Top 20 health benefits of Pomegranate

Pomegranate trees are grown all over India, whereas in western Himalayas, Suleman hills Iran, and Afghanistan, it grows naturally. Based on its taste, 3 types of pomegranate varieties are found. These are sweet, sour, and sweet- sour. Indian pomegranate is sweet and sour, whereas those from Kabul and Kandhar are sweet. One of the varieties of pomegranates found in Kabul found in Kabul is seedless, very juicy and sweet. It is also known as “Bedana Anar seedless pomegranate. This is the best variety. In case of pomegranate, not only the fruit but the whole plant has rich medicinal values. The bud and the fruit have greater medicinal value, than the fruit.

Appearance

Its tree is 10-15 ft tall. The bark is smooth and dark brown in color. Leaves are approximately 2-3 inch long and 2 to 1/4 inch wide. and taper at the ends, Flowers are orange, blood red and sometimes yellow in color. They grow in individually and sometimes in bunches. Fruits are round, with a diameter of approximately 2 inches. The skin of the fruit is shiny, the inside of the fruit has multiple sections. Each section contains multi-cornered seeds. The coating of the seeds is meaty reddish, pinkish or white in color. The plant bears flowers in April-May and fruits in July- October.

Properties

Sweet pomegranate eradicates tridosas, is a thirst quencher and promotes digestion. It is slightly sour and controls diarrhea. It is sticky, viscid, unctuous, and smooth and has adhesive properties. It enhances intellect and energy, is a stabilizer, and increases digestive fire. It cures pain, fever, heart problems, mouth and ear problems.

Sour pomegranate

is arid and effective in curing cough and cold. Sweet and sour pomegranate increases appetite, eradicates vat pitta and is easy to digest.

Bark: It is anthelmintic, and cures loose nation and bleeding diarrhea. It also cures breathing problems.

Unripe fruit: It helps digestion and is nutritive. It increases the appetite cures pitta and controls vomiting

Flower: It controls nasal bleeding (Espistaxis).

Root: It is anthelmintic and is very effective in destroying worms in the body.

Medicinal usage

Nasal Bleeding (Epistaxis)

1. Pomegranate bud which falls off the tree by the wind is analgesic and cures pain. When a few of these buds are put in the nose or the patient is asked to smell the bud, it controls the bleeding from the nose. This is a nod well established treatment for nasal bleeding.
2. Prepare a paste of pomegranate fruit peel with water in which chuara is soaked for some time. Apply this paste on the nose. It heals the swelling. Also, when the dry powder is given to be inhaled, it cures nasal bleeding.
3. Prepare decoction of pomegranate leaves and give to the patient to drink or give 10 ml juice. It helps control nasal bleeding. Prepare paste of pomegranate leaves and apply on the forehead. This also helps control nasal bleeding.

Toothache

1. Take dried flowers of pomegranate and rose plant. Grind them and use the powder to brush the teeth. It cures bleeding gums. Brushing teeth with powder of Pomegranate buds cures bleeding gums.
2. Decoction of pomegranate root can be used to gargle. It helps cure disorders of mouth and gums.
3. Brush the teeth with powder of 8-10 sweet pomegran-1 ate leaves. It prevents loosening and weakening of tooth, cures bleeding and rotten gums and is beneficial in healing the swelling of gums.

 Sleeplessness: Take 20 gm fresh pomegranate leaves and boil them in 400 ml water. When water is reduced to 100 ml, mix warm milk in it and give the patient. It cures physical and mental fatigue and tiredness. It also helps in curing sleeplessness (insomnia).

Stomatitis: Take 25 leaves and fresh gm pomegranate boil them in 400 gm water. When water is reduced to 100 ml, use this water to gargle. It helps cure the boils in the mouth.

Eye disorders

1. Prepare paste of 5-6 pomegranate leaves with water and apply this paste twice a day. You can also wet the leaves and place them over the eyes. It gives relief in case of painful eyes.
2. Take extract of 8-10 fresh pomegranate leaves and let it dry. Sieve it through a fine cloth and store. Using an eyeliner, apply this powder in the eyes, every morning and evening. It helps cure eye disorders like itching, watery eyes, problems in eye lids, boils, etc.

Ear disorders

1. Take 100 ml extract of fresh pomegranate leaves, 400 ml cow urine, and 100 ml sesame oil. Cook all the three on low heat. When only oil is left, strain and store it. Every morning and evening, warm a little amount of this oil and put a few drops in the ears. It helps cure problems like pain, itching, dryness, tinnitus, and deafness.
2. Take equal quantities of extract of pomegranate leaves and bael leaves. Add ghee and medicate it. Give 20 gm of this hot ghee with milk mixed with 250 gm sugar every morning and evening to the patient. It helps cure deafness.

Throat problem

1. Take 1 kg extract of fresh pomegranate leaves and mix with sugar candy and prepare a syrup. Give 20 ml of this syrup 2-3 times a day to the patient. It helps cure voice heaviness/hoarseness, cough, cold and chronic rhinitis.
2. Prepare powder of shade dried pomegranate leaves. Mix honey or jaggery with it and prepare round tab- lets. Keep tablets in mouth and suck them.

Hair problem: Take extract of fresh leaves and mix pulp of 100 gm leaves in it along with 1/2 kg mustard oil. Medicate the oil. Apply this oil on head. It cures baldness and controls hair fall.

Acne: Use this oil to massage the face. It cures acne, patches and black spots on face.

Headache

1. Take 1/2 kg, shade dried pomegranate leaves and 1⁄2 kg dried coriander powder. Grind the two to form fine powder. Add 1 kg wheat flour in it and roast it in 2 kg ghee. On cooling, add 4 kg sugar in it. Give 50 gm of this mixture every morning and evening with warm milk to the patient. It helps cure headache and other such problems.
2. Rub the bark and apply the paste on the forehead. It helps cure headache and migraine pains.

Madness

1. Take 10 gm each of pomegranate leaves and fresh rose flower. In case fresh flowers are not available, take of dried flowers. Cook them in 1/2 litre water gm till water is reduced to half. Add 10 gm ghee and give this mixture to the patient, hot, every morning and evening. It helps cure madness and epilepsy.
2. Give 20 gm decoction of pomegranate leaves with 10 of ghee and 10 gm sugar added in it. It also helps gm cure epilepsy.

Pulmonary Tuberculosis

1. Take 200 gm pomegranate juice and mix 40 gm each of Peepal powder, white cumin seed powder, ginger root powder and cinnamon powder, 10 gm pure saffron, and 200 gm old jaggery. Mix all of them and cook on low heat. When the mixture is thick enough to form tablets, take it off the fire and let it cool. Add 10 gm cardamom powder and mix. Prepare tablets of each. Give 1 tablet every morning and evening gm with goat’s milk.
2. In case of excessive weakness, but with no symptoms of diarrhea or cough, give as much pomegranate juice as the patient can drink.
3. In case of cough, give 2 teaspoonful of pomegranate ark 3-4 times a day.

All these treatments are beneficial for a tuberculosis patient and also cure weakness of the body.

Wrinkled/loosened skin

1. Take equal quantities of pomegranate leaves, peel, flowers, unripe fruits and ripe fruits, and bark of root. Grind them solid and soak them in double the quantity of vinegar and 4 times quantity of rose water. After 4 days, add mustard oil in it and cook the mixture on low heat. When only oil is left, strain the solution and store it in a bottle. Use this oil to mas- sage the breasts every day. It helps tighten the loosened skin around the breast area. People with wrinkled and loosened skin must use this oil to massage.
2. Crush pomegranate leaves to collect 1 kg extract. Mix 1/3 kg sesame oil in it and cook on low heat. When only oil is left, strain the solution and store it in a bottle. Use this oil to massage the body every day. It helps tighten loosened skin.
3. Take 1 kg pomegranate peel and boil it in 4-liter water till water is reduced to 1 liter. Now add 250 gm mustard oil in it (in case almond oil is available, it will have better results). Cook till only oil is left. Use this oil to massage the body every day. It helps tighten the loosened skin. Wrinkles disappear and skin glows.

Cough, Asthma

1. Take 100 gm Anardana (dried pomegranate powder), 50 gm each of ginger root powder, black pepper, peepal, cinnamon, bay leaves, and cardamom. Grind them all to form fine powder. Mix an equal amount of sugar in it. Give 2-3 gm of this mixture with honey, twice a day. It helps cure cough, cold, breathlessness, asthma, heart problems, etc. It helps promote digestive fire, helps as a perfect digestive medicine and is tasty too.
2. Keep the peel of fruit in mouth and suck. It also helps in curing cough.
3. Take 40 gm pomegranate peel, 6 gm each of peepal and Yavakhar. Grind them to form a fine powder. Take 80 gm jaggery and cook it to form syrup. Mix the powder in this syrup and then prepare tablets of 500 mg each from the mixture. Give 2 tablets, thrice a day with warm water to the patient. You can also mix 10 gm black pepper in it for better results.

Heart problems

1. Take 10 gm pomegranate leaves and grind them with 100 ml water. Strain the solution and give to the patient every morning and evening. It helps maintaining the heartbeat.
2. Give 20-25 ml of pomegranate squash every day.
3. Give 6 gm powder of shade dried pomegranate leaves with fresh water to the patient. It cures eczema, blood-related disorders like psoriasis. It also cures dermatoses, burning sensation, stabilizes heartbeat, and heals wounds, ulcers, pitta jwar, and fever due to vata and kapha.

Indigestion, lack of interest in food (anorexia)

1. Take 10 gm juice of well ripe pomegranate fruit, mix equal amounts of roasted cumin seeds and jaggery in it. Give this mixture 2-3 times a day. It cures indigestion.
2. Take 4 parts of shade dried pomegranate leaves pow- der and 1 part rock salt. Grind the two into a fine powder. Give 4 gm of this powder every morning and evening before eating anything else, with water. It helps cure thirst and any type of indigestion.
3. Take equal quantities of pomegranate juice, sesame oil and honey. Take 50 gm of this mixture and add 6 gm cumin seed powder and in it. Keep this mixture 6 gm sugar in mouth and chew it for some time. When the eyes and nose start watering, spit the mixture and again keep 50 gm of mixture in mouth. Repeat this activity 8-10 times in a day. In addition, when there is excessive loss of sugar or any disorder of liver, this treatment helps.
4. Keep 1 gm of sweet-sour pomegranate juice in the mouth and swallow it slowly. Do this 8-10 times. It improves the taste as well as enhance digestive power. It also improves the disinterest in food owing to fever.
5. Give pomegranate juice along with honey. It also improves the disinterest in food owing to fever.

Diarrhea

1. Give 2-3 gm powder of Pomegranate fruit’s peel with water, every morning and evening. It is beneficial in curing diarrhea.
2. Grind fresh pomegranate buds with cardamom seeds and Mastangi. Add sugar to the mixture and prepare a paste. Give this to children. It cures diarrhea in children. It is also beneficial in dysentery.
3. Grind pomegranate fruit along with the peel, and extract its juice. Give 30-50 gm of this juice to the patient. This can also be given with sugar added to it. It controls vomiting due to pitta and is beneficial in curing itching, fatigue and tiredness.
4. Take 1 gm powder of pomegranate bark (fruit or root bark) with equal amount of jayaphal (nutmeg) powder and 250 mg saffron. Mix them all and give it to patient along with honey.

Bleeding diarrhea

1. Take 20 gm of pomegranate fruit and bitter seeds & kutaj. Grind them solid and boil them in 640 gm water till it is reduced to 1/4th. Give this decoction to the patient thrice a day. In case of stiffness in abdomen, It brings immediate relief. mix 30 of mg poppy.
2. Take 160 gm pomegranate juice and 80 gm kutaj. First grind solid kutaj and boil in 640 ml water. When wa- ter is reduced to 1/4th, take it off the fire and strain it. Now add 160 gm of pomegranate juice in it and cook again till the mixture becomes thick like paste. Give 20 gm of this paste to the patient. It cures even severe bleeding disorders.

Worms in stomach/intestine

1. Take 50 gm pomegranate root bark, 6 gm jungle flame seeds, 10 gm vayabidang, and 1.25 liter water. Grind all the ingredients and cook on low flame till the water is reduced to half. Give 50 gm of this mixture after every half an hour to the patient. In case of restless- ness, give castor oil enema to the patient.
2. In case of worms, take 50 gm root bark and grind it solid. Cook it in 2 liter water till it is reduced to half. Give 50 gm of this mixture on empty stomach in the morning and then 4 doses at intervals of half an hour. After 4 doses, give 1 dose of castor oil. In case of children give 10 gm of decoction.
3. Take shade dried pomegranate leaves and grind them into a fine powder. Give 6 gm of this powder in the morning with butter milk (preferably prepared from black cow’s milk) or fresh water. This destroys all the worms and insects in the stomach.
4. Prepare decoction of 10 gm root bark and 6 gm each of indrajau and vayabidang. Give this decoction to the patient.
5. Take 20 gm each of peel of sour pomegranate fruit and mulberry. Boil them in 200 ml water and give this water to the patient.

Jaundice, liver problem

1. Take 250 ml pomegranate juice and mix with 750 gm sugar and prepare a thick syrup. Give this to the patient 3-4 times a day.
2. Take shade dried pomegranate leaves and grind them into a fine powder. Give 6 gm of this powder in the morning with butter milk (prepared from cow’s milk) or cheese made from the same butter milk.

Piles

1. Peel of sweet pomegranate is cool and moist in nature and the peel of sour pomegranate is cold and dry. Hence, these are very useful in treating piles,
2. Prepare 100 gm decoction of pomegranate root and mix 5 gm ginger root powder in it. Give this mixture to the patient 2-3 times a day. It cures.
3. Give 5-10 mg extract of pomegranate leaves morning and evening. It is beneficial in treating bleeding piles.
4. Grind 8-10 pomegranate leaves and form a cake. Roast this in hot ghee and tie it on boils/eruptions due to piles. It relieves from the boils

Blood in vomiting: Give 5-10 mg extract of pomegranate leaves twice a day. It is beneficial in controlling blood in vomiting, blood in diarrhea, burning sensation, addiction, faintness and prevents summer stroke.

Vomiting: Give 10 ml of lukewarm pomegranate juice mixed with 5 gm sugar to the patient. It controls vomiting.

Cholera

1. Take 6 gm green pomegranate leaves. Grind them in 20 ml water and then strain the solution. Now add 20 gm sugar syrup in it. Give this mixture at intervals of 1 hr to the patient, till the patient gets relief. This also helps control vomiting.
2. 10-15 ml of sour pomegranate juice given regularly helps cure cholera.

Prolapse Rectum and Prolapse of Uterus

1. Take 250 gm fresh pomegranate leaves and boil in 1 liter water till water is reduced to half. Strain the solution and give this water 2-3 times a day to the patient to rinse the anus. It cures prolapse rectum
2. When the uterus comes out, this treatment is helpful. Give 6 gm powder of shade dried pomegranate leaves every morning and evening with fresh water to the patient.

Retention of Urine

1. Mix cardamom seed and ginger root pow- der in pomegranate juice and give to the patient.
2. Take 10 gm each of pomegranate leaves and green caltrops and grind the two in 750 ml of water, strain it and give it to the patient.

Abortion

1. Take 20 gm fresh pomegranate leaves grind them in 100 ml water. Strain the solution and give the solution to the pregnant woman. Also, the paste of leaves can be applied on the stomach. It reduces any risk of bleeding during pregnancy and resulting in abortion.
2. Grind 1-2 fresh pomegranate buds in water and give to the woman. It increases the conceiving power and also eradicates leucorrhea.
3. In case heart of pregnant woman is weak, give her sweet pomegranate seeds.
4. In case of any instability during 5th or 6th month of pregnancy, take fresh pomegranate leaves and mix paste of sandalwood, curd and honey in it and give it to the pregnant woman.

Inflammation of the eye lid: From a full-grown pomegranate tree, take its bark and rub it with pomegranate juice. Now rub 1-2 red gunja (Abrus) peel in this juice. Apply this paste on inflammation thrice a day.

Ulcer, wound

1. Collect the fresh pomegranate buds which fall from the tree due to wind and burn these buds. Sprinkle the ash of the buds on the wounds. It dries the wounds fast.
2. Take 50 gm pomegranate leaves and boil them in 1 liter water till water is reduced to 1/4th. Use this water to rinse the wounds. It is beneficial in healing the wounds.
3. Take paste of 8-10 leaves and apply on the wounds. Also give 10-20 gm powder of pomegranate leaves orally.
4. In case of wounds or boils in nose or ears and which are painful too, put 2 drops of root’s decoction on the boil, or wound
5. Sprinkle 5-10 gm. of powder of pomegranate root’s bark on the ulcers and wounds. It is beneficial in healing them fast.

Pain, burning sensation

1. Take 10-12 pomegranate leaves and apply their paste on palms and bottom of toes. It helps relieve the burning sensation.
2. Bath with the decoction of pomegranate leaves, for decoction take 250 gm leaves and boil them in 5 liter water till 4 liter of water is left. Use this water for bathing. It helps cure urticaria.

Itching: Prepare paste of 8-10 fresh leaves of sweet pomegranate and mix it with little amount of mustard oil. Use this mixture to massage. It cures itching.

Typhoid: Take 500 mg decoction of pomegranate leaves and mix rock salt in it. Give this mixture to the patient. It helps cure typhoid fever.

Boils in mouth: Take 10 gm pomegranate leaves and boil in 400 ml water till water is reduced to 1/4th. Use this decoction for gargles. This helps cure stomatitis.

 Malnutrition in children: Take 20-25 gm pomegranate buds; close it in wheat dough and using the putpak method take the extract. Give this extract with milk to the child regularly. It cures dry cough in children.

Pain in nails: Take equal quantities of pomegranate flower, dhamasa and harad. Grind them together and fill the paste inside the nails. It helps cure any foul smell and pain in the nails.

Harmful effect: All types of pomegranates are harmful for cold type of people.

Antidote: For sweet pomegranate- jam of ginger root; for sour Pomegranate- jam of ginger root and sweet pomegranate. For Anardana, its antidote is cumin seed.