Cucurbitae semen

Last updated on: 07.06.2024

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Definition
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The dried, ripe pumpkin seedsare used phytotherapeutically.

Quality is specified in the German Pharmacopoeia (DAB).

HMPC mon ograph: Traditional-use: complaints of the urinary tract in benign prostatic hyperplasia or irritable bladder.

ESCOP mon ograph: micturition complaints, painful urination, frequent urination, nocturnal urge to urinate, urinary retention, residual urine formation in connection with prostate adenoma stage I to II according to Alken or stage II and III according to Vahlensieck, with irritable bladder.
Commission E-monograph: irritable bladder, micturition complaints with prostate adenoma stage I and II.

Empirical medicine: adjuvant for bladder dysfunction, bladder weakness, enuresis nocturna

Ingredients: oil, proteins, carbohydrates, phytosterols, tocopherols, s.a. cucurbitacins

Spectrum of action
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Antiphlogistic, anti-edematous, anticongestive in prostate, inhibition of 5 alpha-reductase, antioxidant, antimicrobial, diuretic.

Undesirable effects
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Gastrointestinal complaints

Contraindication
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Children and adolescents under 18 years of age no relevance - no prostatic hyperplasia. Pregnancy and lactation: No data

Literature
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  1. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/herbal-monograph/final-community-herbal-monograph-cucurbita-pepo-l-semen_en.pdf
  2. https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/kuerbis.php
  3. Wenigmann M. (2017) Phytotherapy medicinal drugs, phytopharmaceuticals, application. Urban & Fischer, pp. 143-144

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Garden pumpkin; Pumpkin; Pumpkin seeds;

Last updated on: 07.06.2024