Can children eat pomegranates when they have a cough?

Pomegranate is rich in nutrients. It not only contains ingredients that are beneficial to the human body, but also can play a role in treating diseases. Perhaps because the weather has turned cooler recently, some parents have found that their babies have symptoms of coughing, and taking some medicine does not seem to work. So the question is, if parents give their babies some pomegranates, can it also play a cough-relieving effect?

Babies can eat pomegranates if they have a cough. Pomegranate is warm in nature, sweet or sour in taste, and has the effects of promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, astringing the intestines and stopping diarrhea, and killing insects and stopping dysentery. Pomegranate contains a variety of organic acids such as punicic acid, which can help digestion and absorption and increase appetite; pomegranate has obvious astringent, antibacterial and antiviral effects, inhibits and kills Shigella dysenteriae, and has a paralyzing effect on parasites in the body; the vitamin C and carotene contained in pomegranate are antioxidants, which can prevent cell cancer and prevent atherosclerosis; pomegranate leaves can be used to make pomegranate tea, which can moisturize and quench thirst. If used to wash the eyes, it can also improve eyesight and eliminate eye diseases.

The efficacy and function of pomegranate

1. Beautify the skin: Pomegranate is rich in minerals and has antioxidant ingredients - pomegranate polyphenols and anthocyanins. It also contains linoleic acid, vitamin C, and minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and zinc. It can replenish the water lost by the skin and has certain effects on beauty and skin care.

2. Antibacterial and antibacterial: Pomegranate peel has obvious antibacterial and astringent functions. It can astringe the intestinal mucosa and reduce the secretion of intestinal mucus, so it can effectively treat diarrhea, dysentery and other diseases. It has a good inhibitory effect on Shigella dysenteriae and Escherichia coli, and has different degrees of inhibitory effect on various skin fungi. Pomegranate peel decoction can also inhibit influenza virus.

3. Prevent cardiovascular disease: Pomegranates contain high levels of antioxidants, which can be used to resist the destructive effects of inflammation and oxygen free radicals in the human body, and have a positive effect on preventing atherosclerosis and slowing the process of cancer.

4. Astringent and bowel-stringent: Pomegranate tastes sour and contains bioalkali, ursolic acid, etc. It has 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.

5. 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.