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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Felter's Materia Medica on Granatum

GRANATUM
   The dried bark of the stems and roots of Punica Granatum, LinnĂ© (Nat. Ord. Punicaceae). India, southwestern Asia, and the Mediterranean shores; naturalized and cultivated... / The dried bark of the stems and roots of Punica Granatum, LinnĂ© (Nat. Ord. Punicaceae). India, southwestern Asia, and the Mediterranean shores; nat...1


WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Physician's Materia Medica on Granatum

POMEGRANATE (Granatum)PUNIC
   The bark of the root of PUNICA GRANATUM, Lin. Astringent. anthelmintic. tenicide. Formerly used in diarrhea and colliquative sweats. Now almost exclusively employed as a remedy for tape worm. preferably in the form of a salt of Pelletierine, q. v.2


References

1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.