The liquid distillate obtained is locally
known as Maa Al-liqah or Maa Al-Tiltal, water of the spathe. Small
private sectors have been started to commercialize the water of the spathe.
It is also believed that the distillate has certain medical uses as it relieves abdominal gases and pain especially after heavy meal and claimed to have
anti-spasmodic activity. The objective of this study was to investigate the
possible enteropooling, antidiarrhoeal and intestinal transit time effects of
the date-palm spathe extract in rats.