The fruit is round almost as big as oranges. Hard-skinned, red, brown or slightly purple. Flesh is composed of red granules. Fresh sweet taste.
Pomegranate (punica granatum) is a plant fruits that come from Iran. But he has spread in the Mediterranean area. Recently also been easily found in Southeast Asia and southern China. This plant grows easily in almost any climate, but the spread in the lowlands to an altitude of 1,000 m above sea level. Although not so choose, but the pomegranate can be grown abundantly in the dry loose soil.
Known three kinds of pomegranates, namely white pomegranate, pomegranate pomegranate red and purple. However, the most well known as food and medicine is ruby red. From the first, the pomegranate is already used as a confectionary that is sometimes processed into fresh drinks. Not infrequently processed into a cure for various diseases.
That said, all parts of the pomegranate plant can be used as a drug. Starting from the bark, root bark, fruit peels, 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. Rind is used for the treatment of abdominal pain due to intestinal worms, bowel movements containing blood and mucus (dysentery), chronic diarrhea, hemorrhoids bleeding such as bleeding, vomiting blood, coughing blood, uterine bleeding, rectal bleeding, rectal prolapse, sore throat, sore ears, whitish (leukorea) and abdominal pain.
Skin the roots and bark are used for intestinal worms, especially tapeworms (taeniasis), cough, diarrhea. Flowers used to treat gingivitis, bleeding, bronchitis.
Well, 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-lowering drugs, cough, poisoning and intestinal worms.
Based on research, which many of its roots leather store 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 an alternative reliever toothache.
Apart from alkaloids in the root bark, bark and fruit, contained substances tanner. This substance is believed to shrink pores, antiseptic and hemostatic good for white. Likewise, processed fruit juices pomegranate as proving the efficacy of the other.
Pomegranate juice is believed to ward off heart disease and shed the fat deposition. Experiments have been conducted on lab rats. In addition, pomegranates contain antioxidants that are unusually high. Therefore, 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 alkaloid content pelletierine highly toxic and causes paralysis tapeworms, roundworms and pinworms. The skin of fruit and bark is also a strong astringent that is used for the treatment of diarrhea.
Creating pomegranate juice is very easy. Living apart and take part beans wrapped in flesh webbed. Enter the fruit flesh and seeds into the juicer or a juice maker. After that filter and fresh pomegranate juice ready to drink. One medium pomegranate could produce half a glass of juice. (Various sources).
If you want to save the juice for long-term use, can be stored with a particular process. Way, dibeklukan juice and stored in an airtight container. Juice can be stored in the refrigerator and can last up to several weeks. (Various sources)
For body slimming
The slim and supple body every woman's dream. exercise and diet can help, but you also can take another path. Beat 4 pieces of white pomegranate was young until smooth. Mix one cup of boiled water. Strain and give a little salt. Prepare this mixture in the afternoon and drink in the morning. Do it twice a week.
For body slimming
Take 3 pieces of pomegranate that is still young, mash until smooth. Brewed with warm water, give a little salt, then filtered through a single glass.
Drink this mixture every morning for a week in a row. In this way the weight will come down and the body to be slim. Stop drinking this potion when your body is slim, so as not to become emaciated.