pomegranate · vehicle not stated

Original passage

It would be a mere loss of time to recapitulate the nine different varieties of the pomegranate¹. The sweet pomegranates, or, in other words, those known by the name of “apyrena,” are generally considered to be injurious to the stomach; they are productive, also, of flatulency, and are bad for the teeth and gums. The kind which closely resembles the last in flavour, and which we have spoken of as the “vinous” pomegranate, has very diminutive pips, and is thought to be somewhat more wholesome than the others. They have an astringent effect upon the stomach and bowels, provided they are taken in moderation, and not to satiety; but even these, or, indeed, any other kind, should never be given in fevers, as neither the substance nor the juice of the fruit acts otherwise than injuriously under those circumstances. They should, also, be equally abstained from in cases of vomiting and bilious evacuations.

Pliny the Elder, The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6): Books XVIII–XXIII, translated by John Bostock; H. T. Riley (1856 edition) · Book 23, chapter 57 · PUNIC APPLES OR POMEGRANATES: TWENTY-SIX REMEDIES. · lines 18385–18398 · passage pliny-nh:b23:c057:001