Scientific Name: (Punica granatum, Lythraceae Family)
Common Name: Pomegranate
Medicinal Part: The Rind of the Fruit and Bark of the Root
Description: This is a small tree or shrub. The leaves are opposite, entire, smooth and 2-3 inches long. The flowers are large, red, two or three, and nearly sessile (attached directly by its base without a stalk or peduncle). Calyx is five cleft, corolla consists of five much crumpled petals. The fruit is a large pericarp (the part of a fruit formed from the wall of the ripened ovary), quite pleasant in flavor and quite watery. It is Asiatic but has been naturalized in the West Indies and the Southern States.
Properties and Uses: The flowers, bark and rind are astringent and are an ancient remedy for tapeworm. It is an astringent and has been employed as a gargle for throat irritations. Also used for diarrhea and as a vaginal douche.
Dose and Preparation: A teaspoonful of the bark of the root, cut small or granulated to a cup of boiling water. Drink cold one cupful during the day, a large mouthful at a time; of the tincture,, 5-40 min.
Sources: The Herbalist, https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=419&v=2HX-NSQ9hj0&feature=emb_logo