Pomegranate

Round fruit is almost as big as oranges. Crusty, red, brown or slightly purple. The flesh is composed of red granules. Fresh sweet taste.
Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit crop that comes from Iran. But it has spread in the Mediterranean area. Later also easily found in Southeast Asia and southern PRC. This plant is easy to grow in almost any climate, but spreads in the lowlands to an altitude of 1,000 m above sea level. Although not too picky, but the pomegranate can flourish in dry loose soil.
Recognized three kinds of pomegranates, namely white pomegranate, pomegranate red and purple pomegranate. However, most known as a food and medicine is a red pomegranate. From the first, the pomegranate is already utilized as processed snacks that sometimes a fresh drink. Quite often processed into a cure for various diseases.
That said, all parts of the pomegranate plant can be used as medicine. Starting from the bark, root bark, rind, leaves, seeds and flowers. To use the root bark, usually dried first. While processing the fruit skin can be directly used fresh or after drying.
Efficacy of pomegranate is indeed enormous. Fruit leather is used for the treatment of abdominal pain due to intestinal worms, bowel movements containing blood and mucus (dysentery), chronic diarrhea, bleeding such as bleeding hemorrhoids, vomiting blood, coughing up blood, uterine bleeding, rectal bleeding, rectal prolapse, strep throat, ear inflammation, whitish (leukorea), and abdominal pain.
Root bark and bark are used for intestinal worms, especially tapeworms (taeniasis), cough, diarrhea. Flowers are used to cure gingivitis, bleeding, bronchitis.
Well, the flesh can also be used as a weight loss, intestinal worms, canker sores, sore throat, hoarseness, high blood pressure, frequent urination, rheumatism (arthritis), flatulence. Then the seeds can also be used as a fever-reducing medicine, cough, poisoning and intestinal worms.
Based on research, its skin is many stores alkaloid compounds, among others pelletierin. These compounds are useful for the treatment of intestinal worms. While the impact of fruit or seduhannya useful to stop diarrhea or dysentery. Then, the water decoction of the flowers can be used as an alternative relief toothache.
Besides alkaloids, the root bark, bark and fruit, contained substances tanner. This substance is believed to shrink pores, antiseptic and hemostatic good for whiteness. Likewise, processed pomegranate juice proving other properties.
Pomegranate juice is believed to ward off heart disease and shed fat accumulation. Experiments have been done on lab rats. In addition, antioxidant pomegranate unusually high. Because of that, it can also be used to fend off free radical attacks.
A glass of pomegranate juice contains citric acid, malic acid, glucose, fructose, maltose, vitamins A and C, minerals (calcium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, sodium and potassium) and tannins. Other uses, because the content is very toxic alkaloid pelletierine and cause paralysis tapeworms, roundworms and pinworms. Rind and bark are also strong astringent that is used for the treatment of diarrhea.
Pomegranate juice is very easy to make. Live apart and take part beans wrapped in bacon webbed. Enter the pulp and seeds into a juicer or a juice maker. After the strain and fresh pomegranate juice ready to drink. One medium pomegranate could generate half a glass of juice. (Various sources).
If you want to save the juice for long-term use, can be stored with a specific process. The trick, dibeklukan juice and stored in an airtight container. Juice can be stored in the refrigerator and can last up to several weeks. (Various)sources)