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Dadima | | Name : | Dadima | | Synonyms : | An-shih-liu(Chinese name)
Dadima(Sanskrit name)
| | Parts Used : | Seeds, rind of the fruit, fruit, rootbark | | Habitat : | Grows wild as a shrub in its native southern Asia and in hot areasof the world. Under cultivation, it is trained to a tree of up to20 feet, being grown in Asia, the Mediterranean region, South America,and the southern states of the United States. Grown in greenhousesin cooler climates. | | Description : | The pomegranate has slender, often spiny-tipped branches that bearopposite, oblong or oval-lanceolate, shiny leaves about 1-2 incheslong. One to five large, red or orange-red flowers grow together onthe tips of axillary shoots. The brownish-yellow to red fruit, aboutthe size of an orange, is a thick-skinned, several-celled, many-seededberry; each seed is surrounded by red, acid pulp. Fruit ripens inSeptember and October. Fruit is juicy and edible. | | Constituents : | 20% tannin, inulin, mannitol, malic acid, calcium oxalate, pelletierrine,isoquercitrin, an alkaloid
Anthelmintic, alterative, astringent, hemostatic, laxative, refrigerant,vermifuge, stomachic, tonic | | Uses : | A remedy for tapeworm, pinworm androundworm since the time of ancient Greeks. It is high in tannincontent; that makes the rind of the fruit an astringent for internaland external use; for skin problems, hiccoughs, dysentery,diarrhea, leucorrhea, bloodpurifier, as a gargle forthroat and mouth irritation,ulcers, colitis,prolapse of rectum or vagina, hemorrhoids,conjunctivitis, anemia,chronic bronchitis, tuberculosis,and as a vaginal douche for leukorrhea. | | Safety : | Large doses of the rind can cause cramps, vomiting, and other unpleasanteffects.
Care should be taken, using this herb, if chronic constipation isa problem.
As with the other toxic anthelmintics, do not mix with alcohol, oilor fats. | | Myths : | The pomegranate, along with the peach and the citron, was one ofChina's 3 blessed fruits. To the Chinese, it was a symbol of fecundityand a prosperous future. The many seeds represented numerous maleoffspring earning fame and glory.
People of the Near East and the Greeks and Romans associated thepomegranate with fecundity also. In Greece it was involved in thestory of the goddess of agriculture, Demeter, and her daughter Persephone.When Hades, the god of the underworld, kidnapped Persephone, Zeuspromised to retrieve her if Persephone had not eaten anything in theunderworld. When it was discovered that she had eaten a few seedsof a pomegranate given to her by Hades, a compromise settlement wasmade: Persephone was allowed to stay with her mother 9 months of theyear but was required to spend the remaining 3 with Hades. The storycan be seen as an allegory representing the cycle of growth, decay,and regeneration of vegetation, the time in the underworld representingthe resting period of the seed during the winter. The story of Persephonewas reenacted every year at the temple of Demeter at Eleusis nearAthens. In these rites, called the Eleusinian mysteries, the pomegranatewas considered the mystic fruit. These ceremonies were the most importantand impressive of all Greek religious celebrations and were lateradopted by the Romans.
The pomegranate is compared to the joys of a beguiling lover in theSong of Solomon (4:3, 13; 6:11). | | Sold : | Pomegranate fruit |
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