Introduction
The Latin name of dates is Phoenix dactylifera. It is one of the famous dry fruits. One should not eat more than four dates at a time, otherwise it causes heat. Eating dates soaked in milk increases its nutritional properties. Dates are inky red in color. It is sweet. Its tree is similar to a date palm tree. Dates are cool, dry and hot in nature.
Properties
Dates are tasty, beneficial for the heart, satisfying, nutritious, semen-strengthening, cures tuberculosis (TB), hematemesis, rheumatism, traumatic vomiting, flatulence and phlegm diseases. It purifies the blood and makes the body fat.
Harmful effects
Consuming it in excess quantity causes constipation.
Treatment for various diseases
1. Premature ejaculation:
Eating 2 dates daily is beneficial in premature ejaculation and the semen of those people who have thin semen becomes thick.
2. Bed wetting:
If children urinate in bed, then feeding them 2 dates daily before sleeping at night is beneficial.
Boil 1 date in 250 ml milk. When the milk boils well and the date inside it swells, then cool this milk and after chewing the date, feed milk to the child. By doing this daily, children stop urinating on the bed within a few days.
3. Frequent urination in elderly people:
If old people urinate frequently, then they should be fed 2 dates daily and at night they should be fed 2 dates and then fed milk.
4. Swar Bhang (Clearing the voice):
Eat 1 date boiled in milk before going to sleep and drink the milk. Do not drink water for 2 hours after consuming it. This will clear your voice.
5. Constipation:
Eat 3 dates in the morning and evening and drink warm water. If it is not possible to eat dates as they are hard, you can boil them in milk and consume them. Piles, nervous weakness and blood circulation are cured by eating dates daily. Soak 2 dates in water in the morning and eat them by chewing at night. Eat in less quantity or you can also boil 2 dates at night and consume them. This cures constipation.
6. Obesity:
Dates create blood in the body. It makes the body strong and fat. Eating 2 dates boiled in milk increases flesh, strength and semen. Soak dates in milk for the child. When the dates kept in milk swell, then it should be filtered, ground and given to children.
7. Gallery, paralysis, backache:
Eating dates is beneficial in case of stones, paralysis, backache. It starts menstruation. Dates are obstructive, that is, they stop things that are expelled. Like diarrhea, tears, saliva, semen and sweat etc. Calcium is found in large quantities in dates. Diseases caused by calcium deficiency like bone weakness, decay of teeth etc. are cured by eating dates.
8. Impotence:
Impotence is cured by boiling dates in milk for a long time and then eating it and drinking milk.
Impotence is cured by boiling dates in milk mixed with equal quantity of sugar candy and eating after removing the seeds. It cures impotence and also increases semen, strength and intelligence.
Soak 2 dates and 5 grams of raisins in water at night. Impotence is cured by eating both the dry fruits with milk after removing them from water in the morning.
9. Asthma or breathing problem:
Boiling 2 to 4 dates in milk mixed with sugar candy, removing the seeds and eating the dates and then drinking the same milk is very beneficial. This gives strength to the body and the mucus is removed, which gives relief in breathing problem (asthma).
Dates are hot. It strengthens the lungs and chest. Its consumption is beneficial in phlegm and cold. By keeping dates and dry ginger in betel leaf and sucking it for a few days, breathing problem (asthma) is cured.
10. Anjanahari, Stye:
Grinding the seeds of dates with water and applying it on stye 2 to 3 times a day is very beneficial in Anjanahari.
11. Gas:
Grind one seedless date and 30 grams of Jaipal Kopra, 2 grams of rock salt and filter it to make 3 doses. Taking this dose one by one with warm water in the morning for 3 days cures gas problems.
12. Bleeding from gums:
Boil 2 to 4 dates in cow's milk. After boiling, take out the dates and eat them and mix sugar candy in the remaining milk and drink it. Consuming it daily in the morning and evening stops bleeding and pus from the gums.
13. Diarrhea:
Licking the gum obtained from the date tree in the amount of 3 grams to 6 grams in the morning and evening provides relief from diarrhea.
14. Stuttering, stammering:
Boil dates in milk and drink it every night before sleeping. Do not drink water for 2 hours after drinking it. Using it daily clears the shrill, hoarse voice.
15. Backache:
Remove the seed from dates and fill it with guggul. After this, roast the dates on a pan and consume it with milk. Eating one date in the morning and evening cures backache. Eating 2 dates in the morning and evening is beneficial in backache.
Grind the seedless dates and mix pistachio, almond, chironji and sugar candy in it, add pure ghee to it and keep it aside. After 1 week, consuming it in the amount of 20-20 grams cures weakness.
Soak 2-3 dates in water overnight in a steel or porcelain vessel, then separate the seed in the morning and cook the dates in milk and consume. This cures weakness.
250 grams of seedless dates, 250 grams of roasted gram, 250 grams of wheat flour, 60-60 grams of pine nuts, almond kernels, 500 grams of cow ghee, 500 grams of sugar and 2 liters of cow milk. Boil the dates in milk till they become soft, then take them out and grind them finely and then cook in the same milk on low flame till khoya is formed. Now heat ghee on fire and add wheat flour and fry on low flame till it becomes pink, after this add gram powder and khoya and fry on low flame till it becomes pink. When the aroma starts coming, add sugar and mix well. Halwa is ready. Put all the other things in it and keep it. Weakness is removed by consuming it in the amount of 50-60 ml with hot cow milk once a day.
16. Paralysis-Facial Paralysis:
Eating dates soaked in milk is beneficial in paralysis. Do not eat more than 4 dates at a time.
17. Indigestion:
Eating the powder of date seed and bark of the root of camel's foot provides relief in Agnimandyata (loss of appetite).
18. Diabetes:
Remove the seed and suck the pieces of date 8-10 times a day. Consuming it for at least 6 months is beneficial in diabetes.
19. Urinating while sleeping:
Cutting a date into 4 parts and giving it to the patient twice in the morning and evening stops urination while sleeping.
20. Hematemesis:
Put 2-4 dates in milk, add sugar candy and boil the milk. Removing the seed and eating it and drinking the milk is beneficial in hematemesis.
21. In case of lack of semen:
Eating dried dates boiled in milk in equal amounts increases semen.
