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Pumpkins |
The pumpkin, a member of the Cucurbita family including squash and cucumbers.herbaceous plant, cultivated for its fruit, flowers and seeds, pumpkin has a flexible and climbing stem.
Its leaves are big, heart shaped, with well marked nerves. Its flowers are yellow and pulpy. The fruit can be oval or spherical, of a green or intense orange color.
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HEALTH TIPS |
- Pumpkin seeds contain the strongest therapeutic effects. These help in eliminating intestinal parasites, cleaning blood vessels, adjusting cholesterol level and stimulating kidney activity.
- In treating cancer, leukemia, sclerosis, or various diseases which are hard to cure, pumpkin seeds have an energizing role.
- Pumpkin juice is indicated for ulcer and high acidity. It has to be drunk three times a day, half an hour before meals. It is also useful in cases of insomnia, having sedative properties.
- A number of hydrating and anti-wrinkle creams contain pumpkin.
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