Traditional treatment with dates!
All date consumers are well aware of the many properties of this divine blessing and know that dates are the fruits of paradise. They have said that the first date palm in Mesopotamia dates back to 4000 BC, especially in the desert oases of this part of the world. Is.
Traditions and finally in traditional medicine, especially in the recommendations of Loghman Hakim, dates are mentioned as high-energy snacks with excellent calories, fat, protein and iron, and finally, 30% of dates are water.
But the residents of several villages in Badreh, located in Ilam province, use dates in addition to their food consumption and also in treatment, and …
Abbas Fazeli, a resident of Pakel village, said: I have been treating muscle pain and leg cramps with dates for years, which our fathers have done as well.
Kazem Joharian added: Since the generations before us treated their pain in this way, we repeat the same thing in following them, because it is an experience that has worked well.
A resident of Khoshgadam village also said: I think dates play a heating role in such treatments; Because heat is one of the most important healing elements in fractures and dislocations; There is no other idea.
Zahra Fazeli added: We have inherited such traditional treatments from our fathers. Even when one of my children suffers from muscle cramps or local pain, I immediately relieve the pain immediately with some dates.
A physician said: Such treatments can usually be interpreted in traditional medicine or Iranian medicine, which has been inherited from the distant past.
He also said about the role of dates in such traditional treatments: Dates have many properties, including their energy-producing properties; Therefore, it seems that this palm product can be used to obtain heat.
Pointing out that the treatment of local pain with dates can be considered in the heat treatment atlas, Cohen added: Using dates in spasm and relieving it or local bone pain as a tradition in the Badra region has long been open. Shown.
However, the director general of cultural heritage, handicrafts and tourism of Ilam province told the ISNA reporter about the possibility of including such traditional treatments in the national heritage reserves: Such treatments have a long history and now it is known as a tradition of the people of these areas.
Ali Ghasempour added: Treatment with traditional tools, which is considered an inheritance, can be examined from the perspective of cultural heritage. Such treatments are associated with the past of these people, and in one description it can be said that they underwent such treatments when There was no treatment; So as a result of repeating an experience and taking an initiative, they started such treatments.