The Greek philosopher, Hippocrates, used pomegranates as a plaster for leg and eye inflammations
and to aid digestion. [400 B.C.]
Created in 1518 by King Henry VIII, The Royal College of Physicians proudly displays on it's coat
of arms a gilded pomegranate, symbol of fertility.
Dioscorides, a Greek physician with Neroâs army, featured pomegranates in his famed De Materia
Medica, the worldâs leading pharmacological text for 16 centuries. [1st Century A.D.]
Sri Lankans brewed a medicinal tea from pomegranate buds to treat chronic diarrhea and bronchitis,
while the flowers were used to relieve sore eyes.
Ancient Egyptians used the fruit to treat all kinds of maladies, from dysentery and
stomachaches to tapeworm.
