Pomegranate is a relatively common fruit. We can eat pomegranates in autumn. Pomegranates also have high nutritional value. Pomegranate peels can also be used as medicine. Pomegranate peels have sour and warm properties. Therefore, pomegranate peel has a very good antidiarrheal and astringent effect when used as medicine. So, what are the uses of pomegranate peel as medicine? What are the medicinal benefits of pomegranate peel?
Pomegranate peel Pomegranate peel is the peel of Pomegranate Punicagranatum L. It is cultivated in most areas of my country, and the skin is harvested when the fruit matures in autumn. Cut into small pieces, dry in the sun, and use raw or fried over charcoal.
The medicinal properties are sour, astringent and warm. Returns to the large intestine meridian.
Effects: astringent, antidiarrheal, insecticidal, astringent and hemostatic.
Application
1. Chronic diarrhea and dysentery. This product is sour and astringent, enters the large intestine meridian, can astringent the intestines, and relieves diarrhea and dysentery. It is a commonly used drug for treating chronic diarrhea and dysentery. It can be decoctioned and taken alone; or it can be ground into powder and taken as a drink; it can also be used with nutmeg, myrobalan and other medicines. This product is good at astringent intestines. If combined with Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus root, Cimicifuga and other medicines, it can treat chronic diarrhea and dysentery caused by mid-Qi subsidence and prolapse.
2. Abdominal pain due to worm accumulation. This product has insecticidal effects and can treat abdominal pain caused by roundworms, pinworms, tapeworms and other parasites. It is often used with betel nut and Zhijunzi, such as pomegranate peel powder ("Shenghui Prescription").
3. Metrorrhagia and blood in the stool. This product can astringe and stop bleeding, treat metrorrhagia and unstoppable bleeding during pregnancy. It is often used with Angelica sinensis, Donkey-hide gelatin, and moxa leaf charcoal, such as pomegranate peel decoction ("Sanjing Prescription"). To treat blood in the stool, it can be decoctioned and taken alone; or it can be used in combination with Sanguisorba, Sophora japonica and other medicines.
In addition, this product also has the effects of astringing semen and stopping leucorrhea, and can also be used for nocturnal emission, leucorrhea and other symptoms.
Usage and Dosage: Decoct and take, 3 to 10g. It can be used raw as a decoction, used as pills or powder for stir-frying, and for hemostasis it can be stir-fried on charcoal.
Summary of ancient books
1. "Famous Doctors": "Cure diarrhea and stop semen leakage."
2. "Supplementary Materials of Materia Medica": "For roundworms, decoct and take it."
3. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Mainly used for diarrhea, bleeding, anal prolapse, and vaginal discharge during collapse."
Modern research
1. Chemical composition: Pomegranate peel contains 10.4% to 21.3% tannins, and also contains pomegranate, pseudopomegranate, isopomegranate, N- Methyl isopomegranate peel, gallic acid, malic acid, ursolic acid, isoquercetin, resin, mannitol, sugar, etc.
2. Pharmacological effects: The tannins contained in pomegranate peel have astringent effects. The peel decoction has a killing effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella Shigella and Shigella flexneri, and Diphtheriae; it has a significant inhibitory effect on Vibrio cholerae, Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis; It has inhibitory effects on dermatophytes such as ringworm, Epidermophyton rubrum, Microsporum audunii and Nocardia asteriosa. It also has an inhibitory effect on viruses. Taking pomegranate peel powder to female rats or guinea pigs can reduce the pregnancy rate. Pomegranate hydrochloride has a killing effect on tapeworms.
3. Clinical research: According to clinical reports, 100% decoction is made from pomegranate peels, dried and ground into powder for oral administration. Treated 415 cases of enteritis, biliary tract infection, acute and chronic bronchitis, lung infection, chronic appendicitis, lymphadenitis, multiple boils, trauma infection, etc., with an effective rate of 90% (Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Shanghai People's Publishing House, 1977, 620). Decoction the pomegranate peel and take it immediately, or use the pomegranate peel decoction to concentrate and dry it to make tablets. It was taken orally to treat 72 cases of acute bacillary dysentery, with a cure rate of 95.8% (New Journal of Medicine, 1973, 7:10). Pomegranate peel is also used to treat amoebic dysentery, ulcerative colitis, diarrhea in young children, etc. Decoction the pomegranate peel in water, soak the gauze piece with the medicinal solution, and stick it on the affected area to treat burn patients, and all of them recovered (Jilin Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1983, 5; 29).
Contraindications
1. Patients with gastritis, those who have just started diarrhea, those with colds and acute inflammation, and those with constipation should eat with caution, and patients with diabetes should fast;
2. It is not advisable to eat too much pomegranate peel. Excessive dosage at one time may lead to poisoning and organ damage.
3. Pomegranate peel contains tannins and should not be eaten with high-protein foods such as milk and eggs.