Sour pomegranate

Sour pomegranate

(compendium)

[synonym] vinegar pomegranate.

[source] it is the sour fruit of pomegranate. See "pomegranate peel" for plant morphology.

[chemical constituents] the seed oil contains garnet acid (Trichosanthes kirilowii acid), estrone, estradiol, β - sitosterol and mannitol.

[pharmacological action] pomegranate seed oil injected into ovariectomized adult female mice or young female mice has estrogen like effect.

Sour and warm.

① Meng Shen: "Wen. "

② Shu materia medica: "according to the book of pictures, it tastes sweet and sour. "

③ "Compendium": "sour, astringent, warm, non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] it is used to treat sliding diarrhea, chronic dysentery, metrorrhagia and diarrhea.

① Meng Shen: "for the treatment of abdominal pain caused by red and white diarrhea, take one and mash it with juice. "

② Materia medica: quench thirst. "

③ Shu materia medica: "according to the book of songs, stop dysentery. "

④ "Compendium": "stop diarrhea, collapse, bring down. "

⑤ According to the diet chart of suixiju: "quench thirst, wake up.". "

⑥ Flora of Guangzhou: "it can cure stomach diseases. "

[usage and dosage] for oral use: mash juice or burn to grind.

[taboo] 1. Bielu: "do harm to people's lungs, do not eat too much.". "

② Meng Shen: "if you eat too much, you will lose your teeth. "

③ "Daily use Materia Medica": "its juice is attached to the diaphragm, forming phlegm, damaging lung qi, and the patient is afraid of food. "

④ Yilin zuanyao: "eat more phlegm, make heat dysentery. "

[formula selection] 1. One vinegar pomegranate is used to treat intestinal dysentery. Break it and burn it with charcoal fire to make the smoke run out. Take it out in a hurry and cover it with a porcelain bowl for a night. After the fire poison comes out, pound it into powder. Take a piece of vinegar pomegranate, one cup of water, and fry the soup to make two daggers. Long time diarrhea is also treated. (heishensan in Shengji Zonglu)

② The treatment of urination can not help but: Bai Pi San Liang (file), pomegranate two (burn for ash, fine research). To apply the medicine, take three large cups of water, boil the cypress peel, take two large cups of juice, remove the dross, and take one small cup of juice and two pieces of pomegranate ash before eating. (Sheng Hui Fang)