There are many ways to get rid of worms. Pharmacological drugs are highly effective, but very toxic and therefore cause significant harm to the body. Alternatively, you can also use traditional methods. The most effective, simple and safest remedy for 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. Due to the cucurbitin content, they have a harmful effect on helminths. 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 worm fern-based products. However, 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 safe 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 compensate for iron and magnesium deficiencies. This helps restore the normal functioning of the body that has suffered from worm parasitism.
Pumpkin seeds are indispensable in anthelmintic therapy because the oils they contain cleanse the body. They remove toxins that have 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 elimination of the worms and ensures that they do not begin to break down in the body.
To get the maximum benefit from pumpkin seeds, you must use an unrefined product for treatment. It is necessary to peel it immediately before using or preparing medicines. Fatty oils contained in grains oxidize quickly in air, which leads to the loss of their healing properties.
Which parasites does pumpkin help with?
The cucurbitin contained in the seeds destroys all types of parasites: from millimeters to meters in length. When it enters the body of worms, they lose the ability to actively move and attach to the intestinal walls and other organs. This paralyzes the helminths and quickly eliminates them from the body.
Pumpkin seeds help get rid of:
- Roundworms (nematodes) – pinworms, whipworms, roundworms, trichinae;
- Tapeworms (cestodes) – bovine and pork tapeworms, tapeworms;
- Flukes (Trematodes) – Siberian fluke, Giardia, liver fluke.
In order for pumpkin seeds to be as effective against parasites as possible, you must use them correctly. The largest amount of cucurbitin, a poison for parasites, is contained not in the kernel itself, but in the film next to the shell.
This is another reason why shelled seeds should not be purchased for anthelmintic recipes.
Recipes with pumpkin seeds against worms
There are many antiparasitic folk remedies made on the basis of pumpkin seeds.Let's look at the most effective recipes.
Recipe with castor oil
Divide 100 pumpkin seeds into 4 equal portions and consume them in 4 portions throughout the day. Every time after eating, you need to thoroughly chew and eat a portion of unrefined cereals. After an hour in which you are not allowed to 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 cooled boiled water. The result should be a creamy consistency that mixes with honey. Depending on your taste preferences, you need to take 1 teaspoon or tablespoon. The finished anti-worm drug is taken on an empty stomach. It should be taken very slowly, over 1 hour.
After 3 hours, a salt-based laxative is drunk. In addition, it is worth doing an enema. The process is carried out once. A week later it happens again.
Recipe with honey and soda
Roast pumpkin seeds and chop them in a meat grinder. Mix 1 cup of crushed seeds with the same amount of honey and add 1 teaspoon of soda. The resulting mixture must be infused in a glass container for 10 days. After the infusion, take 1 teaspoon in the morning on an empty stomach for 7-10 days. You can only have breakfast after 3 hours. During the procedure, it is advisable to do enemas every evening. This cleanses the body faster.
Recipe with garlic
Fry 200 g of seeds with shell without adding oil, let cool, grind in a coffee grinder and mix with garlic. It is enough to 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. Afterwards you must not eat anything for at least 3 hours. This remedy helps to get rid of helminths in 3-4 days.
Recipe with milk
Grind 200 g of raw, previously peeled pumpkin seeds and add milk. The result should be a thick paste. It should be taken 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 helps remove intestinal worms in one go. Repeat the course after 1–1. 5 weeks.
Recipe with cocoa
Mix 100 g of peeled pumpkin seeds (better use last year's seeds) with 50 g of cocoa and grind everything in a mortar to a powder. Add enough water to this mixture to form a stiff dough. It is divided into 20 equal parts, each of which is formed into a flat cake.
You must fast the day before using this remedy. During the day you can only drink water or green tea without sugar. The next morning you should start taking the prepared cakes. They are eaten 1 piece every 10 minutes. A few hours after taking the last lozenge, you need to do an enema.
Repeat the process in a month. For prevention, this recipe can be used every 6 months.
Recipe with dill
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 sea buckthorn
Eat 300 g of raw, pre-peeled and crushed seeds, washing down with a decoction of oak and sea buckthorn bark. To prepare, mix 0. 5 teaspoons of sea buckthorn and oak bark, add 100 ml of water and let stand. After 2 hours, take a saline laxative and after another 30-40 minutes, do an enema.
Pumpkin seed broth
Grind 500 g of unpeeled seeds and pour 1 liter of water, you need to drink cold liquid. Cook in a water bath for 2 hours without bringing it to a boil. Squeeze out 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 come out in 3-5 hours.
Recipe with a decoction of garlic and milk
Eat 100 peeled pumpkin seeds and drink a prepared garlic and milk decoction an hour later. To prepare it, 0. 5 heads of chopped garlic are poured over with 1 glass of milk and brought to the boil. The broth should cool down. Repeat the process a week later.
Pumpkin seeds for children and pregnant women
Since pumpkin seeds do not have any negative effects on the body, they can be given to children of any age as an anthelmintic. How many pumpkin seeds you need and how you take them depends on the age of the child.
General recommendations on the number of seeds for the preparation of anthelmintic products for children:
- 5-7 years – maximum 150g kernels;
- 8-10 years - maximum 200g;
- 11-12 years - maximum 250g;
- over 12 years – dosage as for adults.
To get rid of helminths in children, you can use recipes like those for adults, reducing the number of seeds.
It is better not to give seeds to children under 5 years old, but to give milk made from pumpkin seeds. To prepare it, you need to grind 150 g of peeled seeds in a meat grinder or use a blender. The resulting mass of powder-like consistency must be poured with 2 cups of hot boiled water and boiled in a water bath for 2. 5 hours. Switch off and let the core pulp steep overnight. Strain in the morning and let sit for about 30 minutes. Oily spots form 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 process in a week.
Important!Pumpkin seeds help against worms and during pregnancy. Women expecting a child should choose anthelmintics carefully.
Tablets are completely contraindicated for them, since they are too poisonous, and among the 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 expectant mother. Let's look at a few recipes for taking it:
- Eat 2-3 tablespoons of peeled and crushed seeds on an empty stomach. Do not eat or drink anything and drink 2 tablespoons of olive oil after 2 hours. It has a laxative effect and the worms come out.
- Grind 100g of peeled seeds and add 50ml of water. Mix the ingredients and divide into 4 parts. Drink 4 times a day after meals. The duration of treatment is 10 days.
- Chew 0. 5 cups of pumpkin seeds well 30 minutes before meals in the morning and evening. Repeat the process throughout the week.
In addition to the antihelminthic effect, pumpkin seeds help pregnant women get rid of heartburn and toxicosis.
Reviews about anthelmintic treatment with pumpkin seeds
- "I treated a rash on my hands for two years 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 didn't help much. Then I did a test for helminths and roundworms were found. This was extremely unexpected. Since my liver was already tired from long-term treatment, I decided to treat myself to a pumpkin seed treatment. I ate half a glass of peeled seeds on an empty stomach. After two weeks, re-analysis showed that no worms were present. "
- "I treated my 6-year-old son's pinworms with pumpkin seeds. After he was 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 process was repeated for 4 days. After that, my son's condition improved. We did the test again and it confirmed recovery. "
- "I started losing weight quickly. However, nothing changed in terms of diet. I went for a checkup and found worms. Mom decided to treat me to pumpkin seeds. To do this, I bought a pumpkin myself, removed the seeds from it, dried it, peeled it and mixed it with honey. I ate this porridge on an empty stomach for a week. Afterwards the weight returned to normal. "
Pumpkin seeds 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 bring the expected effect, exclude fatty foods from your diet during use. The additional use of cleansing enemas also helps.