Kalonji Benefits

Kalonji is the harvest plant. In botany it is classified in Renunculcea family. Its stem is erect and branched. Its leaves are light green. On these leaves there are long downy hairs. It flowers are blue and white coloured and are in the shape of stars. On the top of calyx every branch bears one flower. The fruit of it is in the shape of half type (round) container in which small rough black granules are available. These seeds are called Kalonji in Urdu, black cumin in English, shoneez in Persian and Habatul Sauda in Arabic. The cultivation of this plant is in abundance in India, Bangladesh, Turkey and Eastern countries. The farming of this plant is made to achieve the new seeds. These seeds are used in food and medicine. These seeds have a special smell. In medical field Kalonji is used as an antiseptic medicine also. The seeds of Kalonji contain phosphorus, iron, and carbohydrate compound in abundance. After the chemical analysis of Kalonji seeds this fact has come to the light that it has carotene (yellowish substance). It converts into vitamin 'A' after inserting into the liver. Above all it contains so many compounds, which are useful in digestive system. It cures urinal diseases. It increases the resisting power of the body and has special strength in curing all types of diseases. Kalonji oil contains special type of fat ingredients Linolatic acid 60% and nearly 21% Lipase. It has capacity to keep the body cool in hot temperature. Mostly its seeds are used as medicine. Its seeds contain special substance Saponin Volatile oil and Nigelline a bitter tasting substance. These substances of Kalonji cure urinal problems.

Kalonji Oil Cures the Following Diseases:

Asthma, Cough, allergy: For the treatment of these diseases the following method is adopted. Take a cup of warm water, one spoon honey and half-teaspoon Kalonji oil. Mix together and drink in the morning before the breakfast. Similarly after dinner in the night treatment for 40 days. Avoid cool foodstuff.

Diabetes (sugar): For the treatment of this disease the following method is adopted. Take one-cup decoction (black tea) mix half-teaspoon Kalonji oil and drink it in the morning and before going to bed. Avoid oily foodstuff, particularly fried items. If any other allopathic treatment is going on, continue that treatment. After 20 days check sugar, if it is normal allopathic treatment should be stopped and Kalonji treatment be continued. After forty days, sweet can be taken to check your sugar level. If it is normal stop the treatment.

Heart Attack: In a cup of goat milk add half teaspoon of Kalonji oil and use this mixture twice a day. Avoid all fatty food items. Continue treatment for ten days. After ten days use daily once.

Polio and Paralysis (Laqwa): Take one cup of warm water. Add one spoon of honey and half teaspoon Kalonji oil and use this mixture twice daily. And for children in two spoons milk add 3 drops of Kalonji oil and use this mixture three times a day. Treatment may continue forty days.

Joint-Pains and Arthritis, etc.: Take one spoon of vinegar and half teaspoon of Kalonji oil and mix two spoons honey, use twice a day (in the morning before breakfast and in the night after dinner)

Dyspepsia Indigestion, Gases, Stomach Irritation and Stomach Ache: In this stage one spoon of ginger juice add half-teaspoon Kalonji oil and drink twice a day. This treatment is also useful for removing obesity. This medicine makes the patient slim.

Ophthalmic Disease: Redness of eyes, cataract, eye's trouble, eye weakness and watering, etc. treatment - take one cup of carrots juice mixed with half tea spoon Kalonji oil and use this mixture twice a day (in the morning before breakfast and in the night after dinner. Treatment may continue for 40 days. Avoid pickle, brinjal, egg and fish.

Ladies Secret Diseases:(Leucorrhoea, white discharge, menses discharges 2 to 4 times a month, stomach pain, back pain). Take mint (pudina leaves) add two glasses of water and boil, then add half tea spoon Kalonji oil and drink one time in the morning before the breakfast and in the night at the time of going to bed. Treatment may continue for 40 days. Avoid pickle, brinjal, egg and fish.

Ladies Diseases: (Stoppage of menses for long term, stomach pain). Take one cup warm water add half-teaspoon Kalonji oil and two spoons honey and drink one time in the morning before breakfast and in the night after dinner. Treatment may continue for one month. Avoid potato and brinjal.

Cancer:(Intestine cancer, blood cancer, throat cancer, etc.) Take one glass grape juice add half-teaspoon kalonji oil and use thrice a day once in the morning before the breakfast, after lunch and after dinner. Take 1kg. Barley and 2kg. Wheat flour mix together make bread (roti) or daliya of harira and give to the patient. Treatment may continue for 40 days. Avoid potatoes, arvee, brinjal and ambada vegetable.

Poisonous Virus: Take one glass warm water, add one spoon date (Khajur) powder, half tea spoon Kalonji Oil and two spoons honey, mix together and use thrice a day. Treatment may continue for forty days. Avoid potato, brinjal grams, pulses (Chana ki dal & Masoor ki dal)

Vital of the Body (Azme-e-Hali): Take juice of orange (Malta) add half teaspoon Kalonji Oil and use it. Laziness and tiredness will be removed.

Memory Power: To increase the memory power take 10 gm. Mint (Pudina leaves) and boil it with the water and add half tea spoon Kalonji Oil and use it twice a day. Treatment for twenty- one days.

Reanalcoli (Kidney Pain): Take 250 gm. Kalonji, grind it and take one cup of honey, mix together. Out of this mixture take two spoons of mixture and add half-cup water and half teaspoon Kalonji Oil and use it once a day. Treatment may continue for twenty-one days.

Nausea or Vomiting: Take one spoon caration powder and half teaspoon Kalonji Oil and boil it. Now in this warm mixture and Mint (Pudina) and use thrice a day.

Freshness and Handsomeness: Take one spoon of Olive oil, mix together with half teaspoon Kalonji Oil and rub it on the face. After one hour wash it with soap water. Treatment may continue for one week.

General Weakness: Take half teaspoon Kalonji Oil and add one spoon honey. Mix together and use it once a day. General weakness and other diseases will be removed.

Treatment of Swelling on Vital Organ: On swelling below thigh and pulse, first wash it with soap water and dry. Rub the Kalonji Oil on the swelling part and keep it as it is for the next day morning. Treatment may continue for three days.

Leprosy: Take apple juice and Kalonji Oil. First rub apple juice and then Kalonji Oil one by one on the affected part.

Tumour: Rub the Kalonji Oil on the affected part and drink half teaspoon of kalonji Oil once. Treatment may continue for fifteen days.

Headache: Rub the Kalonji Oil on the fore head and near ears and also drink half teaspoon Kalonji Oil twice a day.

Chest Irritation and Stomach Trouble: Take half teaspoon of Kalonji oil mix with a cup of milk and use this mixture twice daily. Treatment may continue for three days.

Hiccups: Take one big spoon cream (Malai) mixed with two drops of kalonji Oil and drink in the morning and in the night. Treatment may continue for seven days.

Blood Pressure: In any hot drink tea / coffee and half teaspoon of kalonji oil and use this mixture twice a day also eat two cloves of garlic Daily.

Falling of Hair Prematurely: Rub limejuice on the head and leave it for fifteen minutes, then wash it with shampoo, after getting dried rub kalonji oil all over the head. Falling of hairs will be controlled within a week. Treatment may continue for one week.

Brain Fever: Allow the vapours of Kalonji oil to enter the body through breath. Take one lemon juice and half teaspoon Kalonji oil and use for 3 days twice a day. From fourth day half teaspoon kalonji oil in one cup of decoction twice a day.

Kidney Trouble, Infection in the Kidney: Take half teaspoon of kalonji oil, add 2 gm akar khara powder, and mix one spoon honey with one cup of water and drink. This treatment is also useful for chronic cough (purani khansi). Treatment may continue 21 days.

Stomach Ache of the Children: Take two drops of kalonji oil mix it with mother's milk or cow milk and give to the child. Kalonji oil also should be rubbed on the ribs.

Piles, Flow of Blood , Constipation: Take half teaspoon of kalonji oil mixed with one-cup decoction (black tea) twice a day (one in morning before the breakfast and in the night). Avoid hot and spicy items.

Skin Diseases - (White / Black Spots): In one cup of vinegar add half-teaspoon kalonji oil and apply that on the affected area before going to sleep and take bath in the morning. Treatment may continue until you get relief.

Simple Fever: Take half cup water and add half lemon juice mixed with half spoon kalonji oil and use it twice a day. Treatment may continue until you get relief. Avoid use of rice.

Round Worms and Tape Worms in the Stomach: Take half spoon vinegar mixed with half tea spoon of kalonji oil and use it twice a day and eat some coconut pieces. Avoid sugar preparation.

Stone in Kidney , Bladder and Uterus: Take one cup of warm water and add two spoon of honey mixed with half tea spoon of kalonji oil and use that twice a day (once in the morning before the breakfast and once in the night after dinner). Avoid tomatoes, spinach (palak), lemon, diet, curry leaves (kariyapak).

Epilepsy: Take on cup of warm water and add two spoons of honey, mix them and add half- teaspoon kalonji oil and use it twice a day. During this treatment cold food should not be taken. Avoid guava, banana, and fig for three years.

Ear Diseases, Ear Ache, Flow of Pus, Low Hearing: Heat the kalonji and let it cool and drop two drops of cooled kalonji oil in the ear.

Crack Hand and Foot with Blood Flow: Take one glass of sweet lime (mousambi) juice and add half teaspoon of kalonji oil and use this mixture twice a day (in the morning before breakfast and in the night before going to bed). Avoid chicken, egg, brinjal use the herbal ointment made from kalonji.

Facial Problem, Pimples, Red Granules and any Type of Spots: Take one-cup orange mousambi (sweet lime) juice or pineapple juice and add half teaspoon of kalonji oil and use this mixture twice a day (in the morning before the breakfast and in the night before going to bed). Also use kalonji pimple cream for application. Treatment may continue for four weeks. Avoid hot eatable items.

Dental Diseases: Fall of teeth prematurely, weakness of the teeth, flow of blood from the teeth, bad smell of the mouth, swelling on gums. Take one cup of curd and half teaspoon of kalonji oil and use this mixture twice a day (once in the morning before the breakfast and second time after dinner). Also use kalonji herbal tooth powder.

Male Related Diseases: Night fall: take one cup apple juice and add half tea spoon of kalonji oil and use this twice a day in the morning before the breakfast and in the night after dinner. Daily four drops of kalonji oil should be rubbed on the head. Treatment may continue for 20 days. Avoid hot or spicy eatable items.

Blood Deficiency (Anaemia) and Ulcer in the Intestine: Take a branch of mint (pudina leaves) mixed with water, boil it and make a cup of juice and add half tea spoon of kalonji oil and use this mixture twice a day (once in the morning and second time in the evening). Use curd always with food. Treatment may continue for 21 days.

Jaundice: Take a one-cup of milk and half teaspoon of kalonji oil and use this mixture twice a day (once in the morning and once after the dinner). Treatment may continue for one week. Avoid fatty and soar eatable items.

Swelling of Throat , Lungs Problems: Take one cup of warm water and add two-tea spoon honey and half teaspoon of kalonji oil and use this mixture twice a day (once in the morning before the breakfast and in the night before going to bed). Treatment may continue for 10 days. Avoid ice cream, ice water, coconut, lemon, orange and mousambi.

Cough: Take one cup of warm water add two spoons of honey mixed with half tea spoon of kalonji oil and use this mixture twice a day (once in the morning before the breakfast and in the night before going to bed). Treatment may continue for two weeks. Avoid cold stuff items.

Heart Attack, Swelling on Breathing Veins:(Blockage of heart valves, breathing problem, cold sweating, pressure on heart). Take one cup of goat milk and half teaspoon of kalonji oil use this mixture twice a day (once in the morning before the breakfast and in the night before going to bed). Treatment may continue for 21 days. Avoid fatty items.

Maternity:(The mental weakness after child born, tiredness and bleeding related diseases) Take one cup of cucumber juice and half-teaspoon kalonji oil and use this mixture twice a day (once in the morning before the breakfast and in the night before going to bed). Treatment may continue for 40 days.

Digestion Food, Colour of Face, etc.: Mix two spoon of ginger, half spoon of kalonji oil and one spoon of sugar and use this mixture twice a day (once in the morning before the breakfast and in the night before going to bed). Treatment may continue for 10 days. Avoid gas-creating foods.

Burning Micturiation: Take one-cup sweet lime (Mosambi) juice and half teaspoon of Kalonji oil and use this mixture twice a day (once in the morning before the breakfast and in the night before going to bed). Treatment may continue for 10 days. Avoid hot stuff items, chilli and soar food items.

Worms in the Stomach: Mix one spoon of vinegar with half-teaspoon Kalonji oil and use this mixture twice a day (once in the morning before the breakfast and in the night before going to bed). Treatment may continue for 10 days. Avoid sweets.

Joint Pains: (Swelling on ankle and other pains in the joints). Take one spoon vinegar and two spoon of honey and add half spoon of kalonji oil use this mixture twice a day and also massage with same oil. Avoid gas-producing elements.

Bald Headed: Rub Kalonji oil on the head twice a day and use a mixture of one cup of coffee mix with half-teaspoon oil and use it twice a day.

To Maintain Healthy Body: To wheat flour add half teaspoon of kalonji oil and make a roti and eat. Inshallah you will remain healthy.

Madness and Piles: Take half teaspoon of kalonji oil and mix with cold water and drink. If you mix the same oil with boiled water and let it cool and drink piles will be cured. For a snake poison same process should be adopted. Avoid guava, banana and sitaphal.

Toothpain and Swelling of Gums: Take one spoon vinegar and add half teaspoon of kalonji oil and apply on affected area for 2 or 3 minutes and rinse the mouth. Repeat this process twice a day. Treatment may continue for one week.

Severe Cold: Take half-cup water and half teaspoon of kalonji oil and quarter spoon of olive oil and mix together and filter. Put two drops of filter mixture into the mouth. This method is best for old cold. Continue this process twice a day.

Skin Disease Related to Pimples Boils, etc.: Before going to bed apply kalonji oil to the affected areas of the body and sleep. In the morning wash it with soap. This treatment may continue for 21 days.

To Keep The Face and Skin Smooth: Take two big spoon of honey and half spoon of kalonji oil and half spoon of olive oil and mix together. Use this process twice a day (once in the morning and in the night before going to bed). Treatment may continue for 40 days.

Piles: Take one spoon of vinegar and half teaspoon of Kalonji oil and apply on the piles. This process may be used twice a day.

Disease of Liver and Abdomen: Take 20 gm of honey and half teaspoon of kalonji oil and drink this mixture half in the morning before breakfast and half in the nigh before going to bed. Treatment may continue for one month.

Menstruations Problem: Take one spoon honey and mix with half teaspoon of Kalonji oil and drink one teaspoon in the morning before the breakfast and one teaspoon in the evening. Use this process for two weeks.

Any Type of Swelling: Heat required quantity of Kalonji Oil and apply on affected area. Half teaspoon of Kalonji oil to be consumed twice a day.

Poisonous Attacks: Eat two pieces of fig and take half spoon of Kalonji Oil and mix with two spoons of honey and drink, with this mixture you will be protected from snakebites. Don't allow the patient to sleep for four hours. Use this mixture for seven days.

High Temperature: Take half teaspoon of Kalonji oil with decoction (tea with out milk). Continue till temperature comes to normal.

Burns: 30 gms of olive oil and 5 gms of Kalonji oil, 15 gms of calamus (bunch) and 80 gms of mehendi leaves. Mix together and apply on affected parts.

Obesity: Half teaspoon of Kalonji Oil, two spoon of honey mixed in Luke warm water and take twice a day. Avoid taking rice.

Dandruff: Mix 10 gms of Kalonji Oil, 30 gms of olive oil, 30 gms of mehendi powder. Heat for a while. Apply after the paste becomes cool.

Sound Sleep: After dinner take half teaspoon of Kalonji Oil with one spoon honey, you will get sound sleep.

For Activeness: Take half teaspoon of Kalonji oil with honey daily before breakfast.

For Increasing Mother's Milk: One-cup milk with two drops of Kalonji oil in the morning before breakfast and before going to bed.

Leprosy, White Spot of any Kinds: Take half spoon of Kalonji Oil in one cup of orange juice and use this portion twice a day or take one spoon vinegar (home made) one-spoon honey and half spoon Kalonji oil mixed together and use this mixture twice a day. Treatment may continue until the symptoms disappear.

Skin Disease: In one cup of vinegar add half-teaspoon Kalonji oil and apply this mixture on the effected areas before going to sleep and take bath in the morning. Treatment may continue until you get relief.

Stomach Pain (All types): In the glass of sweat lime (mousambi) juice add two spoons of honey and half teaspoon Kalonji oil and use this mixture twice a day. Avoid all gas producing elements. Treatment may continue for 20 days.

Stone in Kidney: In a cup of warm water add two tea spoons honey and half tea spoon Kalonji Oil, dilute and use this mixture twice a day. Avoid spinach, lemon, sweat lime (mousambi), tomatoes. This treatment should continue until the stone is discharged.

From Head Head to Toe: Mix one cup of orange juice with half teaspoon Kalonji Oil, take before break fast and bedtime. Treatment is for four months.

Falling of Hair Prematurely: Rub the limejuice on the head and leave it for 15 minutes then wash it with shampoo, after getting dry rub Kalonji oil all over the head. Falling of hair will be controlled within a week. Treatment is for one week or as required.

Swelling of Stomach: Mix 3 gms of Ajwan, 3 gms methi, 4 drops of Kalonji oil together. Take the mixture before breakfast and after dinner. Avoid potatoes and sweet items.

Joint Pains, Back Ache & Neck Pain: Eat two pieces of dry fig and add 4 drops of Kalonji oil in one cup of milk. Do not eat anything till two hours. Treatment is to be continued for 2 months. Avoid potatoes, tomatoes, green chillies and bottled gaud.

Persistent Cough: Mix 10 gms of Akal Kara, 200 gms honey, and 100 gms Kalonji oil together. Take the mixture one spoon thrice a day. Restrict from ice cream, fridge water, and custard apple. Treatment is for 40 days.

Soriasis: Mix, juice of six limes with 50 gms of Kalonji oil together, rub on the affected places.

Uterus Problems: ? bunch of pudina juice, 2 spoon of misri powder, ? teaspoon of Kalonji oil, mix and use before breakfast. This treatment is for 40 days.

Stammering: Mix half spoon of Kalonji oil in 2 spoons of honey and keep it on the tongue twice a day.

turmeric benefits

turmeric, also known as curcuma longa, is a very common herb and reffered as "Queen of Spices" which people use it for their cooking. wide range of antioxidant, antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, anticarcinogenic, antimutagenic and anti-inflammatory properties. It is also loaded with many healthy nutrients such as protein, dietary fiber, niacin, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, sodium, potassium, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium and zinc. Here are the top 10 health benefits of eating turmeric.

1. Cancer Prevention

prevent prostate cancer, stop the growth of existing prostate cancer and even destroy cancer cells. Multiple researchers have found that the active components in turmeric makes it one of the best protectors against radiation-induced tumors. It also has a preventive effect against tumor cells such as T-cell leukemia, colon carcinomas and breast carcinomas.

2. Arthritis Reliever

anti-inflammatory properties in turmeric are great for treating both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. In addition, turmeric’s antioxidant property destroys free radicals in the body that damage body cells. It has been found that those suffering from rheumatoid arthritis who consume turmeric on a regular basis experience much relief from the moderate to mild joint pains as well as joint inflammation.

3. Diabetes Control

Used in the treatment of diabetes by helping to moderate insulin levels.also improves glucose control and increases the effect of medications used to treat diabetes. Another significant benefit is turmeric’s effectiveness in helping reduce insulin resistance, which may prevent the onset of Type-2 diabetes.

4. Heals Wounds

Natural antiseptic and antibacterial agent and can be used as an effective disinfectant. If you have a cut or burn, you can sprinkle turmeric powder on the affected area to speed up the healing process. Helps repair damaged skin and may be used to treat psoriasis and other inflammatory skin conditions.

5. Alzheimer's Disease Prevention

Supports overall brain health by aiding in the removal of plaque build-up in the brain and improving the flow of oxygen. This can also prevent or slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

6. Improves Digestion

turmeric is helpful in treating most forms of inflammatory bowel disease including ulcerative colitis. However it is important to bear in mind that people suffering from any kind of gallbladder disease should not take turmeric as a dietary supplement as it may worsen the condition.

7. Natural Liver Detoxifier

Detoxifies the blood through the production of enzymes and turmeric increases production of these vital enzymes. These vital enzymes break down and reduce toxins in the body. Turmeric also is believed to invigorate and improve blood circulation.

8. Maintains Ideal Body Weight

A component present in turmeric helps increase the flow of bile, an important component in the breakdown of dietary fat. Those who wish to lose weight or treat obesity and other associated diseases can benefit from having one teaspoon of turmeric powder with every meal.

9. Reduces Cholesterol Level

Acts as a food seasoning can reduce serum cholesterol levels. It is a known fact that high cholesterol can lead to other serious health problems. Maintaining a proper cholesterol level can prevent many cardiovascular diseases.

10. Boosts Immune System

Contains a substance known as lipopolysaccharide, which helps stimulate the body’s immune system. Its antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal agents also help strengthen the immune system. A strong immune system lessens the chance of suffering from colds, flu and coughs.

THE DATE AND ITS USES AS DESCRIBED IN THE QUR'AN

In a number of Qur'anic verses, the humble date is honoured as one of the blessings of Paradise. (Qur'an, 55:68) When this fruit is examined, it can be seen to have a great many important features. One of the oldest known species of plant, the date is today a food of preference not only for its delicious taste but also for its nutritious properties. New benefits imparted by the date are being discovered every day and has come to be used as a medicine as well as a food. These features of the date are noted in Surah Maryam:

The pains of labour drove her to the trunk of a date-palm. She [Maryam] said, "Oh if only I had died before this time and was something discarded and forgotten!" A voice called out to her from under her, "Do not grieve! Your Lord has placed a small stream at your feet. Shake the trunk of the palm towards you and fresh, ripe dates will drop down onto you. Eat and drink and delight your eyes…" (Qur'an, 19:23-26)

There is considerable wisdom in the way that Allah recommends Maryam to eat this fruit. The date is an excellent choice of food for the pregnant women and for those who have just given birth. This is a widely accepted scientific fact. Maryam was inspired to understand this point, in order to make her own labour easier. The date has one of the highest sugar levels, 60-65%, of all fruits. Doctors recommend that pregnant women be given foods containing fruit sugar on the day they give birth. The aim behind this is to energise and revitalise the mother's weakened body and at the same time to stimulate the milk hormones and increase the levels of mother's milk essential to the new-born baby.
In addition, loss of blood during birth leads to a fall in body sugar levels. Dates are important from the point of view of enabling sugar to enter the body and prevent blood pressure from dropping. Their high calorific value strengthens people weakened by illness or suffering from extreme fatigue.
These facts reveal the wisdom in the way that Allah recommended Maryam to eat dates, designed to energise and invigorate the woman and ensure the emergence of milk, the only food for a baby. For example, the date contains more than ten elements of vital importance if the body is to remain healthy and energetic. Modern-day scientists state that human beings can actually live for years on nothing more than dates and water.110 V. H. W. Dowson, a recognised expert in this field, says that one grain of date and a glass of milk are enough to meet all of a person's daily nutritional requirements.111
The substance oxytocin, which is present in the date, is used in modern medicine to facilitate birth. In fact, oxytocin means "rapid birth." It is also known to increase levels of mother's milk after birth.112
Oxytocin is actually a hormone released by the pituitary gland which stimulates contractions of the womb during childbirth. All the pre-birth preparations in the body take place thanks to this hormone. The effects of the hormone can be seen in the muscles that form the mother's womb and in cells in the muscular structure that enables the secretion of mother's milk. The effective contraction of the womb is essential if birth is to take place. Oxytocin enables the muscles that comprise the womb to contract in a very powerful manner. Moreover, oxytocin also initiates the secretion of mother's milk. This feature of the date alone-the way it contains oxytocin-is important evidence that the Qur'an is the revelation of Allah. The medical identification of the benefits of the date only became possible in recent times. Yet it was set out fourteen centuries ago in the Qur'an that Allah revealed to Maryam that she should eat dates.
Dates also contain a form of sugar that gives the body high levels of mobility and heat energy and which can be easily broken down in the body. Furthermore, this sugar is not glucose, which rapidly raises the level of blood sugar but the fruit sugar fructose. A rapid rise in blood sugar levels in diabetics in particular has a damaging effect on a great many organs and systems, especially the eyes, kidneys, heart and circulatory system and nervous system. High blood sugar is one of the main causes of disorders as serious as loss of sight, heart attacks and kidney insufficiency.
Dates contain a great many vitamins and minerals. They are very rich in fibre, fat and proteins. They also contain sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, sulphur, phosphorus and chlorine, as well as vitamins A, beta-carotene, B1, B2, B3 and B6. Some of the benefits of the vitamins and minerals in dates to the normal human body and especially during pregnancy can be summarised as follows:

• The nutritional value of dates stems from the appropriate mineral balance within them. The date also contains folic acid, a B vitamin of great importance to pregnant women. Folic acid (B9) is a vitamin which serves important functions in the construction of new blood cells and of amino acids, the body's building blocks, and in cell renewal. The need for folic acid thus rises significantly during pregnancy and the daily requirement doubles. When folic acid levels are insufficient, red blood cells that are larger than normal but with lower functionality emerge, along with the symptoms of anaemia, appear. Folic acid plays a particularly important role in cell division and in the formation of the genetic structure of the cell and is the only substance daily requirements of which double during pregnancy. The date is exceedingly rich in folic acid.
  
• On the other hand, the long-term nausea and physical reactions that appear during pregnancy do so because of a lack of potassium. Levels therefore need to be reinforced. In the same way that the large quantities of potassium in dates are of great importance in this regard, they are also important in regulating the water balance in the body. Moreover, by helping oxygen to reach the brain potassium enables one to think clearly. In addition, it provides the appropriate alkaloidal features for body fluids and stimulates the kidneys to expel toxic bodily wastes. It helps bring down high blood pressure and the formation of healthy skin.113
  
• The iron contained in dates controls the synthesis of haemoglobin in the red blood cells and ensures an appropriate level of red cells in the blood. This is of vital importance in preventing anaemia during pregnancy and the development of the baby. Red blood cells play a role in keeping cells alive by carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood. Due to dates' high iron levels, a human being can meet his or her iron requirements by eating just 15 dates a day and will thus be protected from disorders arising from iron deficiency.
  
• The calcium and phosphate in dates are important elements for skeletal growth and balancing the body's bone structure. The high levels of phosphorus and calcium in dates protect the body against bone weakness and help reduce such disorders.
  
• Scientists also emphasise the way in which dates reduce stress and tension. Research by Berkeley University experts has revealed that dates contain high levels of vitamin B6, which strengthens the nerves, and magnesium, which is very important for the kidneys. A person can meet his magnesium requirement by eating just 2-3 grains of date a day.114
  
• The vitamin B1 in dates facilitates the health of the nervous system, assists the transformation of the carbohydrates in the body into energy and the use of protein and fats to meet the body's needs. Vitamin B2 assists in the burning of protein, carbohydrates and fats for the provision of bodily energy and cell renewal.
  
• The body's vitamin A requirement rises during pregnancy. Thanks to the vitamin A it contains, the date improves vision and bodily resistance and strengthens the teeth and bones. Dates are also especially rich in beta-carotene.115 Beta-carotene helps prevent cancer by controlling molecules that attack the cells.

In addition, unlike dates, other fruits are generally lacking in protein.116 Thanks to this feature, dates enable the body to protect itself against illness and infection, to renew cells and ensure fluid balance. Meat is also a useful foodstuff but maybe not as much as the date, which

food cure constipation

Apples Apple juice contains sugars and liquids so it helps relieve constipation. The fiber content helps regulate bowel movements.

 Banana High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem .Can act as a laxative though some say bananas are not good for constipation.

 Beans They act as a laxative.












Blueberries Blueberries are rich in fiber and can act as a laxative

 Cabbage: Presences of roughage in cabbage helps in relieve constipation .Raw cabbage eatenas a salad everyday is very useful for those who suffer from constipation.












Carrots They are high in fiber .carrot juice can help in making stools soft.




  Oats because of their high soluble fiber they help in relieving constipation.









   Wheat germ It is rich in fiber and relieves occasional constipation.

 Wheat bran It is rich in dietary fiber and thus often helps in relieving occasional constipation.






Prunes prunes are most affective in relieving constipation. Doctors often recommend prunejuice for constipation. Prune juice contains natural laxative. Prunes are rich in dietary fiber.