The efficacy and function of pomegranate

With the development of society and the close international exchanges, most people who study medicine have been seriously influenced by Western medicine, and fewer and fewer people are studying Chinese medicine, which has resulted in less and less understanding of Chinese medicine. Let’s talk about the efficacy and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine sour pomegranate.

[Other name] Vinegar pomegranate (from "Haishang Jiyan Fang").

[Source] The sour fruit of the pomegranate plant.

[Chemical composition] The seed oil contains punicic acid (i.e., trichosanthes acid), as well as estrone, estradiol, β-sitosterol, mannitol, etc.

[Pharmacological action] Pomegranate seed oil injected into adult female mice or young female mice whose ovaries have been removed has estrogen-like effects.

【Nature and flavor】 Sour, warm.

【Functions and indications】 Treat diarrhea, chronic dysentery, metrorrhagia, and leucorrhea.

[Usage and Dosage] For internal use: mash into juice or burn and grind into powder.

【Note】 ① "Bie Lu": "It damages the lungs, so do not eat too much."

[Additional prescription] ① Treating chronic diarrhea with loose bowels: one pomegranate with vinegar. Break it open, burn it with charcoal fire until the smoke is gone, take it out quickly to prevent it from turning into ash, cover it with a porcelain bowl overnight to remove the fire poison, grind it into powder, take one segment of pomegranate with vinegar and one cup of water each time, boil it into a decoction and take two qian of it. It can also treat chronic diarrhea. (Black God Powder from Shengji Zonglu)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From Compendium of Materia Medica

The above content is an introduction to the traditional Chinese medicine sour pomegranate. We should learn more about sour pomegranate in our daily life so that we can use it more reasonably and better bring out the value of sour pomegranate.