Common pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) is a well-known garden plant that has large fruits, in which there are many seeds. The birthplace of pumpkins is South America.
From the book of the Ukrainian herbalist Ivan Nosal “Vid roslini up to people”, you can find out how pumpkin seeds are useful, which contain: 20% fatty oil, special phytosterone - cucurbitol, essential oils; a resin containing oxycerotinic acid; protein substances with important amino acids (lecithon, tyrosone), vitamin C, thiamide, salicylic acid, sugar, carotenoids, 18% cellulose, 9.2% nitrogen-free substances.
So, dry pumpkin seeds, the medicinal properties of which are used in diseases of the kidneys and bladder, are mixed in equal parts by volume with dried hemp seeds for making “milk”. The mixture of seeds is ground in a clay bowl, gradually adding 3 cups of boiled warm water. Filter, squeezing the remainder. “Milk” is consumed during the day, mainly in cases where there is blood in the urine and urination is delayed. It can be taken with fresh buckwheat porridge or sweetened with honey, sugar or something else. Pumpkin seeds are useful if you eat them three glasses a day. In this case, you can drive out worms or even tapeworm. Moreover, after taking pumpkin seed, it is advisable to take a portion of a laxative (buckthorn or sulfuric acid magnesia) in an amount depending on the patient's age.
Ivan Nosal warns that eating too much roasted pumpkin seeds can lead to nausea and even vomiting.
Aleksey Popov in the book “Likarskie roslini in folk medicine” also, describing the medicinal properties of ordinary pumpkin, informs about how useful pumpkin seeds in raw form when expelling worms. He offers this method: take either 500 grams or 500 pieces of raw pumpkin seeds, grind them in a meat grinder with a peel, pour five glasses of water and steam for two hours over low heat, avoiding boiling, until the broth is reduced in volume by twice. Strain the contents through gauze and remove from the surface an unnecessary layer of oil. Such a medicine is given to children in a proportion of 15 ml for 1 year of life (if the child is 5 years old, then give 75 ml).
Maya Gogulan, describing the properties of pumpkin seeds in the book “You can not get sick. Tips of Maya Gogulan ”, suggests to get rid of worms on an empty stomach from 80 to 100 pieces of pumpkin seeds, chewing them thoroughly. After an hour, take a tablespoon of Epsom salt or magnesia, which is dissolved in half a liter of water.
Oil is made from pumpkin seeds, which contains 53 microelements and has both cosmetic and healing effects. Its cosmetic effect is to improve the condition of the skin, softening and restoring effect. The oil helps in getting rid of youthful acne and dandruff, accelerates hair growth. The healing properties of pumpkin oil are its anti-sclerotic, anti-ulcer and anti-allergic effects. The oil helps to heal wounds with burns, relieves inflammation of the oral cavity with periodontal disease, is used to prevent and treat prostate adenoma and prostatitis in men.
Pumpkin seeds are rich in vitamin A and protein, which are useful. Pumpkin seeds are also recommended for use in nervous disorders and manifestations of protein deficiency.
With the addition of pumpkin seeds, you can cook healthy salads.
Pumpkin and eggplant salad:
Necessary products: 3 eggplants, 100 g pitted olives, 60 g pumpkin seeds, 1 clove of garlic, herbs (dill, parsley), salt, olive oil for dressing.
Preparation: cut the washed eggplant into thin plates, which are fried on both sides in a dry frying pan or grill until soft. Cut the slices into small pieces. We chop the greens, squeeze the garlic through a press, finely chop the olives. Pumpkin seeds are dried in a dry frying pan. We combine all the ingredients, salt to taste and pour olive oil. Put the salad on the dish and sprinkle with pumpkin seeds.