Cucurbita pepo

Pumpkin Seed

by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.

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.

Cucurbita pepo across the other classic books

Cucurbita pepo appears in 3 of the 21 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Pumpkin. N. O. Cucurbitaceæ. Seeds. Tincture of fresh plant. Sea-sickness / Tapeworm / Vomiting; of pregnancy An excellent remedy for tapeworm which may be given with safety to children. The seeds are scalded. The outer skins being softened are peeled off, the green inner pulp being the part used. Two ounces of the…”
Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“[Pumpkin Seed.) Preparation. — The bruised seed, taken in doses from one to two ounces. 0 Tape-worms. (See " Therapeutics," page 212.) from the seeds, as well as an infusion of the seeds, has destroyed tsenije. Various methods of administration have been advised. One authority advises one ounce of the peeled seeds to…”

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