The pomegranate is a semi- seedy delicious fruit known by its famous Indian name Anar. Pomegranate has many soothing and refreshing qualities and it is easy to digest.

Pomegranate is a native of Iran and Afghanistan. In India it is cultivated mostly around Pune in Maharastra and Dholka in Gujarat and to a limited extent in UP.

It is described as a light food and a tonic for the heart. All parts of the tree, the root, the reddish brown bark, leaves, flowers, rind and seeds, have been used in medicine for thousands of years.

Inside it is divided into several cells containing numerous angular seeds, which are surrounded by a succulent coating of pink or crimson colour. The medicinal benefits of pomegrnate include:
The juice of this fresh fruit is good for fever and sickness. It acts on the liver, heart, kidney, and tones up their function .It supplies required minerals and help the liver to preserve vitamin A from food. .
It increases the body's resistance against infection particularly in tuberculoses
Pomegranate juice is also very beneficial in digestive disorders. It is very useful for patients' suffering from colitis and mucous. A tablespoon of the juice mixed with equal quantity of honey can be given with beneficial results in bilious vomiting, burning in chest due to excessive secretion of bite, flatulent colic and morning sickness.
It is a valuable food medicine for diarrhoea and dysentery. If the patient passes blood with stool, the use of fresh pomegranate juice will stop this.
The juice of the ripe fruit is beneficial in the treatment of typhus, gastric and asthmatic fever.
The skin of pomegranate fruit is considered highly beneficial in the treatment of anal itching. The skin of the fruit should be roasted till it is brittle and black, then powered and mixed with a little vegetable oil and then applied. The seeds of sour and pomegranate are useful in medicine.
The powder of the dry rind mixed with pepper and common salt is used as a good toothpaste or powder. Regular use of this application strengthens the gum, stops bleeding, cleans the teeth.
The pomegranate is used as a table fruit. Its juice is a delicacy and is used to make sherbet with the addition of water and sugar. It is also used in preparing syrups, ice creams, and jellies.

The pomegranate has good self-preserving quality. It can be kept well for about six months in cold storage. But it should be eaten immediately after it is cut open.