Homœopathic Materia Medica

Cucurbita Pepo cuc-p.

Boericke, 9th edition (1927)In every bookSave

Common name

Pumpkin Seed

General

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.