Pumpkin and Pumpkin Seeds,what is Pumpkin extracts and Pumpkin seeds extracts?Pharmacology and Health benefits of Pumpkin Seeds and Pumpkin Pulp...

Contents

• Basic Botanical Data of Pumpkin.
• Characteristics of Pumpkin and Pumpkin Seeds.
• Botanical Description:Pumpkin and Pumpkin Seed.
• Pumpkin Seed Origins and History.
• Constituents,Phytochemical and Nutrients of Pumpkin Pulp.
• Constituents,Phytochemical of Pumpkin seeds.
• Pharmacology and Health benefits of Pumpkin Seeds.
• Pharmacology and Application of Pumpkin Pulp.
• Pumpkin Seed Dosage and Administration.
• Nutrition Facts of Pumpkin.
• Research Update:Pumpkin and Pumpkin Seed.

Pharmacology and Application of Pumpkin Pulp.:

Decoctions from the pulp are used to relieve intestinal inflammation or applied as a poultice or plaster to burns.

 According to archaeological records in Mexico (8750 B.C.), c. pepo appears to be one of the first domesticated plant species. Pumpkins and other species of squash, along with beans and corn, were considered the "three sisters" by Native Americans, who planted them together. The bean vines used the cornstalks as supports and fixed nitrogen in the soil. And for all of them, the large squash leaves shaded the soil and helped hold moisture in it. In the Grimms' fairy tale Cinderella, the heroine's fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a magical golden coach. During Halloween, the pumpkin is made into jack-o-lanterns and pumpkin cakes and pies; and it is represented in trick-or-treat costumes and decorations.

 Pumpkin was used in folk medicine to treat kidney inflammation and intestinal parasites and was once listed as one of the Four Greater Cold Seeds in an 18th century list of medicines. Today pumpkin is employed to treat irritable bladder and prostate complaints, namely benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The fatty oil in pumpkin seeds is mildly diuretic, and the seeds' principal constituent, cucurbitacins, appears to inhibit the conversion of testosterone into dihydrotesterone. The presence of zinc and amino acids further treat BPH. Pumpkin does not reduce prostate enlargement - it relieves symptoms only. Pumpkin seeds are also thought to help relieve dizziness.

 When the first explorers arrived in America, they noticed the pumpkin plant in the cultivated maize fields of the Indians. The red men, they discovered, utilized the pumpkin for medicine as well as for food. An emulsion made from a mixture of pumpkin and watermelon seeds served to heal wounds for members of the Yuma tribe. The Catawbas ate the fresh or dried seeds as a kidney medicine, while the Menominees drank a mixture of water and powdered squash and pumpkin seeds to ease the passage of urine. In settler folk medicine the ground stems of pumpkin were brewed into a tea to treat "female ills," and the ripe seeds were made into a palatable preparation to dispel worms. Modern folk healers advocate pumpkin seeds to rid the body of intestinal worms, and they point out that the seed oil is helpful for healing burns and wounds.

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