description: this product is the dried pericarp of punica granatum L., a pomegranate family plant. Collect the pericarp and dry it in the sun after the fruit matures in autumn.

Alias: pomegranate shell, sour pomegranate peel, pomegranate acid shell, sour pomegranate peel and pomegranate peel

Drug category: not yet classified

Taste and meridian tropism: sour, astringent and warm. Enter the large intestine meridian.

Functions and indications: astringing intestine to stop diarrhea, stopping bleeding and expelling worms. Used for chronic diarrhea, chronic dysentery, bloody stool, proctoptosis, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, and abdominal pain caused by insect accumulation.

usage and dosage: 3 ~ 9g.

storage: in a cool and dry place.

Clinical application:

1. Treatment of malignant furuncle (Behind the Elbow): acupuncture on the side, pomegranate skin with sores, roasting on the sides of the face, still applying pomegranate bundles to the pain, urgent wrapping, staying overnight, and even rooting out.

2. Treatment of scald caused by fire in soup (Guizhou Herbal Medicine): appropriate amount of pomegranate peel is ground, and sesame oil is applied to the affected area.

3. Treatment of psoriasis (Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicine in Shandong Province): The pomegranate peel is dipped in very fine alum powder and rubbed on the affected area, which is slightly painful at first rubbing.

4. Treatment of tapeworm and ascariasis (Manual of Chinese Herbal Medicine in Shandong Province): pomegranate peel and areca nut are divided into equal parts, and ground into fine powder. Take 6 (for children) twice a day for two days.

5. Treatment of proctoptosis (Edited by Medical Banknotes): Pomegranate peel, Chenbi soil, a little alum, strong frying, fumigation and washing, and gallnut stir-frying and grinding.