Cucurbita pepo [Cuc-p.] Buy Now

Natural History.

Pumpkin Seed

General.

Intense nausea immediately after eating. Vomiting of pregnancy. Seasickness. One of the most efficient and least harmful of teniafuge.

Relationship.

Compare: FILIX; CUPRUM OX ID. NIG.

Dose.

Tincture. The seeds are a valuable remedy for tape-worm. Scald the seeds and peel off the outer skins when softened, the green inner pulp being the part used. Dose: two ounces of seed, yielding one of pulp. May be mixed with cream and taken like porridge. Take-in morning after twelve hours' fasting, and follow in two hours by castor oil.