Pumpkin seed (Nanguazi)
Cucurbita moschata Duch. (Family: Cucurbitaceae)
Pharmaceutical Name: Semen Cucurbitae
moschatae.
Common Name: Pumpkin seed and husks.
Botanical Name: Cucurbita moschata Duch. (Family: Cucurbitaceae)
Source of Earliest Record: Xiandai
Shiyong Zhongyao.
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: After the pumpkin ripens in summer or autumn, its seeds are
removed, cleaned in water, dried in the sun and crushed into powder. Fresh
seeds are also used, and, when available, they are a better choice.
Properties & Taste: Sweet and
neutral.
Meridians: Stomach and large intestine.
Functions: To kill parasites.
Indications & Combinations: Tapeworm.
Pumpkin seed (Nanguazi) is used with Areca seed (Binglang).
Dosage: 60-120 g
Cautions & Contraindications: In
treating tapeworm, the 60-120 g of powder of the herb is taken. Two hours
later, the decoction of 60-120 g Areca seed (Binglang) is taken, and then half
an hour later, 15 g of Glauber's salt (Mangxiao) in decoction is taken. This
method will discharge both the tapeworm and feces.
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