（《别录》下品）
【释名】若榴（《广雅》）、丹若（《古今注》）、金罂。
时珍曰∶榴者，瘤也，丹实垂垂如赘瘤也。《博物志》云∶汉张骞出使西域，得涂林安
石国榴种以归，故名安石榴。又按∶《齐民要术》云∶凡植榴者须安僵石枯骨于根下，即花
实繁茂。则安石之名义或取此也。若木乃扶桑之名，榴花丹 似之，故亦有丹若之称。傅玄
《榴赋》所谓“灼若旭日栖扶桑”者是矣。《笔衡》云∶五代吴越王钱 改榴为金罂。《酉阳
杂
俎》言∶榴甜者名天浆。道家书谓榴为三尸酒，言三尸虫得此果则醉也。故范成大诗云∶玉
池咽清肥，三彭迹如扫。
【集解】弘景曰∶石榴花赤可爱，故人多植之，尤为外国所重。有甜、酢二种，医家惟
用酢者之根、壳。榴子乃服食者所忌。
颂曰∶安石榴，本生西域，今处处有之。木不甚高硕，枝柯附干，自地便生作丛。种极
易息，折其条盘土中便生也。花有黄、赤二色。实有甘、酢二种，甘者可食，酢者入药。又
一种山石榴，形颇相类而绝小，不作房生，青、齐间甚多，不入药，但蜜渍以当果甚美。
宗曰∶石榴有酸、淡二种。旋开单叶花，旋结实，实中子红，孙枝甚多，秋后经霜则自
坼裂。一种子白，莹澈如水晶者，味亦甘，谓之水晶石榴。惟酸石榴入药，须老木所结，收
留陈久者乃佳。
时珍曰∶榴五月开花，有红、黄、白三色。单叶者结实。千叶者不结实，或结亦无子也
。实有甜、酸、苦三种。《抱朴子》言∶苦者出积石山。或云即山石榴也。《酉阳杂俎》言
∶南诏石榴皮薄如纸。《琐碎录》言∶河阴石榴名三十八者，其中只有三十八子也。又南中
有四季榴，四时开花，秋月结实，实方绽，随复开花。有火石榴赤色如火。海石榴高一、二
尺即结实。皆异种也。案∶《事类合璧》云∶榴大如杯，赤色有黑斑点，皮中如蜂窠，有黄
膜隔之，子形如人齿，淡红色，亦有洁白如雪者。潘岳赋云∶榴者，天下之奇树，九州之名
果。千房同膜，千子如一。御饥疗渴，解酲止醉。
甘石榴
【气味】甘、酸，温，涩，无毒。多食损人肺（《别录》）。
诜曰∶多食损齿令黑。凡服食药物人忌食之。
震亨曰∶榴者，留也。其汁酸性滞，粘膈成痰。
【主治】咽喉燥渴（《别录》）。能理乳石毒（段成式）。制三尸虫（时珍）。
酸石榴
【气味】酸，温，涩，无毒。
【主治】赤白痢腹痛，连子捣汁，顿服一枚（孟诜）。止泻痢崩中带下（时珍）。
【发明】时珍曰∶榴受少阳之气，而荣于四月，盛于五月，实于盛夏，熟于深秋。丹花
赤实，其味甘酸，其气温涩，具木火之象。故多食损肺、齿而生痰涎。酸者则兼收敛之气，
故入断下、崩中之药。或云∶白榴皮治白痢，红榴皮治红痢，亦通。
【附方】新五。
肠滑久痢∶黑神散∶用酸石榴一个。 烟尽，出火毒一夜，研末。仍以酸榴一块，煎汤
服
久泻不止∶方同上。（并《普济方》）
痢血五色或脓或水，冷热不调∶酸石榴五枚（连子）。捣汁二升，每服五合，神妙。（《
圣济》）
小便不禁∶酸石榴烧存性（无则用枝烧灰代之）。每服二钱，用柏白皮（切，焙）四钱，
煎汤
捻须令黑∶酸石榴结成时，就东南枝上拣大者一个，顶上开一孔，内水银半两于中，原
皮
（《普济》）
酸榴皮
【修治】 曰∶凡使榴皮、叶、根，勿犯铁，并不计干湿，皆以浆水浸一夜，取出用，
其水如墨汁也。
【气味】同实。
【主治】止下痢漏精（《别录》）。治筋骨风，腰脚不遂，行步挛急疼痛，涩肠。取汁点
目，止泪下（权）。煎服，下蛔虫（《藏器》）。止泻痢，下血脱肛，崩中带下（时珍）。
【附方】旧六，新四。
赤白痢下腹痛，食不消化者∶《食疗本草》∶用醋榴皮，炙黄为末，枣肉或粟米饭和丸
梧桐子大。每空腹米饮服三十丸，日三服，以知为度。如寒滑，加附子、赤石脂各一倍。《
肘后方》∶用皮烧存性，为末。每米饮服方寸匕，日三服，效乃止。
粪前有血，令人面黄∶用酢石榴皮（炙），研末。每服二钱，用茄子枝煎汤服。（孙真人
方）
肠滑久痢，神妙无比方也∶用石榴一个劈破，炭火簇烧存性，出火毒，为末。每服一钱，
别以酸石榴一瓣，水一盏，煎汤调服。（《经验方》）
久痢久泻∶陈石榴皮酢者，焙研细末。每服二钱，米饮下。患二、三年或二、三月，百
方
小儿风痫∶大生石榴一枚，割去顶，剜空，入全蝎五枚，黄泥固济， 存性，为末。每
服
猝病耳聋∶八、九月间，取石榴一个，上作孔如球子大，内米醋令满，以原皮盖之，水
和面裹煨熟，取起去盖，入少黑李子、仙沼子末，取水滴耳中，勿动。脑中若痛，勿惊。如
此三夜，再作必通。案∶唐慎微《本草》收采此方，云出孙真人。而黑李子不知为何物也，
其仙沼子即预知子。
食榴损齿∶石榴黑皮，炙黄，研末，枣肉和丸梧桐子大。每日空腹三丸，白汤下，日二
服
疔肿恶毒∶以针刺四畔，用榴皮着疮上，以面围四畔，灸之，以痛为度。仍纳榴末敷上
急
脚肚生疮初起如粟，搔之渐开，黄水浸淫，痒痛溃烂，遂致绕胫而成痼疾∶用酸榴皮煎
汤，冷定，日日扫之，取愈乃止。（《医学正宗》）
酸榴东行根
【气味】同皮。
【主治】蛔虫、寸白（《别录》）。青者，入染须用（权）。治口齿病（颂）。止涩泻痢、
带
【附方】旧三，新二。
金蚕蛊毒，吮白矾味甘，嚼黑豆不腥者，即是中蛊也∶石榴根皮，煎浓汁服，即吐出活
蛊
寸白蛔虫∶酢石榴东引根一握。洗锉，用水三升，煎取半碗，五更温服尽，至明取下虫
一
女子经闭不通∶用酢榴根（东生者）一握（炙干）。水二大盏，浓煎一盏，空心服之。
未通
再服。（《斗门》）
赤白下痢∶方同上。
榴花
【主治】阴干为末，和铁丹服，一年变白发如漆（藏器。铁丹，飞铁为丹也，亦
铁粉之属）。千叶者，治心热吐血。又研末吹鼻，止衄血，立效。亦敷金疮出血（苏颂）。
【附方】旧一，新二。
金疮出血∶榴花半斤，锻石一升。捣和阴干。每用少许敷之，立止。（崔元亮方）
鼻出衄血∶酢榴花二钱半，黄蜀葵花一钱。为末。每服一钱，水一盏，煎服，效乃止。
（
九窍出血∶石榴花（揉）塞之取效。叶亦可。
【《名医别录》列为下品】
【释名】若榴（出自《广雅》）、丹若（出自《古今注》）、金罂。
李时珍说：榴，就是瘤的意思，红色的果实垂挂下来，就像赘生的肿瘤一样。《博物志》记载：汉代张骞出使西域，从涂林安石国带回石榴种子，所以叫安石榴。另外查考：《齐民要术》记载：凡是种植石榴，必须在根部埋入安僵石和枯骨，石榴就会花繁果茂。那么“安石”这个名字或许就是取这个意思。若木是扶桑树的别名，石榴花红艳类似扶桑，所以也有丹若的称呼。傅玄在《榴赋》中说的“鲜艳得像太阳栖息在扶桑树上”就是这个意思。《笔衡》记载：五代时期吴越王钱镠将榴改称为金罂。《酉阳杂俎》说：甜的石榴叫天浆。道家书籍称石榴为三尸酒，意思是三尸虫吃了这种果实就会醉倒。所以范成大的诗中说：“玉池吞咽清肥之物，三彭（三尸）踪迹如被扫除。”
【集解】陶弘景说：石榴花红色可爱，所以人们多种植它，尤其受到外国人的重视。有甜、酸两种，医家只用酸的石榴的根和壳。石榴子则是服食丹药者所忌讳的。
苏颂说：安石榴，原本产于西域，现在到处都有。树不算高大粗壮，枝条依附主干，从地面就丛生。种植极易成活，折断枝条盘在土里就能生根。花有黄、赤两种颜色。果实有甘、酸两种，甘甜的可以食用，酸涩的入药。又有一种山石榴，形状很相似但非常小，不结房状果实，青州、齐州一带很多，不入药，只是用蜜渍制当水果吃味道很美。
寇宗奭说：石榴有酸、淡两种。刚开单叶花，随即结果，果实中的籽是红色的，孙枝很多，秋天经过霜打后自然裂开。还有一种籽是白色的，晶莹透彻像水晶，味道也甘甜，叫做水晶石榴。只有酸石榴入药，必须是老树所结，收藏留置陈久者才好。
李时珍说：石榴五月开花，有红、黄、白三种颜色。单叶的结实。千叶的重瓣花不结实，或者结了也没有籽。果实有甜、酸、苦三种。《抱朴子》说：苦的出产于积石山。有人说就是山石榴。《酉阳杂俎》说：南诏的石榴皮薄如纸。《琐碎录》说：河阴石榴名叫“三十八”的，里面只有三十八个籽。还有南方有四季石榴，四季开花，秋月结果，果实刚绽开，随即又开花。有火石榴，颜色红如火。海石榴高一二尺就结果。这些都是异种。查考：《事类合璧》记载：石榴大如杯子，红色带有黑斑点，果皮内部像蜂巢，有黄膜隔开，籽的形状像人的牙齿，淡红色，也有洁白如雪的。潘岳赋中说：石榴，是天下的奇树，九州的名果。千房同膜，千子如一。充饥解渴，解酒止醉。
甘石榴
【气味】甘、酸，温，涩，无毒。多吃损伤人的肺（《名医别录》）。
孟诜说：多吃损伤牙齿使其变黑。凡是服用药物养生的人忌食。
朱震亨说：榴，就是留的意思。它的汁液酸性滞涩，粘着膈部形成痰。
【主治】咽喉干燥口渴（《名医别录》）。能调理乳石毒（段成式）。制约三尸虫（李时珍）。
酸石榴
【气味】酸，温，涩，无毒。
【主治】赤白痢疾腹痛，连籽捣汁，一次服下一枚的量（孟诜）。止泻痢、崩漏、带下（李时珍）。
【发明】李时珍说：石榴承受少阳之气，在四月繁荣，在五月盛开，在盛夏结果，在深秋成熟。红花赤实，味道甘酸，气温涩，具备木火的象。所以多吃损伤肺、齿而生痰涎。酸味的兼有收敛之气，所以进入治疗下痢、崩漏的药物中。有人说：白石榴皮治白痢，红石榴皮治红痢，也是通的。
【附方】新方五首。
肠滑久痢：黑神散：用一个酸石榴。烧至烟尽，去火毒一夜，研成末。仍用一块酸石榴皮，煎汤送服。
久泻不止：方剂同上。（均出自《普济方》）
痢血五色或脓或水，冷热不调：酸石榴五个（连籽）。捣汁两升，每次服五合，效果神奇。（《圣济总录》）
小便不禁：酸石榴烧存性（没有就用枝条烧灰代替）。每次服二钱，用柏白皮（切碎，焙干）四钱，煎汤送服。
捻须令黑：酸石榴结成时，就在东南枝上选一个大的，顶上开一孔，放入半两水银在其中，用原皮盖好。（《普济方》）
酸榴皮
【修治】雷敩说：凡是用榴皮、叶、根，不要接触铁器，不论干湿，都用浆水浸泡一夜，取出使用，那水像墨汁一样黑。
【气味】与果实相同。
【主治】止下痢、漏精（《名医别录》）。治疗筋骨风邪，腰脚不能随意活动，行走时拘挛疼痛，涩肠。取汁点眼，止泪下（权人）。煎服，驱蛔虫（《本草拾遗》）。止泻痢、便血脱肛、崩漏带下（李时珍）。
【附方】旧方六首，新方四首。
赤白痢下腹痛，食物不消化的：《食疗本草》：用醋浸过的榴皮，炙黄研末，用枣肉或粟米饭和丸，梧桐子大小。每次于空腹时用米饮送服三十丸，每日三次，以见效为度。如果是寒滑，加附子、赤石脂各一倍。《肘后备急方》：用皮烧存性，研末。每次用米饮送服一方寸匕，每日三次，见效才停止。
粪前有血，使人面色发黄：用醋石榴皮（炙），研末。每次服二钱，用茄子枝煎汤送服。（孙思邈方）
肠滑久痢，神妙无比的方子：用石榴一个劈破，用炭火簇烧存性，去火毒，研末。每次服一钱，另取酸石榴一瓣，水一盏，煎汤调服。（《经验方》）
久痢久泻：陈年的酸石榴皮，焙干研细末。每次服二钱，米饮送下。患病二三年或二三月，各种方法无效的。
小儿风痫：大生石榴一枚，割去顶部，挖空，放入全蝎五枚，用黄泥密封固济，煅烧存性，研末。每次服...（原文此处缺字，推测为剂量）
猝病耳聋：八、九月间，取石榴一个，上面开如球子大的孔，灌满米醋，用原皮盖住，用水和面包裹煨熟，取出去掉盖子，放入少许黑李子、仙沼子末，取水滴滴入耳中，不要动。脑中如果痛，不要惊慌。如此三夜，再做一次必定通窍。查考：唐慎微《本草》收录此方，说是出自孙思邈。而黑李子不知是什么东西，那个仙沼子就是预知子。
吃石榴损伤牙齿：石榴黑皮，炙黄，研末，枣肉和丸梧桐子大小。每日空腹三丸，白开水送下，每日两次。
疔肿恶毒：用针刺四周，用榴皮贴在疮上，用面粉围在四周，灸之，以感到疼痛为度。仍然纳入榴末敷在上面。急...（原文此处缺字，推测为处理）
脚肚生疮初起如粟米，搔抓后逐渐扩大，黄水浸淫，痒痛溃烂，导致绕胫而成顽固疾病：用酸榴皮煎汤，冷却后，每天涂抹，直到痊愈为止。（《医学正宗》）
酸榴东行根
【气味】与皮相同。
【主治】蛔虫、寸白虫（《名医别录》）。青色的，用于染须（权人）。治疗口齿病（苏颂）。止涩泻痢、带下...（原文此处截断）
【附方】旧方三首，新方二首。
金蚕蛊毒，吮白矾味甘，嚼黑豆不腥的，就是中了蛊：石榴根皮，煎浓汁服下，立即吐出活蛊。
寸白蛔虫：醋石榴东引根一把。洗净锉碎，用水三升，煎取半碗，五更时分温服尽，到明天排出虫一...（原文此处截断）
女子经闭不通：用醋榴根（向东生长的）一把（炙干）。水两大盏，浓煎成一盏，空腹服下。未通...（原文此处截断）再服。（《斗门方》）
赤白下痢：方剂同上。
榴花
【主治】阴干研末，配合铁丹服用，一年能使白发变黑如漆（《本草拾遗》。铁丹，是将飞铁炼成的丹，也属于铁粉一类）。千叶重瓣的，治疗心热吐血。又研末吹鼻，止鼻出血，立竿见影。也可以敷在金创出血处（苏颂）。
【附方】旧方一首，新方二首。
金创出血：榴花半斤，锻石一升。捣和阴干。每次用少许敷上，立即止血。（崔元亮方）
鼻出衄血：醋榴花二钱半，黄蜀葵花一钱。研末。每次服一钱，水一盏，煎服，见效才停止。
九窍出血：石榴花（揉碎）塞入取效。叶子也可以。
[Classified as Lower Grade in *Shennong Bencao Jing*]
**Names:** Ruoliu (from *Guangya*), Danruo (from *Gujin Zhu*), Jinying.
Li Shizhen said: "Liu" (pomegranate) sounds like "liu" (tumor/swelling); the red fruits hang down like swollen tumors. *Bowuzhi* records: During the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian traveled to the Western Regions and brought back pomegranate seeds from the state of Anshi in Tulín, hence the name Anshiliu (Anshi Pomegranate). Furthermore, *Qimin Yaoshu* states: When planting pomegranates, one must place Anjiang stones and dry bones under the roots for the flowers and fruits to flourish. Thus, the name "Anshi" might be derived from this practice. "Ruomu" is another name for Fusang tree; since pomegranate flowers are red like Fusang, it is also called Danruo. Fu Xuan's *Pomegranate Ode* says, "Bright as the sun resting on Fusang," referring to this. *Biheng* records: During the Five Dynasties period, King Qian Liu of Wuyue changed the name from Liu to Jinying. *Youyang Zazu* states: Sweet pomegranates are called Tianjiang (Heavenly Nectar). Daoist texts call pomegranate "Sanshi Jiu" (Wine against Three Corpses), meaning the Three Corpse worms become intoxicated by eating this fruit. Hence, Fan Chengda's poem says: "Swallowing clear richness in the jade pool, the traces of Sanpeng (Three Corpses) are swept away."
**Collection and Explanation:** Tao Hongjing said: Pomegranate flowers are red and lovely, so people plant them widely, especially valued by foreign nations. There are sweet and sour varieties; physicians only use the root and peel of the sour variety. Pomegranate seeds are taboo for those practicing alchemical ingestion.
Su Song said: Anshi pomegranate originally came from the Western Regions but is now found everywhere. The tree is not very tall or thick; branches grow close to the trunk, forming clumps from the ground. It is very easy to propagate; breaking a branch and coiling it in the soil allows it to take root. Flowers come in yellow and red colors. Fruits are either sweet or sour; sweet ones are edible, while sour ones are used in medicine. There is also a wild mountain pomegranate, similar in shape but much smaller, not forming pod-like structures, common in Qingzhou and Qizhou, not used in medicine, but delicious when preserved in honey.
Kou Zongshi said: Pomegranates have sour and bland varieties. They bloom with single leaves first, then bear fruit; the seeds inside are red, with many side shoots. After autumn frost, they naturally split open. There is a variety with white seeds, crystal clear like rock sugar, also sweet, called Crystal Pomegranate. Only sour pomegranates are used in medicine, preferably from old trees, stored for a long time.
Li Shizhen said: Pomegranates bloom in May, with red, yellow, and white flowers. Single-leaf varieties bear fruit; double-flowered varieties do not bear fruit, or if they do, lack seeds. Fruits are sweet, sour, or bitter. *Baopuzi* states: Bitter ones come from Jishi Mountain. Some say this is the mountain pomegranate. *Youyang Zazu* mentions: Pomegranates from Nanzhao have skins thin as paper. *Suolui* notes: Heyin pomegranates named "Thirty-Eight" contain exactly thirty-eight seeds. There are also four-season pomegranates in the south that bloom year-round and bear fruit in autumn, blooming again as soon as the fruit opens. Fire pomegranates are red as fire. Sea pomegranates bear fruit when only one or two feet high. These are all exotic varieties. According to *Shilei Hebi*: Pomegranates are cup-sized, red with black spots, internal structure like a honeycomb separated by yellow membranes, seeds shaped like human teeth, pale red, some pure white like snow. Pan Yue's ode says: Pomegranate is a wonder tree of the world, a famous fruit of the Nine Provinces. Thousand chambers share one membrane, thousand seeds like one. It satisfies hunger, quenches thirst, and cures hangovers.
**Sweet Pomegranate**
**Flavor and Nature:** Sweet, sour, warm, astringent, non-toxic. Excessive consumption damages the lungs (*Shennong Bencao Jing*).
Meng Shen said: Excessive consumption damages teeth, turning them black. Those taking medicinal herbs should avoid it.
Zhu Zhenheng said: "Liu" implies retention. Its juice is acidic and stagnant, adhering to the diaphragm and generating phlegm.
**Indications:** Dryness and thirst in the throat (*Shennong Bencao Jing*). Can resolve Rudan toxicity (Duan Chengshi). Suppresses the Three Corpse worms (Li Shizhen).
**Sour Pomegranate**
**Flavor and Nature:** Sour, warm, astringent, non-toxic.
**Indications:** Abdominal pain due to dysentery with blood and pus (Meng Shen). Stop diarrhea, dysentery, metrorrhagia, and leukorrhea (Li Shizhen).
**Elucidation:** Li Shizhen said: Pomegranate receives the Qi of Shaoyang, flourishing in April, blooming in May, bearing fruit in midsummer, and ripening in late autumn. Red flowers and red fruits, sweet and sour flavor, warm and astringent nature, embody the image of Wood and Fire. Thus, excessive consumption damages the lungs and teeth and generates phlegm. The sour variety possesses astringent properties, making it suitable for formulas treating dysentery and metrorrhagia. Some say: White pomegranate peel treats white dysentery, red pomegranate peel treats bloody dysentery, which is also plausible.
**Attached Prescriptions:** Five new prescriptions.
**Intestinal Slippage and Chronic Dysentery:** Black Divine Powder: Use one sour pomegranate. Burn until smoke ceases, remove fire toxicity overnight, grind into powder. Still, decoct a piece of sour pomegranate peel in water and take with the powder.
**Chronic Diarrhea Unstopping:** Same prescription as above. (Both from *Puji Fang*)
**Dysentery with Blood of Five Colors, Pus or Water, Cold and Heat Imbalance:** Five sour pomegranates (with seeds). Crush and extract juice, two sheng. Take five he per dose. Miraculous effect. (*Shengji Zonglu*)
**Urinary Incontinence:** Burn sour pomegranate to retain its essence (if unavailable, burn branches to ash). Take two qian per dose, decoct four qian of Cinnamomi Cortex (cut and dried) in water and take with the ash.
**Blackening Beard Hair:** When sour pomegranates form, select a large one from a southeast-facing branch. Make a hole at the top, insert half liang of Mercury, cover with original skin. (*Puji Fang*)
**Sour Pomegranate Peel**
**Processing:** Lei Xiao said: When using pomegranate peel, leaves, or roots, do not let them touch iron. Regardless of wet or dry state, soak in fermented grain water overnight before use. The water turns black like ink.
**Flavor and Nature:** Same as the fruit.
**Indications:** Stop dysentery and seminal emission (*Shennong Bencao Jing*). Treat wind in sinews and bones, inability to move waist and legs, cramping pain during walking, astringe intestines. Extract juice for eye drops to stop tearing (Quan). Decoct and take to expel roundworms (*Bencao Shiyi*). Stop diarrhea, dysentery, hematochezia, rectal prolapse, metrorrhagia, and leukorrhea (Li Shizhen).
**Attached Prescriptions:** Six old, four new.
**Bloody/Purulent Dysentery with Abdominal Pain and Indigestion:** *Shiliao Bencao*: Use vinegar-soaked pomegranate peel, roast until yellow, grind to powder. Mix with jujube flesh or millet rice paste to make pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 30 pills on an empty stomach with rice drink, three times daily, until effective. If cold and slippery, add equal parts Aconitum Lateralis Preparata and Halloysit Rubrum. *Zhouhou Beiji Fang*: Burn peel to retain essence, grind to powder. Take one fangcun bi with rice drink, three times daily, stop when effective.
**Blood Before Stool, Leading to Sallow Complexion:** Use vinegar pomegranate peel (roasted), grind to powder. Take two qian per dose, decoct eggplant branches in water and take. (Sun Simiao's Formula)
**Intestinal Slippage and Chronic Dysentery, Miraculous Formula:** Split one pomegranate, roast over charcoal to retain essence, remove fire toxicity, grind to powder. Take one qian per dose, separately decoct one segment of sour pomegranate in one zhan of water, mix and take. (*Jingyan Fang*)
**Chronic Dysentery and Diarrhea:** Old sour pomegranate peel, dry-roast and grind finely. Take two qian per dose with rice drink. For cases lasting two to three years or months, where other methods failed.
**Pediatric Wind Epilepsy:** One large fresh pomegranate, cut off top, hollow out, insert five whole Scorpion, seal with yellow mud, calcine to retain essence, grind to powder. Take per dose... (text missing here).
**Sudden Deafness:** In August or September, take one pomegranate, make a ball-sized hole on top, fill with rice vinegar, cover with original skin, wrap in dough mixed with water, bake until cooked. Remove cover, add small amount of Black Plum and Xianzhaozi powder, drip water into ear, remain still. If head hurts, do not panic. Do this for three nights, repeat once more for sure results. Note: Tang Shenwei's *Bencao* cites this from Sun Simiao. Black Plum is unknown; Xianzhaozi is Yuzhizi.
**Teeth Damaged by Eating Pomegranate:** Pomegranate black peel, roast yellow, grind to powder, mix with jujube flesh to make paulownia-seed-sized pills. Take three pills on empty stomach daily with plain water, twice daily.
**Carbuncles and Malignant Sores:** Prick around the lesion with needle, apply pomegranate peel, surround with flour paste, moxa until painful. Then apply pomegranate powder. Urgent... (text missing).
**Leg Ulcers Starting Small:** Leg ulcers starting like millet grains, spreading upon scratching, oozing yellow fluid, itching, pain, ulcerating, becoming chronic around the shin: Decoct sour pomegranate peel, cool, apply daily until healed. (*Yixue Zhengzong*)
**East-Growing Root of Sour Pomegranate**
**Flavor and Nature:** Same as peel.
**Indications:** Roundworms, tapeworms (*Shennong Bencao Jing*). Green roots used for dyeing hair (Quan). Treat oral and dental diseases (Su Song). Astringe diarrhea and dysentery, treat leukorrhea... (text truncated).
**Attached Prescriptions:** Three old, two new.
**Golden Silkworm Gu Poison:** If sucking white alum tastes sweet and chewing black beans is not fishy, it is Gu poisoning: Decoct pomegranate root bark in strong liquid and take, immediately vomits live Gu.
**Tapeworms and Roundworms:** One handful of east-growing root of vinegar pomegranate. Wash and chop, decoct in three sheng of water until half bowl remains. Take warm at fifth watch, expel worms by morning... (text truncated).
**Amenorrhea in Women:** One handful of vinegar pomegranate root (east-growing) (roasted dry). Two large zhan of water, decoct strongly to one zhan. Take on empty stomach. If flow does not start... (text truncated) take again. (*Doumen Fang*)
**Bloody/Purulent Dysentery:** Same prescription as above.
**Pomegranate Flower**
**Indications:** Dry in shade, grind to powder, take with Tiedan (Iron Pill). Turns white hair black as lacquer in one year (*Bencao Shiyi*. Tiedan is made from flying iron, related to iron powder). Double-flowered varieties treat heart-heat causing hematemesis. Grind to powder and insufflate into nose to stop epistaxis, immediate effect. Also applied to traumatic bleeding (Su Song).
**Attached Prescriptions:** One old, two new.
**Traumatic Bleeding:** Half jin of pomegranate flower, one sheng of Duan Shi (calcined alum). Crush and mix, dry in shade. Apply small amount to wound, stops bleeding immediately. (Cui Yuanliang's Formula)
**Epistaxis:** Two and a half qian of vinegar pomegranate flower, one qian of Yellow Hibiscus Flower. Grind to powder. Take one qian per dose, decoct in one zhan of water, stop when effective.
**Bleeding from Nine Orifices:** Stuff crushed pomegranate flower (or leaves) to achieve effect.