The effects and nutritional value of pumpkin seeds

What are the effects of pumpkin seeds, or what are the benefits of eating pumpkin seeds regularly? Let me tell you about it today:

Pumpkin seeds main ingredients:

Contains cucurbitine, fatty oil, protein, vitamins A, B1, B2, C, and carotene. The main components of fatty oil are glycerides of linoleic acid, oleic acid, stearic acid, etc.

Therapeutic value of pumpkin seeds

Seeds of pumpkin, a vine plant of the Cucurbitaceae family. Pumpkin is also known as pumpkin and rice melon. It is cultivated in various parts of my country. In summer and autumn, the ripe fruits are picked, the melons are cut open, the seeds are collected, the pulp membrane is removed, and they are dried in the sun or baked. When eaten, the seed shell is usually removed and the seeds are called pumpkin kernels. [Properties] Sweet in taste, neutral in nature. It can nourish the spleen and replenish qi, promote lactation, moisten the lungs, and repel parasites.

[Reference] Contains rich fatty oil (glycerides of linoleic acid, oleic acid, etc.), protein, carotene, vitamins B1, B2, C, cucurbitacin and other ingredients.

It has obvious anthelmintic effect on tapeworms and roundworms, and paralyzes the middle and rear segments of beef tapeworms or pork tapeworms. It can also inhibit and kill the larvae of Schistosoma japonicum in experimental mice, and has a stronger effect on female worms. The active ingredient of this product for anthelmintic is water-soluble cucurbitacin.

[Use] Used for malnutrition due to spleen deficiency, emaciation and fatigue; edema due to spleen deficiency; lack of milk after childbirth; whooping cough, cough and dry throat; tapeworms, roundworms and schistosomiasis.

[Usage] Chew raw, stir-fry, grind into powder, or boil into soup.

[Additional prescription]

1. Pumpkin seed soup: 20g pumpkin seeds, 30g coix seeds. Add water and boil.

This prescription has the effects of strengthening the spleen and promoting diuresis, and reducing swelling. It can be used for edema caused by spleen deficiency and oliguria.

2. Pumpkin seed puree: 15g pumpkin seed kernels. Mash into a puree, add an appropriate amount of boiling water, or add sugar to taste. Take once, once in the morning and once in the evening on an empty stomach.

This recipe uses pumpkin seeds to produce milk. It is used for postpartum milk deficiency (cooking porridge or stir-frying is ineffective).

3. Pumpkin Seed Powder: 60-120g pumpkin seeds. Fry until cooked and grind into fine powder. Take with honey or sugar water, twice a day. You can also chew pumpkin seeds.

This product has a good anthelmintic effect. It can be used for tapeworms, roundworms, acute schistosomiasis, etc. If it is used in combination with the anthelmintic betel nut, the effect of expelling tapeworms is better.

Special effects

Pumpkin seeds have a long history of being used in Europe and other countries in the world to treat prostate hypertrophy. China's "Compendium of Materia Medica" mentions pumpkin seeds and the German Pharmacopoeia records: Medicinal pumpkin seeds (Cucurbita pepo) can be used to treat urinary incontinence, sensitive bladder and prostate hypertrophy.

However, not all pumpkin seeds are effective. If you eat pumpkin seeds raw directly, the effect is not great. In addition, because pumpkin seeds in health foods are almost all "oil-soluble" - pumpkin seed oil, improper storage is prone to oxidation and corruption, and the effective ingredients are still unclear. Therefore, when choosing pumpkin seed products, you need to pay attention to: the selection of variety sources, patented technology extraction, and international clinical experience are more guaranteed. Highly concentrated and extracted water-soluble pumpkin seed tablets are expected to become the mainstream of the male and female urinary problem market in the future. The internationally renowned academic journal "Natural Medicine" mentioned that "EFLA® 940 (water-soluble pumpkin seeds), a special hydrophilic ingredient extracted from medicinal pumpkin seeds (Cucurbita pepo), has good results in the prevention and treatment of male prostate hypertrophy and female urinary incontinence due to its "effective activity", "stability" and "absorbability".