Can I eat pomegranate during confinement?

The confinement period is a relatively important period for postpartum women. During this period, if they do a good job of nursing, eat properly, and have a regular lifestyle, they will be able to recover their health quickly. On the contrary, it will affect the recovery of women's bodies and even lead to the occurrence of postpartum diseases. So, can you eat pomegranates during confinement? The following will provide a detailed answer to this question.

1. Suitable people for pomegranate

Pomegranate is the fruit of the Punica granatum plant of the Punica family. It is native to the Western Regions and was introduced to my country during the Han Dynasty. There are mainly different varieties such as agate pomegranate, pink pomegranate, green pomegranate, and jade pomegranate. Pomegranates are edible for the general population.

1. Suitable for people with dry mouth, diarrhea, and tonsillitis;

2. Not suitable for people with constipation, urethritis, diabetes, or heat stagnation.

2. Nutritional value of pomegranate

1. Broad-spectrum antibacterial: Pomegranate peel contains a variety of biological bases. Antibacterial tests have confirmed that the alcohol extract of pomegranate and the water decoction of the peel have a broad-spectrum antibacterial effect. It has a significant inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, hemolytic Streptococcus, Vibrio cholerae, Shigella dysenteriae, etc., among which the strongest effect is on Shigella dysenteriae. The water extract of pomegranate peel also has different degrees of inhibitory effect on various skin fungi in the test tube. The decoction of pomegranate peel can also inhibit influenza virus;

2. Astringent and astringent: Pomegranate is sour and contains alkali and ursolic acid, which have obvious astringent effect and can astringe the intestines and stop bleeding. In addition, it has good antibacterial effect, so it is a good product for treating dysentery, diarrhea, bloody stool, spermatorrhea, rectal prolapse and other diseases;

3. Anti-insect and insecticide: Pomegranate peel and pomegranate root bark contain punicine, which has an anesthetic effect on human parasites and is an important drug for anti-insect and insecticide, especially for red worms. It can be used to treat abdominal pain caused by worm accumulation, scabies, etc.

4. Stop bleeding and improve eyesight: Pomegranate flowers are sour, astringent and flat in nature. If they are dried and ground into powder, they have a good hemostatic effect and can also stop leucorrhea. Soaking pomegranate flowers in water and washing your eyes can also improve eyesight.

3. Edible effects of pomegranate

Pomegranate is warm in nature, sweet, sour and astringent in taste, and enters the lung, kidney and large intestine meridians;

It has the effects of promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, astringing and firming, stopping diarrhea and stopping bleeding;

It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as lack of body fluid, dry mouth and throat, thirst, chronic diarrhea, chronic dysentery, bloody stool, and metrorrhagia.