BALAUSTIA

granado punica granatu

BALAUSTIA
granado punica granatu

Other Names:

Balaustia, Magraner, Pomogranado.

In the Egyptian tombs of more than four millennia ago, have found remains of grenades. They were also appreciated by the people of Israel. The Greeks regarded as the symbol of love and fertility. Not for nothing the pomegranate tree was dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite by the alleged aphrodisiac virtues of fruit. Dioscorides, in the first century of our era, and recommended the root of the pomegranate "to expel the worms widths of the belly", referring no doubt to tapeworms. However, until 1800 years later, was no longer used against intestinal parasites. The Phoenicians brought it to West Asia to the Mediterranean, and Romans, and later the Arabs, it spread to all the countries of southern Europe. The Spanish introduced it in America, where it spread throughout the continent.

Habitat: originating in Persia and grown in Mediterranean countries and on the American continent, from California to Argentina and Chile. You can find asilvestrados trees, which grow where the birds deposit their seeds with excrement, after eating the fruit.

Description: tree of the family of Punicáceas, which reaches 4 meters in height. Notable for its beautiful flowers and unmistakable bright red, with the cup open. Its fruit is the singular grenade.

Used parts: the bark of the tree (especially that of its stem) flowers and fruits (grenades)

Properties and indications: the bark of the root, and a lesser proportion of the trunk and branches, contain several alkaloids, the most important of which is the pelletierina, as well as tannin; glycosides action astringent, and bromides. Its ownership is the key worming ago expel worms that feed the human gut, with special effectiveness in the event of a tapeworm or lonely.

The bark of the pomegranate, particularly that of its roots, its action should the alkaloids it contains. But if administered in isolation these active ingredients, are produced toxic effects on the body, similar to those produced by nicotine or curare: tremors and muscle paralysis, the same effects that should produce about worms, thus allowing their expulsion through the anus.

Instead, it is interesting to note that those same alkaloids, mixed with tannin and other substances that form the crust of the pomegranate, are well tolerated, and its toxic effects are negligible. The same phenomenon occurs with many other plants, so it is preferred, whenever possible, managing the plant and not only extracts of substances believed to be more active. The action of healing plants, is due to the wise combination of its components, and not an isolated principle.

The rind of the fruit and its internal walls also provide some action worming, although lower than that of the root or bark of the tree. Has been the case of a person the next day having eaten a few grenades with their walls, a worm expels intestinal unintentionally or wait for him.

The flowers and the bark of the fruit (pomegranate) are slightly astringent and diuretic. They are listed in the following cases:

Diarrhea, gastroenteritis and colitis, taken in infusion.

Inflammation of the gums (gingivitis) and connective tissue that holds the teeth in the jaw (parodontosis or periodontitis) Its infusion is applied in mouthwash, and you can get it strengthen the teeth loose.

Pharyngitis and tonsillitis in gargarismos.

Leucorrhea (vaginal discharge white) is applied in vaginal irrigations.

Use: maceration half liter of water for 24 hours, from 60 to 90 grams of dried root bark; the next day it does boil over a low heat until the liquid is reduced by half; takes divided into 2 or 3 days, morning fasting; can be sweetened with honey or flavored with essence of mint; for school - age children, simply put 20 - 30 grams of bark; should take a laxative tea a couple of hours after each takes. In infusion of flowers, 20 to 30 grams. per liter of water, you can add the rind of a pomegranate per liter, ate at a rate of one tablespoon each hour, the duration of the diarrhea.

Externally, in mouthwashes and gargarismos with the same infusion of flowers with pomegranate rind that for internal use. Also in vaginal washings or irrigations with this infusion either filtered.

Cautions: the bark of the roots of the pomegranate should not be given to the subjects weak or nervous, to infants and pregnant women not to exceed the dose indicated.

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