# Pumpkin

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy
- **Alternative Names:** Cucurbita pepo, Pumpkin
- **Miasm:** Psoric Miasm
- **Temperament:** Neutral
- **Aggravation Time:** Neutral/Anytime

## Keynote Indications
Key Actions: Demulcent, Deworming.
Parts Used: Seed, Seed oil.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Cautions: None known. See also pp.42–51..

## Symptoms by System

### Skin
- pumpkin seeds are a good dietary source of iron, zinc, and selenium.
- Pumpkin seed Cucurbita pepo While pumpkins are best known for pie and Halloween, its seeds offer well-established nutritional benefits.
- full of high-grade essential fatty acids and trace elements, notably zinc, the seeds make an excellent food supplement.
- medicinal uSeS Parts used Seed • Seed oil Key actions Demulcent • Deworming agent • Diuretic • Hormonal agent benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) Seeds and seed oil are often used to treat the early stages of enlargement of the prostate gland, or BPH.
- Recommended by the German Department of Health, the seeds are often effective at relieving BPH symptoms such as difficulty in urination.
- They do not appear to reverse enlargement of the gland.
- other uses Key constituents within the seeds have an estrogenic activity , so regular intake may prove helpful in relieving menopausal symptoms.
- The seeds make an effective treatment for worms, CuCuRBITA PePo key information Safety ★ ★ ★ ★ traditional uSe ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ reSearch ★ ★ ★ ✩ beSt taKen aS Seed ✓✓✓ doSage 10g a day often uSed with Saw palmetto (Serenoa serrulata) cautionS None known.
- See also pp.42–51.
- DrieD seeDs seeds are an effective deworming agent notably tape worm, and can be safely used by children and adults, including during pregnancy .
- Large quantities need to be taken; seek professional advice.
- fruit pulp is used as poultice for burns 109