Benefits and recipes for making pomegranate tinctures

Pomegranate is called the king of fruits. This is due to the fact that in the composition of the plant’s fruits there is a huge amount of vitamins, microelements, minerals and nutrients.

As a rule, pomegranate is not only consumed fresh as a fruit, from its juice you can make an excellent tincture that preserves all its useful properties, and you can use it both as a drink and as a cosmetic.

Beneficial features

Pomegranate juice and tinctures from it have a wide range of therapeutic effects:

1. Possess pronounced hematopoietic qualities, increases hemoglobin, therefore it is recommended for anemia and vascular diseases.
2. Useful for gastrointestinal disorders.
3. Able to reduce pressure, have a general tonic and firming effect.
4. They increase immunity, fight vitamin deficiency.
5. Help reduce weight.
6. They treat burns.
7. Help with bronchitis and bronchial asthma.
8. Affect the activity of the thyroid gland.
9. Rejuvenate the skin due to the content of phytosterols.
10. Facilitate the course of menopause.
11. Reduce intoxication.
12. Due to the high content of phytoncides, pomegranate tincture inhibits the pathogenic microflora:
    • destroys worms;
    • tubercle bacillus;
    • cholera vibrio;
    • typhoid microorganisms and many other bacteria.

We offer you to watch a video about the beneficial properties of pomegranate juice:

The chemical composition, calorie content and BZHU fruit

The energy value of 100 g of pomegranate fruit is 62-79 kcal, and 100 g of juice - 42-65 kcal.

Bju grenade:

• about 1.6% protein;
• 0.1-0.7% fat;
• up to 15% carbohydrates.

The main components of pomegranate juice are monosaccharides: fructose, glucose and sucrose (8-20%). Rich in healthy acids:

1. Unsaturated fatty acids in grains.
2. Organic:
   • lemon;
   • wine;
   • apple
   • amber;
   • boric;
   • oxal.
3. Phenol-carbolic.
4. Essential amino acids.

Minerals:

• calcium;
• iron;
• copper;
• magnesium;
• sodium;
• phosphorus;
• manganese;
• silicon;
• potassium;
• sulfur;
• chromium;
• aluminum;
• nickel;
• lithium.

Also in pomegranate contains:

• up to 75% anthocyanins;
• a small amount of catechins;
• tannins;
• pectins;
• Vitamins C, K, B6, B9 and B12.

Pomegranate grains contain 20% fat, starch, cellulose and nitrogenous substances, peels are valuable antioxidants, and rare alkaloids in the leaves, roots and bark of a pomegranate tree.

Indications and contraindications

Pomegranate and pomegranate tinctures are useful for people with the following disorders:

• excess weight;
• avitaminosis;
• tendency to diarrhea;
• low immunity;
• disorders of the thyroid gland;
• high pressure;
• vascular disease.

For all its obvious benefits, pomegranate and its drinks have serious contraindications:

1. Children's age up to 2 years.
2. Gastritis with increased acidity, chronic constipation, intestinal atony, enteritis, gastric ulcer and 12 duodenal ulcer.
3. Damage to tooth enamel.
4. Hemorrhoids, anal fissures.
5. Kidney disease.

How to cook at home? T on thyroid activity;

Purchased pomegranate juices, as a rule, contain a lot of preservatives and water, so they can hardly be considered very useful. therefore it is better to prepare pomegranate tincture yourself.

White partitions must be removed so that the drink is not bitter.

On alcohol

For cooking you will need:

• 1 liter of alcohol;
• 1 liter of mineral water without gas;
• 300 g of white sugar;
• 1 cinnamon stick (optional);
• 1 pinch of ginger (optional);
• 5 medium-sized grenades.

1. Cut the fruit into two halves and knock on it with a wooden spoon over a deep container until the grains spill out.
2. Squeeze the juice, mashing the grains with a metal crush.
3. Cook the sugar syrup over low heat, stirring constantly, until sugar is completely dissolved.
4. Wash with a soap and soda a jar in which the drink will be infused, sterilize with boiling water.
5. After the syrup has cooled, mix all the components in a jar, close it and leave in a dark place for 3-5 weeks, shaking occasionally.
6. Then filter through several layers of gauze and bottle.

We offer you to watch a video on how to prepare tincture of pomegranate on alcohol:

On pomegranate peels

To make a healthy and tasty tincture, you can use not only its edible part, but also its peel. This medicine is used in small doses and only for certain disorders.

For cooking you will need:

• 1 pomegranate;
• 0.5 l of boiling water;
• 1 tsp honey (optional);
• seasonings (optional);
• 50 g of alcohol.

1. The crusts are carefully cut from the pomegranate, it is better to do this with a knife for peeling potatoes.
2. The resulting raw materials can be dried and ground in a coffee grinder, or can be cut into small pieces.
3. All components are placed in a prepared container - a jar or a bottle - then they are poured with boiling water and a little alcohol is added.
4. Tincture is stored in a dark place for 3-4 weeks, then it can be filtered and cleaned in the refrigerator.

We suggest watching a video on how to prepare a tincture of pomegranate peels:

On cognac

The rich taste of pomegranate will be revealed even more fully if you prepare tincture on cognac at the rate of 2 fruits per 0.5 liters of alcohol. For this you can use the pomegranate completely by cutting it into slices and chopping. Other ingredients are added to taste. Can be used:

• honey;
• sugar syrup;
• nutmeg;
• cinnamon
• ginger etc.

The method of preparation is similar to the above.

On the wine

You can make your own wine from red wine and fresh pomegranate seeds.

For cooking you will need:

• 1 bottle of red sweet wine - best homemade or cahors;
• 3 small grenades;
• spices (optional).

1. Pomegranate seeds are extracted from the fruit, juice is squeezed out of them.
   Cake can be used to give the drink a deeper tart taste and aroma.
2. Spices are added to the mixture of wine and pomegranate.
3. The resulting tincture is kept for 3-4 weeks at room temperature, filtered and poured into a container with a tightly rubbed lid.
4. The mass is laid out in a sterilized jar, insisted 3-4 weeks and filtered.

Water infusions

These types of tinctures of tart oriental fruit are more often used for medicinal purposes than during a feast. They are prepared both from fresh grains and using dried peels, as well as using both together. Prolonged insistence is not always required, sometimes it’s enough to boil the chopped fruit in a water bath, cool and drink.

Pomegranate peels contain alkaloids that can cause a negative reaction of the body, so you first have to find out from your doctor if this infusion will harm you.

With the help of water infusion of pomegranate peels, you can quickly get rid of diarrhea, worms, colds. To prepare the broth, take 1 ripe fruit, peel the peel, cut it into small pieces and boil it with boiling water. Two tablespoons are usually enough for children, half a cup for adults.

Water tincture of pomegranate seeds is just a juice, but it can be supplemented with other components: add honey, spices, mix with other juice (raspberry, blackberry, sea buckthorn, etc.) in any proportion to your own taste: you get a delicious vitamin cocktail.

Is it good for rabbits?

This issue is often discussed on the Internet, many rabbit owners talk about how their pets love pomegranate peels, others ask if rabbits can have pomegranates. However, in nature, this fruit for fluffy rodents is not required in the diet.

Pomegranate seeds are not safe for rabbits, as they can clog the digestive tract. Pomegranate peels also give the animal no use due to the presence of alkaloids, in case of diarrhea and for getting rid of worms there are other proven means.

A few drops of fresh pomegranate juice or infusion for drinking a rabbit will be useful to him - for example, during vitamin deficiency.

Pomegranate is a component of many drinks and dishes, it is very useful in fresh form and relieves many diseases much better than medicines. Observing the measure and common sense, you can get a lot of benefit from this truly royal fruit.

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