How is persimmon traditionally used?

Persian medicine reads khormalou as cool and moist in the 2nd degree — soothing for a hot, dry throat, cooling for a chest inflamed by wintering-in warm rooms, and gentle for a hot-stomach constitution. Aghili Khorasani notes it as sweetening the mouth and quieting a dry cough; the shibugaki form is preferred for its softness on the digestion.

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Soothes the throat, cools the chest, gentle on the lungs.

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