Garnet

Useful properties of garnet

Garnets – fruits of a garnet tree, eurysynusic in tropics and subtropics. The garnet season in Central Asia and in the Caucasus usually begins at the beginning of October and proceeds until the end of November.

Garnet fruits well remain at the room temperature within a month. The mature fruit has to be big, firm and heavy, and the peel has to have cracks. It is possible to prolong a season of grenades, preserving them in the form of juice. Garnet juice can be stored throughout all winter in the refrigerator, and at the same time in it all useful properties will remain.

Taste of garnet sweet-sour. Sweet to fruits is given by monosaccharides – fructose, glucose and sucrose which usually make to the fifth part of all weight, tartness – the tannins which are contained in pulp. The refreshing relish to garnet is impacted by various acids, especially lemon. Also fruits contain boric, wine, amber, apple and oxalic acids, vitamins A, C, E, B1, B2 and polyphenols having R-vitamin activity.

Refer its ability to influence well blood and to raise hemoglobin to one of the most useful properties of garnet. Pulp of garnet strengthens walls of vessels and prevents development of atherosclerosis. Also garnet fruits softly reduce arterial pressure at a hypertension and influence a nervous system.

Fruits and peel of garnet have the knitting property therefore they are used at diarrhea, colitis and a coloenteritis. In traditional medicine the peel is used also at treatment of infectious diarrhea which is caused by a dysenteric stick and other activators. Garnet pulp well influences a stomach, improving appetite and promoting good digestion.

Also useful properties of garnet use for decrease in sugar in blood at diabetes as it is considered that garnet juice is capable to replace insulin somewhat.

The organic acids and tannins which are in fruits and a peel allow to apply fresh juice or broths to treatment various the ENT SPECIALIST of diseases – quinsies, pharyngitis, stomatitis or an ulitis.

Granat is recommended to drink at radiation defeats, at treatment of malignant tumors, and also for increase in immunity and normalization of a hormonal background.

Useful substances contain not only fruits of garnet. So, the peel of fruits is appreciated antivermicular properties which provide the alkaloids which are chemical composition – isopelletierine, pelletierine and methylisopelletierine. From leaves of a garnet tree prepare the tea which is well operating at gastrointestinal frustration.

Also garnet stones which contain the oils recovering hormonal balance in an organism, especially at painful monthly and a climax are useful. And flowers decoction is used in the form of poultices which kill pain at injuries and fractures and besides, promote healing of varicose ulcers and decubituses.

Garnet use

For increase in hemoglobin it is recommended to drink on a half-glass of garnet juice several times a day. For achievement of lasting effect it is the best of all to drink it for half an hour to food for several months daily. Because of high content of acids juice from garnet is recommended to be dissolved with water.

As stress medicine can be added to tea the dried-up membranes from garnet fruits. They not only will help to calm down, but also will improve a dream.

It is possible to apply both fresh garnet juice, and the dried-up peel to treatment of diarrhea. So, adults are recommended to accept after food on a pinch of the crushed dried-up peel, and to children there will be enough glass of the juice divorced in half with water.

For preparation of a helminthicide of 40-50 g of the crushed peel of fruits of garnet insist in 400 g of cold water of 5-6 hours. Then in the enameled ware boil on slow fire until a half of liquid is not evaporated. The received broth needs to be cooled, filtered and drunk in the small portions within an hour. In an hour it is recommended to drink a purgative, and through 5-6 hours – to make an enema.

At various inflammatory diseases of a liver, kidneys and joints it is possible to drink garnet bark broth. For its preparation 2 teaspoons of the crushed bark boil on the water bath in one glass of water within half an hour. Then broth is filtered and brought boiled water to initial volume. Drink several times a day to food 50 g.

In cosmetology juice from garnet is used for treatment of acne rash, and also for removal of freckles and nevus pigmentosus. For whitening of face skin it is possible to use the mask prepared from a teaspoon of garnet juice and sour cream. The mask is put for 10-15 minutes then wash away warm water.

Contraindications

Despite the mass of useful properties, grenades has some contraindications. So, it is contraindicated to eat garnet at a peptic ulcer of a stomach and gastritis with a hyperoxemia. At these diseases it is possible to use only well ripened sweet fruits in small amounts. Also garnet is contraindicated at hemorrhoids, cracks in an anus and chronic locks. With the lowered arterial pressure garnet juice is recommended to drink not more often than several weekly.