Nutritional value of pumpkin seeds;
Seeds of Cucurbitaceae vine pumpkin. Pumpkin is also known as pumpkin and rice melon. It is cultivated all over China. Collect ripe fruits in summer and autumn, cut melons, collect seeds, remove the pulp film, and dry in the sun or bake. When eating, remove the seed shell and call it pumpkin kernel. [Properties] Sweet in taste and flat in nature. It can tonify spleen and qi, secrete milk, moisten lung dryness and expel worms.
[Reference] It is rich in fatty oil (linseed oleic acid, glyceride of oleic acid, etc.), protein, carotene, vitamin B 1, B2, C, cucurbitacin, etc.
It has obvious anthelmintic effect on tapeworms and ascaris lumbricoides, and paralyzing effect on the middle and rear parts 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 insects. The effective component of this product is water-soluble cucurbitacin.
[Purpose] Used for treating malnutrition due to spleen deficiency, emaciation and fatigue; Spleen edema; Postpartum hypogalactia; Pertussis, cough and dry throat; Tapeworms, roundworms and schistosomiasis.
[Usage] Chew raw, stir-fry, grind into powder, or decoct soup.
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1, pumpkin seed soup: 20g pumpkin seed, 30g coix seed. Decoct with water.
This recipe has the effects of invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Can be used in spleen edema, with scanty urine.
2, pumpkin seed paste: pumpkin seed kernel 15g. Mash it into mud, pour it into boiling water, or add sugar to taste. Take it once, on an empty stomach in the morning and evening 1 time.
We use pumpkin seeds for raw milk. Used in postpartum hypogalactia (porridge or fried food is invalid).
3, pumpkin seed powder: pumpkin seed 60~ 120g. Stir-fry and grind into fine powder. Take it once with honey or white sugar boiled water, twice a day. You can also chew pumpkin seeds.
This product has good anthelmintic effect. Can be used for tapeworm, ascaris lumbricoides, acute schistosomiasis, etc. If it is compatible with betel nut, the effect of expelling tapeworms is better.
The nutritional value of pumpkin seeds is indeed very rich, but it should be reminded that you should not be greedy for any food, otherwise it will have a great impact on your health. There have indeed been reports that eating too much pumpkin seeds is easy to cause dizziness.