Side effect and interaction
Allergic symptoms are possible in individual cases (e.g. zucchini allergy). Treatment with pumpkin seeds (e.g. for benign prostate enlargement) should always be preceded by a medical consultation.
Presentation and dosage
Mainly used are ready-to-use preparations such as capsules and tablets made from dry extracts of pumpkin seeds or pumpkin oil. The dosage is according to the package insert. The daily dose is 500 to 1000 mg pumpkin extract or 10 g crushed pumpkin seeds.
For therapy one takes a ready-to-use medicine. Please ask your attending physician before each treatment! For urinary tract infections and bladder weakness a tea made of pumpkin seeds is also effective.
Tea preparation: Take fresh pumpkin seeds and some fresh grated ginger. Boil this mixture and let it steep for 10 minutes. Power for a healthy diet (for dehydration and strengthening the immune system)
Recipe pumpkin soup
The hokaido pumpkin is cut into cubes (do not peel) and cooked in the broth with the potatoes and papayas (or apples), which are also diced. Then cut into cubes and season to taste. Before serving, sprinkle the soup with the chopped parsley and sprinkle with pumpkin seed oil. Bon appetite!
- 1kg Hokaido pumpkin
- Two large potatoes
- About 1 l vegetable broth
- Two papayas or one big apple
- Half a cup of cream
- Salt,
- Pepper from the mill
- Rose bell pepper hot
- Cayenne Pepper
- A bunch of parsley
