Cucurbita Pepo

Pumpkin Seed

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

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.

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“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…”

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