Cucurbita Pepo
Boericke - Pocket Manual of Materia Medica · William Boericke · 560 chars · source ↗
General
CUCURBITA PEPO Pumpkin Seed
Intense nausea immediately after eating. Vomiting of pregnancy. Seasickness. One of the most efficient and least harmful of teniafuges.
Relationship
Compare: Filix; Cuprum oxid nig.
Dose
Tincture. The seeds are a valuable remedy for tapeworm. 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.