Medicinal uses of black dates

Black dates are a kind of food that many people like to eat. This kind of food can not only be eaten directly, but also has certain medicinal value. It can achieve the purpose of health preservation and disease treatment, especially it can improve people's immunity, prevent diseases such as gallstones and allergies, and can also achieve the purpose of blood supplement. Therefore, eating black dates in moderation is very good. Below I will introduce you to some relevant knowledge about black dates!

1. Characteristics of black dates

Black dates are different from smoked dates. Smoked black dates are black dates. They are made from fresh dates (red dates) after special processing (oil cooking, smoking), and are a dried product of fresh dates. They are black in color, so they are also called "black dates" (commonly known as smoked dates, amethyst dates, horse tooth dates, and dog head dates). Although this kind of black dates is also rich in nutrients, they still belong to the red dates category, and are completely different from the black dates in the "five black categories" of traditional kidney-tonifying foods.

2. Medicinal and health-preserving effects of black dates

Black dates enter the spleen and stomach meridians, and can tonify qi, nourish blood, calm the mind and improve eyesight.

It is mostly used to replenish blood and as a conditioning medicine, and has certain therapeutic effects on anemia, thrombocytopenia, hepatitis, fatigue, and insomnia. Wild black dates, medicinal dried product, about 180-130 pieces per pound.

According to modern pharmacological research: black dates contain glucose, fructose, sucrose, vitamin C, riboflavin, carotene, 13 kinds of amino acids and 36 kinds of trace elements, etc., which can be called "natural multivitamin pills" and have excellent effects on vision care in adolescence.

3. The effects and functions of black dates

1. Black dates can improve human immunity and inhibit cancer cells: Pharmacological studies have found that red dates can promote the production of white blood cells, lower serum cholesterol, increase serum albumin, and protect the liver. Red dates also contain substances that inhibit cancer cells and can even transform cancer cells into normal cells.

2. The effect of black dates: People who often eat fresh dates rarely suffer from gallstones: This is because the rich vitamin C in fresh dates converts excess cholesterol in the body into bile acid. With less cholesterol, the probability of stone formation will also decrease;

3. The role of black dates: Dates are rich in calcium and iron, which play an important role in preventing and treating osteoporosis and anemia: middle-aged and elderly people often suffer from osteoporosis during menopause, and adolescents and women who are at the peak of growth and development are prone to anemia. Black dates have an ideal therapeutic effect on them, and their effect is usually incomparable to drugs;

4. Black dates also have a good tonic effect on people who are weak after illness.

5. The rutin contained in dates is a substance that softens blood vessels and thus lowers blood pressure, and has preventive and therapeutic effects on hypertension.

6. Dates can also resist allergies, remove fishy and strange smells, calm the mind, improve intelligence and brain health, and enhance appetite.