Medicinal uses of date fruit (Phoenix dactylifera Linn.) in district Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan
2002
Qureshi, R. | Bhatti, G.R. | Jakhar, G.S. | Malik, H. (Shah Abdul Latif Univ., Khairpur (Pakistan). Dept. of Botany)
Date is a very delicious fruit. It contains high nutritional and medicinal value and is also a cheaper source of energy and nutrients. The local inhabitants/ herbalists (Hakeems) of this area employ this fruit as a natural medicine in different disorders particularly in general debility. Interviews with known elderly people and herbal practitioners were carried out to determine medicinal value of this fruit. This paper reports literature survey and its local uses in order to check its efficacy in various complaints.
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