The Benefits of Drinking Pomegranate Peel Tea
Jan 09, 2025
Source: Cainiu Health
Dr. Zhang Xiuhong
Introduction
Pomegranate peel has an astringent and sour taste and possesses astringent properties that can check diarrhea by reducing intestinal motility. It is commonly used in the treatment of prolonged diarrhea and dysentery. By preparing it as a water infusion, it can help alleviate symptoms such as loose stools and fecal incontinence caused by chronic diarrhea or dysentery due to spleen deficiency. This is achieved through its intestinal astringent effect, which reduces intestinal peristalsis and assists in restoring normal digestive and absorptive functions of the gastrointestinal tract. Additionally, pomegranate peel has anthelmintic properties, preventing parasites from adhering to the intestinal wall and thus facilitating their expulsion from the body.
Drinking pomegranate peel steeped in water generally offers effects such as astringent intestines to stop diarrhea, killing parasites to relieve itching, hemostasis through astringency, controlling spermatorrhea and nocturnal emission, and promoting digestion.
1. Astringent intestines to stop diarrhea
Pomegranate peel, being sour and astringent, can effectively check diarrhea by astringing the intestines and is commonly used for treating chronic diarrhea and dysentery. When steeped in water, it helps reduce intestinal peristalsis by constricting the intestines, alleviating symptoms such as loose stools and incontinence caused by chronic diarrhea or unresolved dysentery due to spleen deficiency, thereby assisting the intestines in restoring normal digestive and absorptive functions.
2. Killing parasites to relieve itching
Pomegranate peel has the effect of killing parasites, preventing them from adhering to the intestinal wall and thus aiding their expulsion from the body. It can help improve symptoms such as abdominal pain and weight loss caused by parasitic infections. Additionally, when used externally as a wash or applied as residue after being steeped in water, it may be used to treat skin conditions like scabies, eczema, and other pruritic diseases, offering a certain degree of itch relief.
3. Hemostasis through astringency
Pomegranate peel has astringent properties that help stop bleeding and can be used to treat various hemorrhagic conditions such as hematochezia, metrorrhagia, and epistaxis. It works by constricting blood vessels, enhancing their contractile function, and promoting blood coagulation, thereby achieving hemostasis, alleviating physical weakness caused by blood loss, and facilitating recovery.
4. Controlling spermatorrhea and nocturnal emission
With its sour and astringent properties, pomegranate peel can consolidate kidney Qi, reduce spermatorrhea and nocturnal emission, and has a certain therapeutic effect on symptoms such as seminal emission, spermatorrhea, and enuresis caused by kidney deficiency. It enhances the kidney's ability to retain Qi through its astringent effect, reducing involuntary discharge of semen and urine and improving symptoms caused by kidney deficiency.
5. Promoting digestion
Components in pomegranate peel help promote gastrointestinal motility, thus improving digestive problems such as constipation and abdominal distension. Drinking the water in which pomegranate peel has been steeped allows these beneficial components to be effectively absorbed by the body, thereby exerting a digestive-enhancing effect.
It is advisable to maintain a bland diet, avoid consuming spicy or irritating foods, ensure adequate rest, and avoid excessive fatigue.
