Stem plant
Punicaceae, pomegranate tree.
Medicinal drug
- Granati cortex – Garnet bark: the bark of the root, stem and thicker branches of L. PH 4 – no longer officinal.
- Granati pericarpum – pomegranate peels.
- Granati flos – pomegranate flowers
- Granati semen – pomegranate seeds (kernels)
Preparations
- Pressed juice
- Pressed oil from the seeds
- Punicae granati seminis pulvis
Ingredients
- Tannins
- Mucilage
- Resin
- Polyphenols
Effects
- Astringent: astringent and tanning.
- Antioxidant (juice)
Fields of application
- As an astringent
- Juice as antioxidant
- In folk medicine, for example, as an aphrodisiac.
- For food supplementation
Dosage
Juice, juice concentrate
