Fruits from the genus of shrubs and small trees of the Derbennikov family are called garnets. Shrub or tree reach a height of 5 meters. The branches of the pomegranate are thin and prickly, and the leaves are dense, glossy. The flowers of the pomegranate are orange-red. It refers to heat-loving plants and does not tolerate frost, so in many places the pomegranate bushes cover for winter. The pomegranate lives for about 300 years, and begins to bear fruit from three years. Peak yields occur from 7 years to 40 years. Usually, because of low yields, trees after 50 years are replaced by young trees. There is a wild grenade, but its fruits are bitter and not tasty.
Because of its beneficial properties and taste qualities, garnet is fairly called the fruit king. The fruits of pomegranate in ancient times were used both in medicine and in cosmetology. In medicine, roots, bark, fruit peel, fruit juice are used. Pomegranate juice is used for pain in the stomach, and the skin is used for dysentery. It is necessary to take two tablespoons of crushed rind of pomegranate fruit, pour one cup of boiled water and boil for 15 minutes, strain, add one teaspoon of sugar and a half teaspoon of alcohol. Drink a teaspoon three times a day. For the expulsion of worms in antiquity, the juice of the bark of a pomegranate tree was used.
In modern medicine, the fetal rind is used for enterocolitis - take dried and crushed fruit peel - 20 grams, boil in one glass of water for 30 minutes on low heat. Dissolve the solution and take twice a day in two tablespoons. When using decoctions and infusions from the skin or from a pomegranate fruit, it should be noted that their overdose can cause an intoxication of the body. When there are signs of intoxication like dizziness, nausea, vomiting, convulsions, you need to immediately seek help from a doctor. In addition to the skin in modern medicine, pomegranate juice is widely used. Pomegranate juice is rich in sugars, vitamin C. Apple and citric acid. It is used to improve digestion, as a means of exciting appetite. With diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and with renal colic, sweet garnet juice is used. People suffering from gastritis with low acidity, as well as suffering from diabetes, are prescribed juice of acid garnet varieties. It is recommended to drink three times a day for a glass of pomegranate juice. However, with gastritis with high acidity and stomach ulcers, do not recommend the use of pomegranate juice. Pomegranate juice has an excellent anti-inflammatory effect. Therefore, it is an excellent tool that helps with angina, bronchial asthma, respiratory infections.
When treating angina and stomatitis, use a decoction of pomegranate rind as a rinse. For burns, pomegranate juice is used. It is necessary to moisten the burned area with pomegranate juice diluted with water, then this skin area is sprinkled with powder obtained from dry pericarp. This will help to quickly heal the wound. Systematic use of pomegranate juice normalizes blood pressure, increases hemoglobin. Still juice of a pomegranate use at a conjunctivitis, for the night to drip in eyes on two drops of juice of acid grades of a pomegranate. The use of pomegranate is also widely used in cosmetology. For example, pomegranate lotion is used to care for oily hair. To make a pomegranate lotion, you need one large pomegranate, a lemon, 1 teaspoon of honey and the same amount of carrot juice. In a glass bowl, mix a glass of vodka, honey and carrot juice, add a half lemon juice, mix everything. Squeeze out the juice from the pomegranate, for this you can with effort pomyat it in your hands, and then make a small hole in the peel and drain the finished juice into a glass. Mix the juice with the prepared vodka solution, close the lid tightly and leave it in a dark place to infuse for 10 days. Before washing your head, rub the lotion with a cotton swab into the roots of the hair, wrap the head with a towel for 20 minutes. After washing the head with shampoo and rinse with water with citric acid or vinegar, but 5 liters of water about 1 tablespoon of vinegar or 1 teaspoon of citric acid. Do this procedure for a month.
Pomegranate juice is used to make face masks at home. You need 1 teaspoon of pomegranate juice and a teaspoon of sour cream. Mix these ingredients thoroughly, apply to face and leave for 15 minutes. Then rinse with warm water. This mask is suitable for all skin types. Use pomegranate juice to remove pigmentation spots and freckles, since it has a whitening effect.
Recommend it in the treatment of acne, as it has an astringent, anti-inflammatory effect. But although garnet has many useful properties, it must be taken with caution to people suffering from chronic constipation, hemorrhoids. And just remember that a decoction of bark or roots, pomegranate peel is considered a toxic agent. These broths should be taken in small doses. These are the fruits of the pomegranate, the useful properties of which we need so much.