（一）（穣）∶止泄痢。食之，下食，开胸膈痰实结气。下气不如皮也。穣不可多食，止
气。性虽温，甚能止渴。〔心·嘉〕
（二）皮∶主胸中瘕热逆气。〔心〕
（三）又，干皮一斤，捣为末，蜜为丸。每食前酒下三十丸，治下焦冷气。〔嘉〕
（四）又，取陈皮一斤，和杏仁五两，去皮尖熬，加少蜜为丸。每日食前饮下三十丸，
下腹脏间虚冷气。香港脚冲心，心下结硬，悉主之。〔嘉〕
味酸，不能食。可以起盘。〔心〕
（一）去恶心，胃风∶取其皮和盐贮之。〔证〕
（二）又，瓤∶去恶气。和盐蜜细细食之。〔证〕
（一）主补津液，养脾气，强志。三年陈者核中仁∶主恶气、卒疰忤。〔心·嘉〕
（二）又，疗耳聋、鼻塞，不闻音声、香臭者∶取大枣十五枚，去皮核；蓖麻子三百颗，
去皮。二味和捣，绵裹塞耳鼻。日一度易，三十余日闻声及香臭。先治耳，后治鼻，不可并
塞之。〔嘉〕
（三）又方，巴豆十粒，去壳生用。松脂同捣，绵裹塞耳。〔嘉〕
（四）又云，洗心腹邪气，和百药毒。通九窍，补不足气。〔嘉〕
（五）生者食之过多，令人腹胀。蒸煮食之，补肠胃，肥中益气。第一青州，次蒲州者
好。诸处不堪入药。〔心·嘉〕
（六）小儿患秋痢，与虫枣食，良。〔嘉〕
（七）枣和桂心、白瓜仁、松树皮为丸，久服香身，并衣亦香。〔证〕
(1) Orange pulp: Stops diarrhea and dysentery. Consumption aids digestion, opens the chest and diaphragm from phlegm-dampness excess and qi stagnation. Its ability to direct qi downward is inferior to that of the peel. Pulp should not be consumed in excess, as it may cause qi stagnation. Although its nature is warm, it is highly effective in quenching thirst. [Xin · Jia]
(2) Orange peel: Primarily treats masses (jia), heat, and rebellious qi in the chest. [Xin]
(3) Additionally, take one jin of dried orange peel, grind into powder, and form pills with honey. Take thirty pills with wine before each meal to treat cold qi in the lower jiao. [Jia]
(4) Additionally, take one jin of Chenpi (aged tangerine peel) and five liang of apricot kernels. Remove skins and tips, stir-fry/boil, add a little honey, and form pills. Take thirty pills with water before meals to expel deficient cold qi from the abdominal organs. It primarily treats foot-qi rushing to the heart and hardness/stagnation below the heart. [Jia]
Taste is sour; cannot be eaten in large quantities. Can be used for pickling. [Xin]
(1) Removes nausea and stomach wind: Store its peel with salt. [Zheng]
(2) Additionally, pulp: Removes foul qi. Chew finely with salt and honey. [Zheng]
(1) Primarily replenishes body fluids, nourishes spleen qi, and strengthens willpower. The kernel inside the seed of three-year-aged dates: Primarily treats foul qi and sudden zhu-wu disease (acute infectious or mental disorder). [Xin · Jia]
(2) Additionally, for treating deafness, nasal congestion, inability to hear sounds, and inability to smell odors: Take fifteen large dates, remove skin and seeds; three hundred castor beans, remove shells. Mash these two ingredients together, wrap in cotton, and insert into ears and nose. Change once daily; after more than thirty days, hearing and smell will return. Treat ears first, then nose; do not block both simultaneously. [Jia]
(3) Another prescription: Ten croton seeds, remove shells, use raw. Mash with pine resin, wrap in cotton, and insert into ear. [Jia]
(4) Also said to cleanse evil qi from heart and abdomen, resolve toxicity of various medicines, open the nine orifices, and supplement deficient qi. [Jia]
(5) Eating too many raw dates causes abdominal distension. Cooked or steamed dates tonify intestines and stomach, fill the middle jiao, and benefit qi. Those from Qingzhou are best, followed by those from Puzhou. Those from other places are unsuitable for medicinal use. [Xin · Jia]
(6) For infants suffering from autumnal dysentery, feeding them worm-infested dates yields good results. [Jia]
(7) Dates combined with cinnamon heart, white melon kernel, and pine bark formed into pills; long-term consumption makes the body fragrant, and even clothes will become fragrant. [Zheng]