pelletierine

Japanese: pelletierine
pelletierine

...The fruits are sweet and sour and can be eaten raw, or used to make beautiful pink fruit wine and soft drinks, and the flowers are for decoration. The roots and bark contain the alkaloid pelletierine and are used as an anthelmintic, and the peel is used to treat diarrhea. [Matsui Hitoshi]
[Folklore]
Kishimojin is worshipped as the goddess of fertility, safe childbirth, and child rearing, particularly at Nichiren sect temples, and it is common to offer pomegranate votive plaques, make prayers, and make pilgrimages to the temple.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "pelletierine" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…果実は甘酸っぱく,生食するほか,ピンクの美しい果実酒や清涼飲料の製造に用いられ,花は観賞用とされる。また,根や樹皮はアルカロイドのペレチエリンpelletierineを含有し,駆虫薬として用いられ,また果皮は下痢止めに利用された。【松井 仁】
[民俗]
 鬼子母神は子授け,安産,育児の神として,とくに日蓮宗の寺で信仰され,ザクロの絵馬を奉納して,祈願したり礼参りをする風は広い。…

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