PUMPKIN
PUMPKIN
Castilian:
calabacera
.
English
:
pumpkin
.
The
Pumpkin
gained great popularity for several years because it is
a
good remedy for
intestinal
parasites, if it remains
a
fact - based treatment of seeds, which would liquefy with everything and nuts in fasting and takes over nine days. On the other hand, the fruit of the gourd is well known for its healing properties compared to the discomfort of
bladder
and
kidney
stones
. The soft interior of the fruit or the leaves macerated, are also employed in minor burns, macerated and placed as
a
poultice on the affected part.
Herbaceous creeping up to 2 m in length. Presents fitted with deep green leaves and
a
stem semicubierto lobes of pelillos. The flowers are cone - shaped, with the fruits globose seeds and white flattened. He lives in warm and temperate climates, associated with the tropical deciduous forest, subcaducifolia, Xeric scrublands; mountain cloud forests of
oak
and
pine
.
As food.
It is said that the food is
pumpkin
anafrosidíaca
sexual
appetite and calm.
Mother
tincture.
Up to 40 drops three times
a
day. We recommend
a
good drink anthelmintic against pinworms which
was
obtained by mixing 250g of
pumpkin
seeds with 150 grams of
tamarind
pulp. Can be taken as such as soda or sweetened with honey at
a
rate of three
glasses
per day.
Galenica forms / Dosage.
Seeds:
50 - 100 g / day for adults, 20 to 40 grams / day for
children
.
Seeds (anthelmintic) 30 to 40 grams of seed, flake crushed and mixed with honey, every hour, for
a
day. Then take
a
purgative
salt. Reduce the dosage in
children
and manage several consecutive days, before taking the laxative.
Emulsion seed (husked, shredded) 100 g of seeds bake in 500 cc of water. Take during the day. It is used in cases of
insomnia
and inflammation of the
urinary
tract.
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