There are many ways to get rid of worms. Pharmacological drugs are very effective, but they are very toxic and therefore cause significant harm to the body. As an alternative, you can use traditional methods. The most effective, simplest and safest product against worms is pumpkin seeds. They have pronounced anthelmintic properties, contain many useful components and have a general strengthening effect.
The benefits of pumpkin seeds
Pumpkin seeds- an extremely useful product. They have a detrimental effect on helminths due to the content of cucurbitin. In different plant varieties, its concentration is 0. 1-0. 3%. This amino acid is a real poison for worms. At the same time, it is absolutely safe for the human body.
In terms of anthelmintic properties, pumpkin seeds are second only to products prepared on the basis of male fern. But the use of the latter is undesirable, since the use of fern leads to serious side effects and has many contraindications. It turns out that pumpkin seeds are the most effective and safest anthelmintic plant.
In addition to cucurbitin, pumpkin seeds contain many vitamins and microelements. They enrich the body with vitamins B, E, PP, ascorbic acid, potassium and calcium salts, as well as phosphorus, and fill iron and magnesium deficiencies. This helps restore the normal functioning of the body, which has suffered from worm parasitism.
Pumpkin seeds are indispensable in the process of anthelmintic therapy, because the oils contained in them cleanse the body. They remove toxins accumulated in the body as a result of helminth activity. This is extremely important for restoring immunity.
Pumpkin seeds have a choleretic and laxative effect. This promotes the rapid expulsion of worms and ensures that they do not begin to break down inside the body.
To get the most out of pumpkin seeds, you should use the unrefined product for processing. It is necessary to peel it immediately before use or preparation of medicines. Fatty oils contained in the grains quickly oxidize in the air, which leads to a loss of healing properties.
What pests can pumpkin help with?
The cucurbitin contained in the seeds destroys all types of parasites: from millimeters to meters long. When entering the body of worms, they lose the ability to actively move and attach to the walls of the intestines and other organs. As a result, helminths are paralyzed and quickly eliminated from the body.
Pumpkin seeds will help get rid of:
- roundworms (nematodes) – pinworms, whipworms, roundworms, trichinella;
- tapeworms (cestodes) - bovine and porcine tapeworms, tapeworms;
- flukes (trematodes) – Siberian fluke, Giardia, liver fluke.
In order for pumpkin seeds against pests to be as effective as possible, you need to use them correctly. The greatest amount of cucurbitin, a poison for parasites, is contained not in the almond itself, but in the film adjacent to the skin.
This is another reason why shelled seeds should not be purchased for anthelmintic recipes.
Pumpkin seed recipes against worms
There are many antiparasitic folk remedies prepared on the basis of pumpkin seeds.Let's take a look at the most effective recipes.
Castor oil recipe
Divide 100 pumpkin seeds into 4 equal portions and consume them throughout the day in 4 servings. Each time after eating you need to chew well and eat a portion of unrefined cereals. After an hour during which you cannot drink or eat, castor oil is drunk. 1 teaspoon is enough. For complete cleaning, the procedure is repeated 3-4 days in a row.
Recipe with honey
Grind 300 g of peeled seeds in a blender or coffee grinder. For a teenager, 150 g is enough. The resulting product is diluted with chilled boiling water. The result should be a creamy consistency that mixes with the honey. You should take 1 teaspoon or tablespoon, depending on your taste preferences. The finished anti-worm medicine is consumed on an empty stomach. It should be consumed very slowly, over 1 hour.
After 3 hours, we drink a salt-based laxative. Additionally, it is worth doing an enema. The procedure is performed once. A week later it happens again.
Recipe with honey and soda
Roast the pumpkin seeds and grind them in a meat grinder. Mix 1 cup of crushed grains with the same amount of honey, add 1 teaspoon of soda. The resulting mixture should be infused for 10 days in a glass container. When infused, take 1 teaspoon in the morning on an empty stomach for 7 to 10 days. You can only have breakfast after 3 o'clock. During the procedure, it is advisable to do enemas every evening. This will help cleanse the body faster.
Garlic recipe
Brown 200 g of seeds with the skin without adding oil, leave to cool, grind in a coffee grinder and mix with the garlic. Just chop 5-6 cloves of garlic. Add 2 tablespoons of natural honey to the resulting mixture. It should be liquid.
The medicine is infused for 12 hours. It can be taken in the morning, 1 tbsp. spoon on an empty stomach. After that, you cannot eat anything for at least 3 hours. This remedy will help get rid of helminths in 3-4 days.
Recipe with milk
Grind 200 g of previously peeled raw pumpkin seeds and add the milk. The result should be a thick paste. It should be consumed in the morning on an empty stomach, without eating or drinking anything else. Only after an hour you need to drink a glass of clean water. After another hour, drink as much water as your body needs. After another 2. 5 hours, you need to take a laxative, perhaps castor oil, and after 30 minutes do a cleansing enema. This will help eliminate intestinal worms in one go. After 1-1. 5 weeks, repeat the course.
Recipe with cocoa
Mix 100 g of peeled pumpkin seeds, it is better to take last year's grains, with 50 g of cocoa and grind everything in a mortar into powder. Add enough water to this mixture to make a firm dough. It is divided into 20 equal parts, each forming a flat cake.
The day before using this remedy, you must fast. During the day, you are allowed to drink only water or green tea without sugar. The next morning you should start taking the prepared cakes. They are eaten 1 piece 10 minutes apart. A few hours after taking the last lozenge, you need to do an enema.
Repeat the procedure in a month. For prevention purposes, this recipe can be used once every 6 months.
Dill recipe
A decoction of dry pumpkin seeds and dill has an anthelmintic effect. They are mixed in equal proportions and poured with boiling water. For 1 tbsp. spoon of the mixture 1 liter of water. The broth is infused for 5-10 minutes and filtered. The resulting product is diluted with boiling water and drunk as tea three times a day. Continue treatment for 7 days.
Recipe with a decoction of oak bark and buckthorn
Consume 300 g of raw seeds, previously peeled and crushed, washed down with a decoction of oak bark and buckthorn. To prepare it, mix 0. 5 teaspoon of buckthorn and oak bark, add 100 ml of water and let it sit. After 2 hours, take a saline laxative, and after another 30-40 minutes, do an enema.
Pumpkin seed decoction
Grind 500 g of unpeeled seeds and pour 1 liter of water, you need to take cold liquid. Cook for 2 hours in a bain-marie, without bringing to a boil. Squeeze the seeds and drink the resulting decoction for 1 hour. After 2 hours, take a saline laxative. With this recipe you can get rid of worms in one go. They will be out in 3 to 5 hours.
Recipe with a decoction of garlic and milk
Eat 100 peeled pumpkin seeds, an hour later drink a decoction of garlic and milk prepared in advance. To prepare it, 0. 5 heads of chopped garlic are poured with 1 glass of milk and boiled. The broth should cool. Repeat the procedure a week later.
Pumpkin seeds for children and pregnant women
Since pumpkin seeds do not have a negative effect on the body, they can be given to children of all ages as a dewormer. How much pumpkin seeds you need and how to take them depends on the age of the child.
General recommendations regarding the number of seeds for the preparation of anthelmintic products intended for children:
- 5 to 7 years – maximum 150 g of grains;
- 8 to 10 years – maximum 200 g;
- 11-12 years – maximum 250 g;
- over 12 years - dose as for adults.
To get rid of helminths in children, you can use recipes as for adults, reducing the number of seeds.
It is better to give children under 5 years old not grains, but milk extracted from pumpkin seeds. To prepare it, you need to grind 150 g of peeled seeds in a meat grinder, or you can use a blender. The resulting mass, having a powdery consistency, should be poured with 2 cups of hot boiling water and boiled in a water bath for 2. 5 hours. Turn off and let the kernel pulp steep overnight. In the morning, drain it and let it sit for about 30 minutes. Greasy spots will appear on the surface. They should be collected and the remaining milk should be given to the child to drink on an empty stomach. Repeat the procedure in a week.
Important!Pumpkin seeds will help against worms and during pregnancy. Women who are expecting a child should choose anthelmintic drugs carefully.
Tablets are completely contraindicated for them, since they are too toxic and among plants there are many that can negatively affect the development of the fetus. Pumpkin seeds do not fall into this category. They are safe for the fetus and the mother-to-be. Let's look at some recipes for taking them:
- Eat 2 to 3 tablespoons of peeled and crushed seeds on an empty stomach. Do not eat or drink anything and, after 2 hours, drink 2 tablespoons of olive oil. This will act as a laxative and the worms will come out.
- Grind 100 g of peeled seeds and add 50 ml of water to it. Mix the ingredients and divide into 4 parts. Drink 4 times a day after meals. The duration of treatment is 10 days.
- 30 minutes before meals in the morning and evening, eat 0. 5 cups of pumpkin seeds, chewing them well. Repeat the procedure throughout the week.
In addition to their antihelminthic effect, pumpkin seeds help pregnant women get rid of heartburn and toxicosis.
Pumpkin seed anthelmintic treatment reviews
- "I spent 2 years treating a rash on my hands with no success. At first the doctor said it was due to liver problems, but after treatment the allergic reaction did not go away. Antiallergenic medications helped little. Then I took a test for helminths and roundworms were detected. It was extremely unexpected. As my liver was already tired from long-term treatment, I decided to treat myself with pumpkin seeds. I ate half a glass of peeled grains on an empty stomach. After 2 weeks, a new analysis showed the absence of worms.
- "I treated my 6 year old son’s pinworms with pumpkin seeds. After being diagnosed with parasites, he was prescribed pills. But I am against pharmacological therapy, so I tried folk recipes. I gave the child pumpkin seeds with milk. The procedure was repeated for 4 days. After that, my son's condition improved. We did the test again and it confirmed the cure.
- "I started losing weight quickly. However, the diet has not changed. I went to get checked out and found worms. Mom decided to spoil me with pumpkin seeds. To do this, I bought a pumpkin myself, removed the seeds from it, dried them, peeled them and mixed them with honey. I ate this porridge on an empty stomach for a week. The weight then returned to normal.
Pumpkin seeds will help get rid of all types of worms. In addition, they do not cause side effects and have practically no contraindications. In order for the treatment to quickly produce the expected effect, exclude fatty foods from your diet when consuming them. Additional use of cleansing enemas will also be helpful.