Pomegranate is shaped like a tumor and has seeds in its peel. When the fruit is ripe in autumn, it is harvested and eaten, and the taste is generally sour and sweet. The bright pomegranate is as red as agate and as white as crystal, which is very attractive. Pomegranate tastes sweet and slightly sour when eaten fresh, and it is also cool and delicious when processed into drinks. Pomegranate is not only rich in nutrition, but also rich in color. Pan Yue, a Jin Dynasty man, wrote in Pomegranate Fu that "Pomegranate is a wonderful tree in the world and a famous fruit in nine continents", and "it is gorgeous and bright, bright and shiny, saturated with flavor and overflowing with fragrance". The color, fragrance, taste and shape of pomegranate are fascinating and mouth-watering.
Pomegranate has a long history in China. At present, there are about 70 varieties, divided into two categories: ornamental and edible. Pomegranate is particularly rich in nutrition and contains many nutrients needed by human body. Fruit contains vitamins C and B, organic acids, sugar, protein, fat and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and potassium. According to the analysis, pomegranate fruit contains carbohydrate 17%, water 79% and sugar 13 ~ 17%, among which vitamin C content is twice as high as that of apple, while fat and protein content are less. Fruits are mainly eaten fresh and can also be made into excellent drinks.
In addition, pomegranate juice contains a variety of amino acids and trace elements, which has the functions of helping digestion, resisting gastric ulcer, softening blood vessels, lowering blood fat and blood sugar, lowering cholesterol and so on. It can prevent coronary heart disease, heart disease and hypertension, and has the effects of invigorating stomach, refreshing mind, stimulating appetite and prolonging life, and has a miraculous effect on alcoholics.
Pomegranate is a treasure, and its skin, roots and flowers can be used as medicine. Its peel contains malic acid, tannin, alkaloids and other components. According to related experiments, pomegranate peel has obvious bacteriostatic and astringent effects, which can make intestinal mucosa converge and reduce the secretion of intestinal sticky wax, so it can effectively treat diarrhea, dysentery and other diseases, and has a good inhibitory effect on Shigella and Escherichia coli. In addition, pomegranate peel contains alkaline substances, which have insect repellent effect; Pomegranate flower has the function of stopping bleeding, and pomegranate flower soaking and washing eyes has the function of improving eyesight.
Ruby pomegranate is rich in minerals, with two major antioxidant components-pomegranate polyphenols and anthocyanins, as well as linoleic acid, vitamins C, B6, E and folic acid. The extracts of minerals such as calcium, magnesium and zinc contained in pomegranate can quickly replenish skin moisture loss and make skin brighter and softer.
◆ Medical value
Pomegranate can delay aging.
Researchers at Israel Institute of Engineering and Technology found that pomegranate contains high levels of antioxidants, which can delay aging, prevent atherosclerosis and slow down the progress of cancer. Pomegranate wine and pomegranate juice are of great benefit to human body. This discovery provides a scientific basis for the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of pomegranate and its products for the first time.
The content of flavonoids in both freshly squeezed fruit juice and fermented pomegranate wine is higher than that in red wine. Flavonoids can neutralize oxygen free radicals that induce diseases and aging in human body. The researchers also noticed that the content of pomegranate acid in polyunsaturated oil extracted from dried pomegranate seeds was as high as 80%. This is a very unique and effective oxidant, which can be used to resist human inflammation and the destruction of oxygen free radicals.
Researchers say that arteriosclerosis, aging and cancer are all long-term and slow development processes. If you can insist on drinking pomegranate wine or pomegranate juice in moderation from the age of 20 or even earlier, it will be of great benefit to your health and longevity.
Pomegranate juice can prevent heart disease.
Aviram, a professor at the Israeli Academy of Engineering, published his latest research results on the effects of fruit juice on cardiovascular diseases in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. He said pomegranate juice is better than red wine in preventing and treating heart disease caused by arteriosclerosis. Usually, cholesterol in the body is oxidized and deposited, which will lead to arteriosclerosis and cause heart disease. Aviram's research confirmed that if you drink 2-3 cups of pomegranate juice every day, after two weeks of treatment, the oxidation process can be slowed down by 40% and the deposited oxidized cholesterol can be reduced. Even if pomegranate juice is stopped, this magical effect can last for a month. He asserted that the clinical effect of pomegranate juice on cardiovascular disease was extraordinary. Aviram's initial experiments were carried out on mice. He asserted that this kind of mice in the stage of artificial arteriosclerosis appeared arteriosclerosis injury after drinking pomegranate juice 1 1 week.
In the subsequent human artery experiment, he found that the limited components contained in pomegranate juice not only reduced the process of cholesterol oxidation, but also reduced the retention and deposition of low-density lipoprotein to the lowest level. The bright pomegranate is as red as agate and as white as crystal, which is very attractive. Pomegranate tastes sweet and slightly sour when eaten fresh, and it is also cool and delicious when processed into drinks.
Pomegranate peel is medicine.
Bright pomegranate, red as agate and white as crystal, is very lovely.
Pomegranate is fresh, sweet and sour, and it is also cool and delicious when processed into beverage. Pan Yue, a native of A Jin, praised pomegranate for "quenching thirst and stopping drunkenness" in "An Pomegranate Fu". There are also many records of its medicinal use in medical books of past dynasties, and it is still used as medicine today. A folk sour pomegranate was chewed and swallowed with his son to treat indigestion.
Treat aphtha and oral ulcer by breaking sour pomegranate lotus seeds, soaking them in boiling water, filtering and cooling, and washing them several times a day. It is also suitable for halitosis and sore throat.
Pomegranate is calcined into charcoal, ground into fine powder, mixed with appropriate amount of white sugar, and taken with boiling water, 6 grams a day, taken twice, for the treatment of hemorrhoids and hematochezia. It's a pity that people eat pomegranate and throw away the peel. Because pomegranate peel is the main medicinal part of pomegranate, it is warm and sour, and has the effects of expelling insects, astringing and stopping diarrhea.
In ancient times, Qianjin's prescription for treating dysentery was to mash sour pomegranate, pericarp and seeds to get juice, add tea and ginger, and decoct them together to treat chronic dysentery of deficiency-cold type. 30 grams of pomegranate peel and 30 grams of hawthorn for modern folk use. For chronic diarrhea, if you persist for a long time, you can also take it with pomegranate peel 15g water, add appropriate amount of brown sugar, and take it twice before meals. Or bake pomegranate peel and grind it into powder, add appropriate amount of brown sugar and mix well, and take 6 grams of rice soup every morning; Or decoct pomegranate peel 15g and sorghum flower 6g twice. Please note that pomegranate peel can not be used to stop diarrhea caused by acute dysentery and acute gastroenteritis.
Pomegranate peel can also be used to repel insects. 15g pomegranate rind and 9g betel nut are decocted together to treat ascariasis and taeniasis. Soak 45g pomegranate rind in a large bowl of warm water for12hr, filter and fry into half a bowl. Take half in the morning on an empty stomach, half in half an hour, and then take 10 g sodium sulfate every half an hour, which has certain effect on expelling tapeworms. Please note that when pomegranate peel is used to repel insects, only salt laxatives such as magnesium sulfate or sodium sulfate can be used, and castor oil cannot be used as a laxative to avoid poisoning.