Is dried pomegranate peel a traditional Chinese medicine? What's the use?
Yes, dried pomegranate peel is a traditional Chinese medicine. Pomegranate peel is the peel of pomegranate, a deciduous shrub or small tree of pomegranate family. It tastes sour and astringent, warm in nature, and enters the stomach and intestines. It has the effects of astringing intestines, stopping diarrhea, killing insects, etc., and can treat the following diseases: yellow sore: pomegranate peel10g, cortex phellodendri and dried alum 5g each, which are baked and ground into fine powder, and mixed evenly. Mix sesame oil into paste and apply it evenly to the affected area once a day. Dyspepsia: 50 grams of fresh pomegranate peel, 30 grams of fresh yam, and 0/0 gram of chicken's gizzard-membrane are mashed into mud, applied to Shenque point, covered with gauze, fixed with adhesive tape, and changed once every 24 hours. Diarrhea: 30g of pomegranate peel, 20g of halloysitum rubrum, 0g of nutmeg10g, and 0g of ephedra10g. Grind and mix well. Mix vinegar into paste, apply it to navel, and fix it with adhesive tape once a day. Mouth sores: Pomegranate peel is carbonized and ground, borneol is mixed evenly, and sesame oil is applied to the affected area twice a day. Ascaris lumbricoides: 25g pomegranate rind and 0/0g neem rind/kloc-0, decocted in water, and taken with brown sugar. One dose a day, twice a day, before meals. Hemorrhoids: Pomegranate peel and Sophora japonica are carbonized, ground into fine powder and mixed evenly, and the water is flooded into pills. Take 6 grams with boiling water every time, twice a day. Hematocrit in stool: Pomegranate and Sanguisorba officinalis are carbonized, ground into fine powder, and mixed with panax pseudo-ginseng. Take 9 grams each time, with boiling water, three times a day. Rectum: 30g pomegranate peel, 20g gallnut, 0/2g Cimicifuga rhizome15g alum15g, decocted in water, smoked and washed the affected area. Once in the morning and once in the evening, 20 minutes each time. Burn and scald: Grind pomegranate peel and lotus root charcoal into fine powder and mix well. Mix sesame oil into paste and apply it to the affected area 2 ~ 3 times a day. Otitis media: Pomegranate peel is baked and ground into powder, and a little borneol is added. Wash the pus in the ear with hydrogen peroxide, dry it with a sterile cotton swab, and blow a little powder into the ear once a day. Psoriasis: Pomegranate peel, Mylabris, and Alum are ground and mixed evenly, mixed with sesame oil and applied to the affected area twice a day. Uterine prolapse: 30 grams of pomegranate peel, 30 grams of Astragalus membranaceus, 6 grams of gallnut and alum each, decocted and washed outside. 30 minutes each time, once in the morning and once in the evening. Sprain: pomegranate peel, rhubarb, safflower, Ligusticum Chuanxiong and bletilla striata are equally divided, ground into fine powder and evenly mixed, and applied to the affected area once a day.