Two days before the application of pumpkin seeds, the patient is prescribed an enema every morning and a salt laxative the day before. On the day of treatment, an enema is placed on an empty stomach irrespective of the presence of a stool.
Pumpkin seeds are used in two ways:
1. Pumpkin seeds are peeled from the hard peel, leaving the inner green shell; 300 g of peeled seeds (for adults) grind in small portions in a mortar, after the last portion, the mortar is washed with 50-60 ml (1/4 cup) of water and poured into a bowl with ground seeds; you can add 50-100 g of honey or jam and mix thoroughly. The received mixture of the patient takes on an empty stomach, lying in bed, in small portions for 1 hour; After 3 hours they give a laxative, then in half an hour, regardless of the action of the intestine, they put an enema. Eating is allowed after a stool caused by an enema or laxative.
At day time, children are prescribed in the following age-related dosages:
3-4 years - 75 g; 5-7 years - 100 g; 8-10 years - 150 g; 10-15 years - 200-250.
2. Pumpkin seeds are ground together with the skin in a meat grinder or a mortar, poured with a double amount of water and evaporated for 2 hours on a light fire in a water bath without boiling; the broth is filtered through gauze, after which the oil film is removed from the surface of the broth. The whole broth is taken on an empty stomach for 20-30 minutes. 2 hours after taking the decoction give a salt laxative. Adults designate a decoction of 500 g of untreated seeds, children of 10 years - from 300 g; 5-7 years - from 200 g; up to 5 years - 100-150 g.
Seeds of pumpkin gymnosperm (not having a solid peel) apply! without treatment for 150-200 g per reception; (150 g of seeds per 450 ml of water is boiled in a water bath for an hour, cooled, filtered through a dense tissue: an adult dose of 400-450 ml of decoction) and an emulsion (150 g of seeds are triturated with the addition of 450 ml water, the dose for adults is 400-450 ml).