Handbook of Medicinal Herbs

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Indications (Darnel) — Arthrosis (f; JLH; MAD); Bleeding (f; CRC); Cancer (f; JLH); Cancer,
joint (f; JLH); Cancer, knee (f; JLH); Cancer, liver (f; JLH); Cancer, spleen (f; JLH); Cancer, uterus
(f; JLH); Colic (f; CRC); Condylomata (f; JLH); Cramp (f; PHR; PH2); Dermatosis (f; CRC;
HHB); Dysuria (f; CRC; PH2); Eczema (f; CRC); Enterosis (f; PHR; PH2); Epistaxis (f; CRC;
PHR; PH2); Fracture (f; BIB; CRC); Gangrene (f; BIB; CRC); Gastrosis (f; PHR; PH2); Headache
(f; CRC); Hepatosis (f; CRC); Incontinence (f; BIB; CRC; PH2); Induration (f; CRC; JLH);
Insomnia (f; PHR; PH2); Kernel (f; CRC); Leprosy (f; BIB; CRC); Lichen (f; MAD); Meningosis
(f; BIB; CRC); Menopause (f; BIB; CRC); Migraine (f; BIB; CRC); Neuralgia (f; CRC; MAD;
PH2); Pain (f; CRC; HHB; PHR); Paralysis (f; MAD); Polyuria (f; HHB); Rheumatism (f; CRC;
HHB); Sciatica (f; CRC); Scirrhus (f; CRC); Splenosis (f; CRC); Tenesmus (f; MAD); Toothache
(f; BIB; CRC); Tremor (f; MAD); Tumor (f; CRC); Uterosis (f; JLH); Vertigo (f; CRC; MAD;
PH2); Wen (f; CRC).


Dosages (Darnel) — Don’t take it. Many of the indications and dosages are homeopathic only.


Contraindications, Indications, and Side Effects (Darnel) — Not covered (AHP). Can be toxic;
no cases of poisoning are known in recent times (PHR). Symptoms include colic, confusion,
cramping, delirium, diarrhea, gastroenterosis, headache, paralysis, somnolence, speech problems,
staggering, tinnitus, vertigo, visual disorders, and rarely, death through respiratory failure (DEP;
MAD; PH2). Mentioned only as food for Native Americans (DEM).


DATE PALM (Phoenix dactylifera L.) +++

Activities (Date) — Antipyretic (f; BIB); Aphrodisiac (f; BIB; DEP); Candidicide (1; ABS);
Contraceptive (f; BIB); Demulcent (f; BIB; DEP); Depurative (f; KAB); Diuretic (f; BIB); Emollient
(f; BIB); Estrogenic (1; BIB; FNF); Expectorant (f; BIB); Fungicide (1; ABS); Laxative (f; BIB);
Pectoral (f; BIB).


Indications (Date) — Adenopathy (f; JLH); Ague (f; BIB); Anemia (f; BIB); Asthma (f; BIB;
KAB); Bronchosis (f; BIB; PH2); Cancer (f; BIB); Cancer, abdomen (f; JLH); Cancer, colon (f;
JLH); Cancer, liver (f; JLH); Cancer, mouth (f; JLH); Cancer, parotid (f; JLH); Cancer, spleen (f;
JLH); Cancer, stomach (f; JLH); Cancer, testes (f; JLH); Cancer, throat (f; JLH); Cancer, uterus
(f; JLH); Cancer, vagina (f; JLH); Candida (1; ABS); Catarrh (f; BIB); Chest (f; BIB); Coma (f;
KAB); Condylomata (f; BIB); Constipation (f; BIB); Cough (f; BIB; KAB); Diarrhea (f; BIB;
DEP); Enterosis (f; KAB); Neurasthenia (f; BIB); Fever (f; BIB); Flu (f; BIB); Fungus (1; ABS);
Gastrosis (f; JLH; PH2); Gonorrhea (f; BIB; KAB); Halitosis (f; DEP); Headache (f; PH2);
Hemorrhoid (f; BIB); Hepatosis (f; JLH); Impotence (f; BIB); Induration (f; BIB; JLH); Infection
(1; ABS); Infertility (f; BIB); Inflamation (f; PH2); Keratosis (f; DEP); Leprosy (f; KAB); Longevity
(f; BIB); Mastosis (f; HHB); Mycosis (1; ABS); Nausea (f; KAB); Nephrosis (f; PH2); Ophthalmia
(f; BIB; PH2); Orchosis (f; JLH); Paralysis (f; KAB); Parotosis (f; JLH); Pterygia (f; BIB);
Pulmonosis (f; KAB); Sore Throat (f; JLH); Splenosis (f; BIB; JLH); Sterility (f; BIB); Stomachache
(f; BIB); Stomatosis (f; JLH); Thirst (f; BIB); Toothache (f; BIB); Tuberculosis (f; BIB); Urogeni-
tosis (f; BIB); Uterosis (f; JLH); Vaginosis (f; BIB); Wart (f; BIB); Water Retention (f; BIB);
Whitlow (f; BIB); Wound (f; PH2); Yeast (1; ABS).


Dosages (Date) — Fruit is food farmacy (JAD).


Contraindications, Indications, and Side Effects (Date) — Not covered (AHP). “Hazards and/or
side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2) (but PH2 designates no specific
quantified dosage! JAD). 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. (Sallal A-K J, El-Teen K H A, Abderrahman S.; 1996).

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