Home Herbs Index K Khajur (Phoenix sylvestris) (Dates) AllABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Khajur (Phoenix sylvestris) (Dates) Pharmacological action: Nutritive, cardiac and nervine tonic, aphrodisiac, digestive. Medicinal use: Effective in cough, fever, lung congestion, nervous debility and gonorrhea. Used as a nutritive tonic, aphrodisiac, and expectorant.