Pomegranate is a kind of natural food suitable for all ages, with rich nutrition. It contains more carbohydrates, B vitamins and trace mineral elements such as vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and potassium, among which the content of vitamin C is 2 times higher than that of apple1~. In addition, it also contains phytochemicals and organic acids, which have health care effects on human body.
Medicinal value of sour pomegranate
1, treating cough and asthma
Acid pomegranate is slightly cool, which can calm the liver and purge fire, and protect lung qi. It is a medicinal material for treating qi deficiency without tuberculosis and asthma. If you mash the skin and cook soup, you can treat diarrhea, urination and chronic dysentery.
Step 2 stop diarrhea
The epidermis of sour pomegranate has obvious bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects, can converge intestinal mucosa and reduce intestinal mucosal secretion, so it has a good therapeutic effect on diarrhea, dysentery and other diseases, and has inhibitory effects on Shigella dysenteriae and Escherichia coli.
3, disinfection, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer
Pomegranate contains flavonoids, tannins, alkaloids, organic acids and other components, which have effects on digestive system and reproductive system, antibacterial, antiviral and antitumor activities, and also has inhibitory effects on eliminating tonsillitis, pharyngolaryngitis, laryngitis, oral trauma, stomatitis and muscle or joint inflammation.
4. Fashionable and healthy fruit
Nowadays, the value of sour pomegranate is higher, because foreign scientists have done more in-depth research on pomegranate and found that it has many functions such as anti-cancer, beauty and reducing the incidence of cardiovascular diseases. Pomegranate has become a fashionable and healthy fruit in Europe and America, and even many beauty products have begun to use pomegranate as raw material.
Edible efficacy of sour pomegranate
After eating, sour pomegranate can promote fluid production, calm the liver, tonify kidney and stomach, stimulate appetite, nourish yin and improve eyesight. Fruit juice is rich in carbohydrates and trace elements, which can replenish glycogen in muscle, trace elements and nutrients lacking in human body in time, and has the functions of antivirus, weight loss and cold prevention.
Avoid eating sour pomegranate.
Patients with gastritis can't eat sour pomegranate, mainly because sour pomegranate contains more acidic components, which will stimulate gastric mucosa and cause inflammatory reaction of gastric mucosa, which is not conducive to the recovery of the disease. Therefore, patients with gastritis are not recommended to eat sour pomegranate.