Dates are warm in nature and enter the spleen meridian, which can warm the middle warmer, replenish qi and tonify deficiency. They can be used to treat qi deficiency and weakness, cold in the body, diarrhea and dysentery, etc. Eating them can make people rosy and healthy.

2. Strengthening the spleen and promoting digestion

Dates also have the effect of invigorating the spleen and promoting digestion. Dates are recorded in "Herbs of Haiyao": "Promoting digestion, stopping cough and deficiency." Eating raw dates directly can achieve the effect of eliminating food accumulation and relieving indigestion. And the date palm contains very soft cellulose, which can also soothe the stomach and treat gastric ulcer.

Step 3 moisten the lungs and relieve cough

Dates are sweet and moist, enter the lung meridian, and have the effects of moistening the lung, relieving cough, resolving phlegm and relieving asthma. They can be used to treat shortness of breath, cough and phlegm caused by lung qi deficiency.

Step 4 moisten the intestines and relax the bowels

Dates can also treat intestinal disturbance and restore and enhance intestinal function. Dates can establish a broad spectrum of benign bacteria in the intestine, and contain very soft dietary fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis and relieve constipation. Generally, date palms are soaked in water and crushed into juice at night, and constipation people will feel much easier to defecate the next day.

5. Antioxidant activity

Dates also have antioxidant and anti-hydroxyl radical effects. Modern pharmacological experiments show that the crude extract of date palm can remove 50% of peroxide in riboflavin photo-reduction test, and the fruit extract can remove 50% of hydroxyl radical in deoxyribose degradation test, and the production of peroxide and hydroxyl radical can be completely inhibited after increasing the concentration. Moreover, the water extract of date palm can also significantly inhibit lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation.