while fasting can still feel the phenomenon of weakness and disorder, physical disorder due to lack of sugars and water.
6. Date palm fruit is rich in mineral salts substances that neutralize the acid, such as Calcium and Potassium. Dates are the best foods to neutralize existing acid in the stomach due to leave the rest are able to neutralize the acid after chewed and digested arising from consuming protein such as fish and eggs. Dates that are recognized as Phoenix dactylifera L. to treat a chronic intestinal disorder, where the incompatibility with gluten, block the absorption of nutrients completely.

Traditional Medicine (Dates)

7. Date palm fruits contain vitamin A which is good where he can maintain eye moisture and flair, strengthen vision, bone growth, fat metabolism, immune response to infection, skin health and soothe nerve cells. Dates also contain lots of potassium which is needed by the body to the nervous system. Indeed, in milk, yogurt and seafood also contain potassium, but the numbers a bit. Intake of excessive potassium to stimulate the appetite for the diseased as well as great for those who have constipation, muscle weakness, body aches, fatigue, lethargy, experiencing stress and strengthens memory power.
8. In the absence of treatment with cholesterol, fat and sugar in dates, he was very good to relieve high blood pressure. Dates contain a lot of iron which can help overcome the problem of anemia or deficiency of red blood cells.

9. For those who have problems coughing, palm juice can be used as medicine. Because the sugar content in date palm fruit can relieve itching in the throat at once stop the cough.
Nutrient dates:
1. Water 22:50 g
2. Energy 275 cal
3. Energy 1151 kj
4. Protein 1.97 g
5. Fat 0.45 g
6. Carbohydrates 73.51 g
7. Fiber 7.5 g
8. Ash 1.58 g
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