According to legend, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian was sent as an envoy to the Western Regions and came to Anshi State. In front of the residence where he lived, there was a pomegranate tree with red flowers. Zhang Qian loved it very much and often watered and fertilized it. Just the night before Zhang Qian was about to return to China, he suddenly saw a woman in red and green skirt pushing open the door, came to him, bowed deeply and said: "I heard that Mr. Zhang is going to return to China tomorrow, and I would like to go back to the Central Plains with you." Zhang Qian was shocked when he heard this, thinking that he was in a foreign country and an envoy of the Han Dynasty, how could he cause such trouble, so he politely declined.
On the second day, when Zhang Qian set out to return to his country, An Shiguo wanted to give him a gift. Zhang Qian wanted nothing but the pomegranate tree. Later, Zhang Qian and his party were unfortunately intercepted by the Huns on their way back. When they escaped from the siege, they lost everything, including the pomegranate tree.
Zhang Qian returned to Chang'an after all the hardships. When he was about to enter the palace to see the emperor, he suddenly heard a woman shouting from behind: "Messenger, it was so hard for me to drive!" Zhang Qian looked back and saw that it was the woman he met in Anshi State, and said in surprise "Why did you come all the way to chase me?" The woman cried and said, "I was robbed on the road, but I didn't want to leave, so I still followed all the way to repay the kindness of watering me in the past." When she knelt down on the ground, she disappeared immediately, and where she knelt, a pomegranate tree with green leaves and fiery red flowers grew up.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was surprised when he heard Zhang Qian's report, and ordered the pomegranate tree to be transplanted to the royal garden. Since then, pomegranates have blossomed and grown in China. Pomegranate not only tastes great, but it can also be used as medicine.
Chinese medicine pomegranate peel , Pomegranate family The dry and mature peel of the plant pomegranate. Pomegranate peel is sour, astringent, and warm in nature; it returns to the large intestine meridian; it has the effects of astringent, antidiarrheal, hemostasis, and insecticide. Modern research has confirmed that pomegranate peel has an astringent effect and has a killing effect on tapeworms. In addition, pomegranate peel has antibacterial, anti-virus, liver protection, immune regulation, inhibition of gastric acid secretion, and anti-gastric ulcer effects.
"Dietotherapeutic Materia Medica" contains: pomegranate "mainly benefits grains and relieves semen"; "its skin is roasted to make it yellow, pounded into powder, and mixed with jujube meat to make pills...to break red and white diarrhea." Guli: water-grain dysentery, the symptoms are diarrhea and abdominal pain, and indigestible food can be seen in the stool.
Pomegranate peel is sour and astringent. It enters the large intestine meridian and can astringent the intestines to stop diarrhea and dysentery. It is a commonly used medicine for the treatment of chronic diarrhea and dysentery. It can be decoctioned alone, ground into powder and taken as a drink, or used as a prescription. Pomegranate peel combined with ginseng, astragalus, cohosh and other medicines can also treat prolapse and prolapse caused by chronic diarrhea and dysentery. Remember, it should not be taken by those who have diarrhea for the first time.
Pomegranate peel can also astringe and stop bleeding and bandaging. It can cure metrorrhagia, vaginal bleeding from and excessive bleeding during pregnancy. To treat blood in the stool, , pomegranate peel decoction can be taken alone or combined with Diyu , Sophora and other medicines. In addition, pomegranate peel also has insecticidal effect and can treat abdominal pain caused by roundworms, pinworms, tapeworms and other insects. #headline creation challenge#
