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Remedy

Cucurbita Pepo cuc-p.

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Homœopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition

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.