Botanical Index No. 810

Pomegranate

punica granatum

Medicinal Actions

antiatherogenic effects, Amebicide, Alpha-Amylase Inhibitor, Analgesic, Antiatherogenic, Antibacterial, Antifertility, Antiherpetic, Antioxidant, Antipyretic, Antiseptic, Antitubercular, Antiviral, Astringent, Cardiotonic, CNS-Stimulant, Cytotoxic, Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Fungicide, Hemolytic, Hypocholesterolemic, Hypoglycemic, Lipogenic, Molluscicide, Nematicide, Orexigenic, Parasiticide, Stimulant, Stomachic, Taenicide, Uterotonic, Colic

Primary Conditions Treated

cytotoxic to melanoma hypoglycemic in diabetic rats Abortifacient Aphrodisiac Collyrium Hemostat Vermifuge Acne Ameba Amygdalosis Anorexia Asthma Atherosclerosis Bacteria Biliousness Bleeding Bronchosis Burn Cancer abdomen anus ear genital gum mouth neck stomach throat uterus uvula Cardiopathy Childbirth Cholera Colitis Condyloma Conjunctivosis Corn Cough Dermatosis Diabetes Diarrhea Dysentery Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia Earache Encephalosis Endometriosis Enterosis Epistaxis Fever Fungus Gall Gastrosis Gingivosis Gonorrhea Heartburn Hemophilia Hematuria Hemoptysis Hemorrhoid Hepatosis Herpes High Cholesterol Hyperglycemia Infection Infertility Inflammation Jaundice Keratosis Leukorrhea Malaria Mastosis Melanoma Menorrhagia Metrorrhagia Mycosis Nausea Nephrosis Neurosis Night Sweats Ophthalmia Oxyuriasis Pain Paralysis Parasite Pneumonia Proctosis Prolapse Pterygia Pulmonosis Rhinosis Ringworm Salmonella Scabies Shigella Snakebite Sore Sore Throat Splenosis Stomachache Stomatosis Tapeworm Urogenitosis Uterosis Uvulosis Virus Vomiting Wart Water Retention Whitlow Worm

General Dosage

Fruits are food farmacy; 4–8 g powdered fruit; 5–20 g bark as taenifuge; 1–2 g bark daily; 5–12 g bark in 240 cc water boiled until 1/3 gone, take in 3 hourly doses on empty stomach 2 hours after taking 40 cc castor oil; 250 parts powdered bark in 1500 parts water and boiled for 30 minutes; 4–5 g powdered flower; 7 g flower/300 cc water for inflamed mouth and throat; 1–3 g powdered root; 1–3 g powdered seed bark; 1 part pericarp, root, or stembark:5 parts water.

Safety & Contraindications

Bark class 3. Pericarp class 2d. Contraindicated with diarrhea; not to be taken with fats or oils when taken to kill parasites. “Health hazards not known with proper therapeutic dosages”. Strong doses emetic, nauseant, and vertigogenic. Stronger doses may cause chills, collapse, dizziness, hematemesis, and visual disturbances, possibly even amaurosis and death. Even Mauritians believe the bark should be contraindicated in geriatrics, pediatrics, and pregnancy. Bark class 3. Pericarp class 2d. Contraindicated with diarrhea; not to be taken with fats or oils when taken to kill parasites. “Health hazards not known with proper therapeutic dosages”. Strong doses emetic, nauseant, and vertigogenic. Stronger doses may cause chills, collapse, dizziness, hematemesis, and visual disturbances, possibly even amaurosis and death. Even Mauritians believe the bark should be contraindicated in geriatrics, pediatrics, and pregnancy.

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