Botanical Index No. 333

Date Palm

phoenix dactylifera

Medicinal Actions

Antipyretic, Candidicide, Contraceptive, Depurative, Diuretic, Estrogenic, Expectorant, Fungicide, Laxative

Primary Conditions Treated

Aphrodisiac Demulcent Emollient Pectoral Adenopathy Ague Anemia Asthma Bronchosis Cancer abdomen colon liver mouth parotid spleen stomach testes throat uterus vagina Candida Catarrh Chest Coma Condylomata Constipation Cough Diarrhea Enterosis Neurasthenia Fever Flu Fungus Gastrosis Gonorrhea Halitosis Headache Hemorrhoid Hepatosis Impotence Induration Infection Infertility Inflamation Keratosis Leprosy Longevity Mastosis Mycosis Nausea Nephrosis Ophthalmia Orchosis Paralysis Parotosis Pterygia Pulmonosis Sore Throat Splenosis Sterility Stomachache Stomatosis Thirst Toothache Tuberculosis Urogenitosis Uterosis Vaginosis Wart Water Retention Whitlow Wound Yeast

General Dosage

Fruit is food farmacy.

Safety & Contraindications

Not covered. “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”. A 5% date extract was shown to have a better growth inhibition on C. albicans compared to amphotericin B. The date extract caused a leakage of cytoplasmic contents from the yeast cells..

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