Phoenix, Date palm Kharjura (Ayurveda)Khurma (Unani)Tamar, Balha (Arabic)‘Bra go འབྲ་གོ  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Duhamel du Monceau, H.L., Traité des arbres et arbustes, Nouvelle édition [Nouveau Duhamel], vol. 4 (1809) Botanical name: Phoenix dactylifera (syn. P. sylvestris) Parts used: Dried Fruit; Black, Yellow, Red, as well as Sweet and Sour varieties are known. The Egyptian is regarded as best.Date Kernels are occasionally used, primarily in Diacameron Minus and Diacameron Majus Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet Classifications: 2S. STRENGTHENING.  2U. SUPPURATIVE3I. APHRODISIAC.  3K. EXPECTORANT.  3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE4d. PECTORAL.  4e. STOMACHIC.  4j. NERVINE Uses: Nourishes Qi and Blood: nutritive tonic; Arabs regard it as the ‘King of Fruit’.Theban Dates restore strength, either eaten, or taken with aged Hydromel. (Dioscorides)restorative, tonic; good for Debility, FatigueDebility, Anemia, and to promote Longevity.Especially useful in convalescence after Fever, Chronic Illness, and in Consumption. Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys: nourishes Semen; AphrodisiacImpotence and Sterilitystrengthens in Threatened Miscarriage Benefits the Lungs, Clears Cold-Phlegm, Stops Cough: chronic Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma, Tuberculosis etc.best suited to cold-type Cough and Cough from Lung weakness Gentle Laxative: basis for Purgative compounds; Chronic Constipation, particularly in the old or weak. Resists Poison: Dysentery, Infections and for Candida.infusion…

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