Sweet pomegranate

Sweet pomegranate

(materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

[synonym] Tianjiang (Youyang Zazu) and ganpomegranate (Gangmu).

[source] it is a sweet fruit of pomegranate. See "pomegranate peel" for plant morphology.

[chemical constituents and pharmacological effects] see "sour pomegranate".

[flavor] sweet, sour, astringent, warm.

① Bielu: "it tastes sour and sweet. "

② "Diannan Materia Medica": "it tastes sour and astringent. "

③ "Gangmu": "sweet, sour, astringent, warm, non-toxic. "

[function indications] it can produce fluid, quench thirst and kill insects. Treatment of pharyngeal dryness, thirst, insect accumulation, long dysentery.

① Bielu: "the main throat is dry and thirsty. "

② "Diannan Materia Medica": "it can cure muscle and bone pain, limb weakness, insect, dysentery, throat pain and swelling, tooth bed bleeding, gallbladder fever and eyesight. "

[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 formed by the diaphragm. It is harmful to lung qi, and the patient should not eat. "

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