The efficacy of pomegranate flower soaking in water

The effect of pomegranate flower water is very significant. After drinking this pomegranate water, you will not have diarrhea, abdominal pain and other conditions, and it will also have a good cure for intestinal inflammatory diseases. However, it must be noted that not everyone is suitable for drinking pomegranate flower water. If you have a weak spleen and stomach, it is best not to drink pomegranate water easily, as it will damage your gastrointestinal tract.

Pomegranate is a deciduous shrub or small tree of the Punicaceae family, 2 to 5 meters tall. It originally grew in western Asia and was brought to China by Zhang Qian during the Han Dynasty. After generations of cultivation, more and more varieties have been developed. The pomegranates from Lintong, Shaanxi, are bright red and large, with thin skin and rich juice, more sweet than sour, making them the best pomegranates in China.

In addition, Huaiyuan in Anhui, Mengzi in Yunnan, Yecheng in Xinjiang, and Sanbai in Shanxi are all rich in pomegranates. Pomegranate flowers, fruits, peels and roots can all be used for medicinal purposes. The flowers are sour and have the effect of clearing heat and stopping bleeding. When the fruit is ripe, split open, you can see the golden chamber and jade-like separation, with thousands of fruits in the same pod, red like agate, white like crystal, and sweet and sour.

The ancients had a poem praising it: "The mist shell is the chamber, the pearl is the bone, the crystal is the grain, and the jade is the pulp."

Edible effects: astringent and antidiarrheal, kills premature ejaculation, stops bleeding, moistens the lungs and relieves cough. It is mainly used to treat chronic diarrhea due to deficiency and cold, enteritis, dysentery, bloody stool, rectal prolapse, metrorrhagia, nematode disease, and ascariasis. Flowers: Treat vomiting blood and epistaxis. Apply externally in appropriate amounts to treat otitis media. Leaves: Treat acute enteritis. Pomegranate is sour and astringent, warm in nature, and has the effects of moistening the intestines, stopping diarrhea, stopping bleeding, and expelling parasites. Against Shigella dysenteriae and Salmonella typhi. It has an inhibitory effect on Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The roots (including the root bark) contain punicine, mannitol, organic acids, etc., which have inhibitory effects on Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and various pathogenic fungi.

【Medicine name】: Pomegranate flower

【Pinyin】：SHILIUHUA

[Source]: Flowers of pomegranate, a plant of the Punica family.

【Effects】: Promote blood circulation and stop bleeding, remove blood stasis and relieve pain.

[Main indications]: Treat epistaxis, otitis media, traumatic bleeding, irregular menstruation, toothache, and hematemesis.

[Nature and flavor]: Sour, astringent, warm. "Depei Materia Medica": "Sour, astringent, neutral." Enters the spleen and kidney meridians

[Usage and Dosage]: For oral use: decoct in water, 1 to 2 qian; or make into powder. For external use: grind into powder and sprinkle or apply on affected area.