Pumpkin seeds are oblate and oval, with long ends, yellow-white outer surface and slightly angular edges. They are about 1.2 ~ 2.0 cm long and 0.6 ~ 1.2 cm wide, and their surfaces are slightly hairy. The seed coat is thick and the hilum is located at the tip. Remove the seed coat, you can see the thin green endosperm with two thick yellow cotyledons.
Pumpkin seeds have a good killing effect on Schistosoma japonicum larvae. For mature adults, it can also denature worms and reduce the number of worms, and also has a certain therapeutic effect on schistosomiasis. Pumpkin seed is also an effective tapeworm repellent, which has no toxicity and any side effects. It is suitable for the elderly and children with tapeworm and abdominal pain, and has obvious effect on patients with pinworm, tapeworm and hookworm disease.
Pumpkin seed is the seed of an annual vine pumpkin of Cucurbitaceae. Location: Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan and other places. Harvest the fruits in summer and autumn when they are ripe, and take the seeds to dry.
Pumpkin is an annual creeping herb with a stem length of 2-5 meters. Regular nodes take root and are densely covered with white bristles. Simple leaves alternate; Petiole stout, 8- 19 cm long, with bristles; Leaf blade is broadly ovoid or ovoid, 5-angled or 5-lobed, 12-25 cm long and 20-30 cm wide, with sharp apex, deep heart-shaped base, green top, light green bottom, bristles and fine hairs on both sides, and small and dense marginal teeth.
Flowers unisexual, monoecious; Male flowers are solitary, calyx tube is bell-shaped, 5-6 mm long, lobes are long, 10- 15 mm long, pilose, upper part is swollen into leaves, corolla is yellow, bell-shaped, about 8 cm long, 5-cleft, lobes are rolled back, stamens are 3, filaments are glandular, and 5-5 mm long.