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Useful properties of pomegranate
Pomegranate fruits contain vitamins C, B6, B12, and P, fiber, minerals, and trace elements: potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, iodine, iron, manganese, and sodium. Pomegranate juice contains from 8 to 20% sugar (glucose and fructose), up to 10% citric, malic, tartaric, oxalic, boric, succinic and other organic acids, phytoncides, nitrogenous and tannins, ash, tannin, sulfuric acid, chloride, and other salts.
Pomegranate quickly quenches thirst, stimulates appetite, promotes red blood cell formation and hemoglobin production, and is an excellent biogenic stimulant. Pomegranate strengthens the immune system, blood vessel walls, and nervous system.
Pomegranates are recommended for the elderly and those who have undergone surgery.
Pomegranate has disinfectant properties and can be used for infectious diseases as a herbal antiseptic. Studies have shown that pomegranate peel is salvation from intestinal, dysentery, and tuberculosis bacilli.
Pomegranate juice is used as a refreshing agent, as well as a means of improving appetite and normalizing the gastrointestinal tract.
Regular consumption of pomegranate is believed to reduce the risk of breast cancer in women. Pomegranate is also useful for various heart diseases.
Fresh fruits are effective for coughs, sore throats, colds, and malaria, and fight fever. Pomegranates are recommended for anemia and atherosclerosis.
In the case of hypertension, regular consumption of pomegranate fruit gradually reduces blood pressure in hypertensive patients.
Pomegranate juice contains more antioxidants than green tea. It increases hemoglobin levels, and appetite, and regulates stomach function. It serves as an antiseptic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, and even analgesic, so it is useful for kidney and liver diseases and helps the human body resist radiation.
Even pregnant women are recommended to drink pomegranate juice, especially in combination with carrot and beetroot juices.
However, despite all the positive qualities of this fruit, there are also negative ones.
Harmful properties of pomegranate
Pomegranate juice is strictly forbidden to drink in case of stomach ulcers and gastritis with high acidity. You can drink it only diluted with water. It is not recommended to drink pomegranate juice for children under 1 year of age. Pomegranate is contraindicated for those who suffer from constipation, hemorrhoids, and fissures in the anus. You should be careful with the decoctions of pomegranate bark. It contains toxic substances that, in case of overdose, increase blood pressure, and cause cramps, and vomiting. At the first sign, call a doctor.
