The efficacy and function of fresh pomegranate peel

Pomegranate is a fruit we often eat. It has a good health-care effect, but few people know that fresh pomegranate peel also has certain health-care effects. Pomegranate peel is also a traditional Chinese medicine. It has the function of protecting wounds and avoiding the influence of stimulation. It can also play a certain role in the treatment of colds. You can use pomegranate peel to boil water for drinking. At the same time, pomegranate peel also has a good effect of repelling insects and is also very effective in treating diarrhea.

The efficacy and function of pomegranate peel

1. Protect the wound from irritation

Pomegranate peel contains a variety of polyphenol compounds called phytoestrogens. This compound can precipitate proteins on the surface of the wound, thereby preventing infection and irritation of the wound, and has a good promoting effect on wound healing.

2. Treat colds and prevent viruses

The water decoction of pomegranate peel has a broad-spectrum antibacterial effect. It has a significant inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, hemolytic Streptococcus, Vibrio cholerae, Shigella dysenteriae, etc., among which the strongest effect is on Shigella dysenteriae. The water extract of pomegranate peel also has different degrees of inhibitory effect on various skin fungi in test tubes. The decoction of pomegranate peel can also inhibit influenza virus.

3. Anti-insect effect

Both fresh pomegranate peel and pomegranate peel decoction contain a large amount of tannin, which can convert alkaloids into insoluble and difficult to absorb compounds, thereby fully exerting its effect on intestinal parasites, causing their muscles to fall into a state of continuous contraction, thus having an anthelmintic effect.

4. Treat diarrhea

Pomegranate peel is warm in nature, sweet, sour and astringent in taste. It has the effects of promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, astringing and firming, and stopping diarrhea and bleeding. Pomegranate peel has obvious antibacterial and astringent functions, which can astringe the intestinal mucosa, so it can effectively treat diarrhea, dysentery and other diseases, and has a good inhibitory effect on Shigella dysenteriae and Escherichia coli. So it can treat diarrhea very well.

Do's and Don'ts

Pomegranate peel contains more substances, which can irritate the gastrointestinal mucosa. The total alkali toxicity of pomegranate peel is about 25 times that of pomegranate peel. Toxicity to frogs, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits and cats is movement disorders and respiratory paralysis. The total alkaloids in pomegranate peel have a temporary stimulating effect on the heart, slowing the heartbeat; it has a nicotinic effect on the autonomic nervous system, with 1g/kg causing a slowing of the pulse and an increase in blood pressure, while large doses can significantly speed up the pulse; it has a veratridine-like effect on skeletal muscle.

Do's and Don'ts 2

For diarrhea caused by acute dysentery and acute gastroenteritis, pomegranate peel cannot be used casually to astringe and stop diarrhea.