What is the medicinal value of red date kernels?

Many people know that red dates are a very good health food, especially their effect of replenishing blood and nourishing qi is very good. If you eat them for a long time, your face will become rosy. Some people even eat red dates as a staple food, such as making them into red date cakes. But in fact, red date kernels also have certain medicinal value. The medicinal value of red dates is somewhat similar, but there are also differences.

① "Ben Jing": "It treats evil spirits in the heart and abdomen, soothes the middle and nourishes the spleen, and helps the twelve meridians. It calms the stomach qi, opens the nine orifices, replenishes insufficient qi and body fluids, treats deficiency in the body, severe shock, heaviness in the limbs, and harmonizes hundreds of medicines."

② "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "It kills the poison of Aconitum."

③ "Bie Lu": "It replenishes the middle and replenishes qi, strengthens the body, eliminates depression, treats heart hanging, and intestinal discomfort."

④ "Medicine Pair": "Kills the poison of Aconite and Tianxiong."

⑤ Meng Shen: "It is mainly used to replenish body fluids, cleanse the evil spirits in the heart and abdomen, neutralize the poison of hundreds of medicines, open the nine orifices, replenish insufficient qi, cook and eat to replenish the stomach and intestines, and is the best for nourishing qi. Children suffering from autumn dysentery can be fed with worm dates, which is good."

⑥ "Rihuazi Bencao": "It nourishes the heart and lungs, stops coughs, replenishes the five internal organs, treats asthenia and fatigue, and removes gastrointestinal tinea."

⑦ "Pearl Capsule": "Warms the stomach."

⑧Li Gao: "Warm to replenish the spleen meridian deficiency, sweet to slow down the Yin blood, harmonize Yin and Yang, regulate Ying and Wei, and produce body fluids."

⑨《Pharmaceutical Chemistry》: "Nourishes blood and replenishes liver."

⑩ "New Materia Medica": "It replenishes the middle and replenishes Qi, nourishes the kidney and warms the stomach, and treats yin deficiency."

⑾ "Chinese Medicinal Plants Illustrated Guide": "Treats allergic purpura, anemia and hypertension."

After reading this article, I believe everyone has an understanding of the medicinal value of red date kernels. So in life, if we eat red dates, we don’t have to throw away the red date kernels directly. We can use them to soak in water and drink. However, in traditional Chinese medicine, red date kernels are often ground into powder for use.