Cucurbita pepo
Plant · Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbita pepo is indicated for intense nausea immediately after eating, including nausea of pregnancy and sea-sickness. It is one of the safest and most effective remedies for tapeworm expulsion, suitable for use in children.
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.
Pumpkin. N. O. Cucurbitaceæ. Seeds. Tincture of fresh plant.
Clinical
Sea-sickness. Tapeworm. Vomiting; of pregnancy.
Characteristics
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 seeds, yielding an ounce of the pulp, should be used for each patient. The pulp should be rubbed in a mortar or some other vessel to make a smooth mass. It may be mixed with milk or cream, and sweetened and taken like porridge. It should be taken in the morning after a twelve to sixteen hours' fast, and be followed in two hours by a castor-oil purge. Hale's method is as follows: The patient to eat but little of the lightest food all day, take no supper, and on going to bed eat one ounce of the peeled seeds, bruised with milk or cream. In the morning on waking, to take a tablespoonful of castor oil, mixed with half a teaspoonful of pure Sulphuric ether. No breakfast to be …
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