DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
The dried, ripe pumpkin seeds, are used phytotherapeutically.
Quality is specified in the German Pharmacopoeia (DAB).
HMPC monograph: Traditional-use: discomfort 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 associated with prostate adenoma stage I to II according to Alken or stage II and III according to Vahlensieck, in irritable bladder.
Commission E monograph: irritable bladder, micturition complaints in prostate adenoma stage I and II.
Empirical medicine: adjuvant in bladder dysfunction, bladder weakness, enuresis nocturna.
Spectrum of actionThis section has been translated automatically.
Antiphlogistic, anti-edematous, anticongestive in prostate, inhibition of 5 alpha-reductase, antioxidant, antimicrobial, diuretic.
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Undesirable effectsThis section has been translated automatically.
Gastrointestinal complaints
ContraindicationThis section has been translated automatically.
Children and adolescents under 18 years of age no relevance - no prostatic hyperplasia. Pregnancy and lactation: No data
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/herbal-monograph/final-community-herbal-monograph-cucurbita-pepo-l-semen_en.pdf
- https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/kuerbis.php
Wenigmann M. (2017) Phytotherapy medicinal drugs, phytopharmaceuticals, application. Urban & Fischer, pp. 143-144
