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Cucurbita pepo (Pumpkin)

botanicals

definition

botanical name(s): Cucurbita pepo

synonyms: pumpkin

part(s) used: ripe seeds

qualities:

affinities:

actions: vermifuge, diuretic, nutritive

dosage:

» raw seeds: 200-400 g (Weiss, p. 120)

therapy: parasites, nausea, motion sickness, benign prostatic hypertrophy

toxicity: 0

» flatulence may be a side-effect to oligosaccharides: trioses and pentoses (Albert, p. 67)

constituents:

footnotes

Albert, A. 1987. Xenobiosis: Food, Drugs and Poisons in the Human Body. New York: Chapman and Hall.

Weiss, R.F. 1988. Herbal Medicine. Gothenburg, Sweden: Ab Arcanum; Beaconsfield, England: Beaconsfield Publishers, Ltd.

constituents:

footnotes

Albert, A. 1987. Xenobiosis: Food, Drugs and Poisons in the Human Body. New York: Chapman and Hall.

Weiss, R.F. 1988. Herbal Medicine. Gothenburg, Sweden: Ab Arcanum; Beaconsfield, England: Beaconsfield Publishers, Ltd.

rcanum; Beaconsfield, England: Beaconsfield Publishers, Ltd.