Pomegranate: Benefits, Uses & Dosage

115-116 ½ Dadima – (Pomegranate) उ त प ता जय त ी दोषान ् वाद ु दा डमम ् ११७ प ता वरो ध ना यु णम लं वातकफापहम ् सव दयं लघु ि न धं ा ह रोचन द पनम ् ११८ It mitigates the greatly increased pitta in particular and the other doss also and is sweet;

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

All varieties of Pomegranate are good to the hear, easily digestible unctuous, without elimination of fluids, stimulate appetite and digestion.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

Pathya – food that can be consumed habitually (on daily basis, for a long time) – शीलये छा लगोधूमयवषि टकजा गलम ् सु नष णकजीव तीबालमूलवा तुकम ् प यामलकम ृ वीकापटोल मु गशकराः घत ृ द योदक ीर ौ दा डमसै धवम ् Shali (rice), Godhuma (wheat), Yava – Barley – Hordeum vulgare, Shashtika (rice maturing in sixty days), Jangala (meat of animals of desert like lands), sunisannaka, Jivanti – Leptadenia reticulata, Balamulaka (young radish), Pathya (Haritaki) Amalaka (Amla – Indian gooseberry), Mridwika – dr

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Food habits &

, Dadima – Pomegranate – Punica granatum, Rajata (Siver), Buttermilk, Chukra, Palevata, Dadhi – Curds, Mango, Amrataka, Bhavya – Dillenia indica, Kapittha – Feronia limonia / Limonia acidissima, Karamardaka etc.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Rasabhediyam Tastes, Their

Amla ायो अ लं प तजननं दा डमामलकाहते Generally substances of sour taste aggravate Pitta, except Dadima – Pomegranate – Punica granatum and Amalaka (Indian gooseberry).

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Rasabhediyam Tastes, Their

Pomegranate (unctuous, hot, sweet, benefits kapha/pitta).

— Charaka Samhita, Sutra Sthana — Fundamental Principles, Chapter 27: Classification of Food & Beverages (Annapanavidhi Adhyaya / अन्नपानविधि अध्याय)

Patient should drink goat-meat juice with long pepper, barley, horse gram, ginger, pomegranate, emblic myrobalan, and unctuous articles.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 8: Consumption and Wasting Disease Treatment (Rajayakshma Chikitsa / राजयक्ष्मचिकित्सितं)

Make paste of 10 gm each of chitraka, coriander, ajawan, cumin, sauvarchala-salt, trikatu, amlavetasa, bilva, pomegranate, yavakṣāra, pippalimula and chavya;

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 12: Edema Treatment (Shvayathu Chikitsa / श्वयथुचिकित्सा)

The patient should drink the juice of dadima (pomegranate), milk, meat soup of birds, water, alcohol, asava (medicated wine) after taking this medicine.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 16: Anemia Treatment (Pandu Chikitsa / पाण्डुचिकित्सा)

When external application of paste prepared from pomegranate, wood apple, lodhra (Symplocos racemosa), white yam and citron or of whitish emblica myrobalans mixed with ghee and sour wheat porridge is done over head area it proves useful.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 22: Thirst Disorders Treatment (Trishna Chikitsa / तृष्णाचिकित्सा)

The juice of a Dadima (pomegranate — Punica granatum) Putapaka, combined with honey, destroys all types of Atisara (diarrhea).

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 1: Svarasadikalpana (Svarasa, Kalka, Kvatha, etc.)

— Yavakshara (alkali of barley) half a Karsha, and Dadima (pomegranate — Punica granatum) two Karsha.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 4: Gutikakalpana (Tablet/Pill Preparations)

Dadima (pomegranate) should be four Karsha;

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 6: Churnakalpana (Powder Preparations - Extended)

07 liters) of Pomegranate (Punica granatum) juice.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 9: Snehakalpana (Oleaginous Preparations - Ghrita and Taila)

The method for destroying grey hair: Triphala, iron powder (Loha Churna), pomegranate rind (Dadima Tvak, Punica granatum), and lotus stalk (Bisa, Nelumbo nucifera) -- each five Palas (approximately 200g each) -- the wise one should prepare as a powder.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

With sugar, madhuka (licorice), katphala, whey, honey, sour substances, and saindhava — also with bijapura (citron), kola (jujube) acid, and pomegranate acid, in proper proportion.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 12: Raktabhishyanda Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Blood-type Conjunctivitis)

With pomegranate, arevata, ashmanta, kola (jujube) acid, and saindhava — or rasakriya (concentrated extract) should be administered to properly counteract suppuration.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 12: Raktabhishyanda Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Blood-type Conjunctivitis)

A soup of pomegranate, Amalaka (gooseberry), and green gram is beneficial in Vata-Pitta fever.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 39: Jvarapratishedha

MANAGEMENT OF FEVER COMPLICATIONS: Head paste (Pradeha) for fever patients: Madhuka (licorice), Rajani (turmeric), Musta, Dadima (pomegranate), Amlavetasa, Anjana, Tintidika (tamarind), Nalada, Patra, Utpala (lotus), Vyaghranakha, Matulunga (citron) juice, and honey -- mixed with honey and vinegar, applied to the head.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 39: Jvarapratishedha

The Parushakadi Gana consists of: parushaka, dracha (grapes), katphala, dadima (pomegranate), rajadana, kataka fruit, shakaphala, and triphala (verse 43).

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 38: Dravyasangrahaniya Adhyaya - On the Collection of Drugs