WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only.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 Pomegranate (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.1
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.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.