Upset stomach is an extremely unpleasant condition, from which no one is safe. Today, there are many effective drugs for treating diarrhea. However, many people prefer to use traditional medicine, abandoning the "chemistry". If you are a supporter of alternative medicine, we recommend that you pay attention to the beneficial properties of pomegranate peels. They help to quickly and effectively normalize stool. Decoctions and infusions, as well as alcohol tinctures, are prepared from them.
Useful properties of pomegranate
Pomegranate is the oldest fruit that people have for several thousand years not only eat, but also actively use for medicinal purposes. Long before scientists completely studied the composition and all biochemical properties of fruits, they began to be used as a medicine. Many old folk recipes that are used by modern healers, as the main ingredient in their composition contain components of ripe fruits.
Contrary to popular belief, not only freshly squeezed juice or grains are useful for the body, but also processed and prepared pomegranate peels. From diarrhea they are used. An average of 25 to 50% of the volume and weight of the ripe fruit is the peel. For the preparation of a therapeutic agent, usually one medium-sized pomegranate is enough. It should be noted that the chemical composition of grains and pomegranate peels are different. Juicy grains contain mainly amino acids, vitamin complexes and a large amount of iron. In folk medicine, pomegranate peels are valued for other reasons.
Useful properties of pomegranate peels and composition
The composition of the peel of these healthy fruits includes a huge amount of healthy substances. Among them:
- Tannins. One of the simplest and at the same time very effective complex producing astringent and anti-inflammatory effect. It is thanks to him that decoctions from pomegranate peels from diarrhea are widely used by doctors, and for various reasons of indigestion and intestines, including infectious diseases, which are accompanied by severe inflammation and irritation of the mucous membranes.
- Bioflavonoids. Bioactive complex substances that are extremely rare in food, but at the same time they are necessary for our body. Scientists have proved that bioflavonoids are especially effective in combination with vitamin C or ascorbic acid, as they enhance their effect. These substances are similar in their properties to vitamins of group P, but are much faster absorbed.
- Polyphenols These substances are distinguished by useful properties that are not yet fully understood. However, it is known that they are very valuable and quite rare. Polyphenols are part of the pomegranate peel. They protect the fruits from the negative effects of the environment. Once in the body, these substances inhibit the activity of pathogenic bacteria and microorganisms, remove toxic substances, reduce the aging process and cell destruction, activate recovery and natural regeneration.
- Catechins. They are found much more in some varieties of pomegranate than in green tea. These substances are necessary to normalize metabolism, strengthen the walls of capillaries. Thanks to these properties, catechins eliminate edema and other congestion, normalize the motility of the digestive tract.
- Ellagic acid. According to the results of numerous studies, this component is one of the most effective natural remedies that prevent the risk of developing cancer cells. In addition, this acid is a powerful antioxidant that is able to quickly remove free radicals from the body and reduce the negative effects of radiation.
- Several groups of alkaloids that are used as an effective anthelmintic.
- As in the seeds of these fruits, the crusts contain vitamins, mineral complexes and trace elements.
The effectiveness of pomegranate peels
Does pomegranate help with diarrhea? Water infusion can cure many serious infectious diseases, removes pathogenic microorganisms in a very short time:
- Salmonellosis, typhoid fever, dysentery, cholera recede within six hours after the start of taking pomegranate with diarrhea. This allows you to prevent the epidemic factor in crowded places. It is equally important in cases where the child attends school, kindergarten or has a rest in the camp.
- An intestinal and stomach ulcer, dysbiosis, and colitis are serious diseases that are often accompanied by diarrhea. The useful properties of pomegranate peels allow you to completely normalize the stool with regular use of the decoction for a week and a half.
- Dietary fiber of the fruit by the body is not absorbed by the body, but they can remove all harmful substances.
- During pregnancy, a decoction of the pomegranate peel from diarrhea, which future mothers often suffer at the beginning of pregnancy, does not allow iron deficiency, as well as the occurrence of anemia. But in this case, it should be borne in mind that the peel contains alkaloids, for this reason an overdose of the drug is unacceptable and is a contraindication during pregnancy.
Harvesting raw materials
To always have a remedy on hand, you can dry pomegranate peels. In this case, infusion or decoction can be prepared at any time. When choosing pomegranates, the following recommendations should be considered:
- Get the fruit with a slightly dried peel.
- Its immaturity is indicated by the smooth surface of the peel, such a fruit does not have a therapeutic effect.
- Grenade should be tight to the touch. Beginning to deteriorate will be soft.
- The place where the flower is located should break up into segments and be dry.
How to peel pomegranate? After choosing a fetus, it should be washed well with a brush in hot water. Now you can start to clean it. First cut off the top with a knife. Make several longitudinal cuts, focusing on the segments of the fetus. Pour cold water into a deep basin and clean the pomegranate under water. All the crusts will emerge, and the grains will sink to the bottom.
Flip the grains into a colander, and collect the peel. It is important to carefully clean the inner white layer from it. It is very bitter, does not contain useful components and does not have medicinal properties. In addition, you do not need partitions. Crusts are cut into small pieces and dried. There are two ways to do this.
First way
Spread white paper or cloth in a well-ventilated place in advance, spread the crusts out of the reach of direct sunlight. They must be agitated regularly so that they dry evenly.
Second way
Preheat the oven to +50 ° C. Place the raw materials on a baking sheet and dry it for half an hour. For this purpose, you can use a vegetable dryer. When the crusts become fragile, they should be crushed and stored in a glass jar with a tightly closed lid.
Pomegranate peels for diarrhea: recipes
Traditional healers keep many ancient recipes for using the peel of these fruits. Below we describe how to brew pomegranate peels, consider some recipes. Pomegranate peels can be prepared in several ways.
Powder
Medicinal raw materials can not only be dried - many make powder from pomegranate peels. Decoctions and infusions are prepared from diarrhea from it. In this form, the raw materials are stored for a long time. Grind dry crusts with a blender and pour into thick paper bags. Keep it in a dry place.
Infusions: method number 1
The infusion of pomegranate peels is prepared very simply. Fresh, just removed from the fruit peels, pour 250 ml of boiling water and let them brew until a burgundy saturated shade. You can not filter the infusion, because with this method of preparation, it does not form. The resulting volume is drunk in one go. You can brew the peel again.
Method number 2
Many people know how to make dry pomegranate peel when there is no way to get fresh. This will require a handful of dried raw materials, which are poured with boiling water (200 ml). Close the container with a lid and leave at room temperature until it cools completely.
Method number 3: using a thermos
How to brew pomegranate peels in a thermos? Dry powder is more suitable for this. Pour one spoonful (tea) of raw materials into a thermos and pour boiling water (250 ml) for half an hour.
With intestinal viruses and appendicitis, the infusion is not filtered and taken half the daily dose. If, after fifteen minutes, the diarrhea stopped, the body began to regain strength, the patient felt relief, the drug was stopped. If there is no improvement, the remainder of the medicine is taken after three hours.
With dysbiosis, intestinal and stomach ulcers, accompanied by frequent diarrhea, a longer treatment is required. Infusion is taken 25 ml before meals four times a day for a week.
Decoctions
And now we will consider how to cook pomegranate peels from diarrhea in the form of a decoction. Put one spoonful (teaspoon) of dry peels in an enameled container, pour them with warm water (200 ml) and send them to a water bath for a quarter of an hour. The drug should be infused for an hour. Filter the composition and take 30 ml twenty minutes before meals.
There is another way: pour two tablespoons (teaspoons) of powder into 300 ml of water and put in a water bath for 10 minutes. Cool to 40 ° C.
Alcohol tincture
Pomegranate effectively helps against diarrhea in the form of alcohol tinctures. For this, fresh peel is thoroughly crushed with a knife and 2 tablespoons (tablespoons) of prepared raw material are filled with 200 ml of vodka. The container must be tightly closed with a lid and let the composition brew for two weeks in a dark and warm place. After this time, tincture is filtered. Take it in 5 drops, diluted in a tablespoon of water in the morning and evening.
This tool is not recommended for use by pregnant and lactating mothers, as well as children.
Treating children
With diarrhea in children, dehydration develops quite quickly. The main task of doctors and parents is to prevent this. Pomegranate as a remedy for diarrhea can be used in the treatment of children (with the exception of alcohol tinctures). In order not to worsen the condition of the baby, it is necessary to consult a pediatrician and, having received his approval, prepare a medicine.
To do this, 25 grams of dry pomegranate peels are crushed in a coffee grinder, pour the powder into a thermos, pour boiling water (200 ml) and leave for 3 hours. Then carefully filtered. In the treatment of a child, it is very important to observe the dosage and the regimen of taking this remedy. Parents should check with their doctor. Usually, babies up to a year old are given a teaspoon three times a day. Children from one year to twelve should take a teaspoon 5 times a day.
Depending on the condition of the baby, the characteristics of his body, the doctor can change both the dosage and the schedule for taking the infusion.
Recommendations
Since the infusion of pomegranate peels has a sour and astringent taste, a small child may refuse to drink it. Therefore, parents will have to cheat a little. In the syringe (without a needle), draw the required dose of decoction and pour into the baby’s cheek, hold the nose so that he swallows the medicine. After that, you can give him a drink of water.
Diarrhea in a child, as a rule, is cured after one intake of infusion from the crusts. The minerals included in its composition normalize the alkaline and water balance, and flavonoids increase immunity.
Pomegranate peels during pregnancy
Expectant mothers, especially in the first half of pregnancy, also quite often encounter this unpleasant problem. You can also prepare a decoction of pomegranate crusts with diarrhea in this crucial period in a woman’s life.
Grind 25 grams of dry pomegranate peels, fill them with hot water (200 ml) and place for half an hour in a water bath. Then filter the composition and add a tablespoon to a glass of water or tea. This remedy should be taken no more than twice a day until the symptoms of the disease disappear.
Side effects
An overdose of drugs based on pomegranate peels can cause:
- bouts of nausea;
- vomiting
- violation, and sometimes complete loss of appetite;
- skin rashes.
An independent increase in the course of treatment can also cause negative consequences. Long-term use of tannins can cause:
- atrophy of the intestinal mucosa and stomach;
- digestion disorder;
- congestion in the stomach of food.
It is strictly forbidden to use a decoction of pomegranate crusts for enema - this procedure contributes to the development of constipation and the appearance of anal fissures due to overdrying of tissues.
Contraindications
Despite the many positive properties of such drugs, not everyone can use pomegranate for diarrhea. Contraindications to their use are:
- Individual intolerance.
- Kidney disease during exacerbation.
- Some liver diseases, including hepatitis.
- Cracks in the anus, hemorrhoids.
- Internal bleeding.
Infusions and decoctions of pomegranate peels should not be taken in combination with antihistamines, and also if diarrhea is a symptom of a serious digestive tract pathology.
If the disorder is accompanied by high fever, bouts of vomiting, intestinal colic, then you should abandon the treatment of diarrhea with pomegranate peels. Infusions, tinctures and decoctions from the peels of these fruits are an effective remedy that can solve the problem of mild diarrhea. You need to know that self-treatment of this disease with the help of traditional medicine can be carried out no more than two days. In the absence of a positive result, you must urgently seek medical help. After the necessary studies, the specialist will prescribe treatment with medications.