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Did you know that you could use the leaves of your pomegranate tree, not just the fruit? There are many ways to use pomegranate leaves..
Use young leaves as
- a salad green.
- in a green smoothie or juice.
- As a spinach alternative – curries, pasta sauces, soups …
- To make leaf tea – fresh or dried.
- Make a paste from the leaf and put it on eczema directly.
Pomegranate leaf tea is good to drink just before bed for a good sleep, a great drink to soothe the stomach and ease digestion issues and also great to drink (with tulsi) for coughs. You can also boil down a pomegranate tea to 1/4 of the liquid and use it on cold sores and mouth ulcers.
While the leaves, the flowers, rinds, seeds and roots (see caution below) are all edible, typically pomegranate is grown for it’s fruit – the sweet-tart fruit that is full of large dark edible seeds. It is prized for it’s health-giving anti-oxidant properties. (ourpermaculturelife)
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