Pumpkin seeds often appear in recipes for folk remedies to treat prostate inflammation.
Such attention is justified by the characteristics of the chemical composition of the product.It should be noted that pumpkin seeds for prostatitis are an auxiliary component of therapy, but do not replace the use of medicines.
Composition and useful properties
The main value of pumpkin seeds is the oil contained in them, so you have to use them raw.The main components of the composition:
- Gamma, delta and alpha-tocopherols (American compounds that make up vitamin E) are powerful antioxidants that protect cells from damage from external factors.Taking isomers separately (alpha-tocopherol acetate, which is sold in pharmacies) leads to the destruction of its other components and has no benefits to the body.Pumpkin seeds Vitamin E are contained with full force in a well -backed form.Regular administration of the product effectively restores and protects prostate cells.
- Phytosterols (plant hormones), among which beta-sitosterol is particularly important.This substance prevents uncontrolled growth (proliferation) of prostate cells by suppressing the activity of dihydrotestosterone.
- Minerals: iron (in 100 g almost 100% of the daily rate), copper, selenium, potassium, cobalt, zinc.
- Complex of Group V vitamins.
- Saturated and unsaturated fatty acids (omega-6, linoleic, oleic).
- Chlorophyll is a substance with pronounced antibacterial, anti -inflammatory and regenerative (restorative) properties.In bacterial prostatitis, it is taken in the form of tablets.
Zinc is especially important for the health of the prostate gland because it regulates the activity of dihydrotestosterone - a hormone under the influence of which prostate cells begin to grow (hyperplasia develops).The prostate contains more zinc than in any other organ.With its deficiency, the membrane of the cells of the gland becomes vulnerable, the local immunity decreases.
Regular intake of pumpkin seeds helps prevent exacerbation of chronic prostatitis.Immune protection is enhanced at the cellular level, the prostate tissue again acquires the ability to withstand factors that provoke inflammation.Seeds are also useful for prostate atrophy.
Harm
You should not abuse pumpkin seeds.This product has a number of contraindications:
- Diabetes.
- Gallbladder stones.
- Diarrhea of different origin.Pumpkin seeds have a slight laxative effect.
- Exacerbation of gastric ulcers, duoden, increased acidity.
- Pancreatitis.
- Individual intolerance.
You should not give up pumpkin seeds with a slight message on the chair in the first days.Digestion is soon normalized.
Recipes
Pumpkin seeds with prostatitis can be consumed in different types.The easiest recipe is 50 pieces of raw every day.It is also useful for squeezing oil from them (it should not be pressed at home - it is laborious and economically impractical).The main thing is not to subjected the seeds to heat treatment.Heating will deprive the product of the most useful properties and turn some of them into toxins (as in the case of honey) - most of the vitamins will disappear, the oil will oxidize.
Pumpkin balls
Pumpkin balls are useful and easy to prepare dessert.Recipe:
- Grinding 500 g of seeds;
- Mix with 300 g of honey (medium density);
- Place in the refrigerator until curing;
- Roll balls the size of the cherries.
The obtained sweets are stored in the refrigerator.To prevent prostatitis and during treatment, you should absorb a ball in the morning on an empty stomach.The course continues until the last candy.
Pumpkin paste
Pumpkin-Honey Paste is a "lazy" version of copper balls.For cooking, you should also grind 500 g of seeds, mix them with 300 g of honey and place them in the refrigerator.You can complement the recipe with nuts.
Take the pasta of a teaspoon before breakfast and dinner.The course is 3-4 weeks.
Pumpkin flour
Pumpkin flour is obtained by grinding seeds into a blender.In this form, the product is absorbed faster and absorbed more easily.Take a teaspoon before breakfast and dinner.The course is a month and a half.
Pumpkin flour adheres to the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, so consuming it in its clean form is uncomfortable.You can mix with honey, milk, water in a proportion of 1: 1.
There is a special method of cleaning the body: for three weeks in the morning, on an empty stomach, take two tablespoons of pumpkin seeds and the same amount of kefir.
Garlic
Taking pumpkin seeds with garlic (more for the use of garlic for prostatitis) solves several tasks at once:
- Improvement of prostate function.
- Cleaning of blood vessels.
- Get rid of helminths.
Cooking Recipe: Grind 200 g of seeds in a blender, 6 cloves of garlic, add two tablespoons of honey.Insist 12 hours.Take a tablespoon once a day on an empty stomach.The course of treatment is 5 days.
Vegetable oil
Pumpkin seeds with oil are not only useful for prostatitis, but also effective for cleansing the liver.
How to cook:Grind 200 g of pumpkin seeds, add 200 g of olive, flax or sesame oil, lightly heat in a water bath, then insist on two hours.Take a teaspoon three times a day for three weeks.
Cakes
Pumpkin cakes are suitable for therapeutic course fasting, which is very useful for eliminating symptoms in chronic prostatitis.Recipe:
- Smell in a blender 100 g of seeds, add 50 g of cocoa powder, a teaspoon of sugar;
- Mix to a homogeneous consistency;
- Divide the resulting dough into 12 parts;
- Shape cakes, place in the refrigerator.
During treatment (12 days) you should eat a cake in the morning on an empty stomach in the morning and then stick to vegetarian meals.
A mixture to normalize urination
The mixture prepared according to the recipe below has an anti -inflammatory, hemostatic, diuretic and analgesic effect.Suitable for acute prostatitis.
Will take 100 g of the following components:
- Pumpkin seeds.
- Linen seeds and hemp.
- Black blackberries leaves.
- The flowers of elderberry, St. John's wort, Linden.
Pour 50 g of chamomile into the mixture.Four tablespoons of the collection pour 500 ml of boiling water, insist on two hours.Divide the entire volume obtained into four tricks and drink during the day.
Recipe # 2: Take a tablespoon of pumpkin seeds, black poppy kidneys, berries, root and ginseng grass, pour 250 ml of boiling water, hold in a water bath for 15 minutes (without boiling).Drink a chilled and filtered drink 100 ml twice a day.The course of treatment is three weeks.
Salads
Based on pumpkin seeds, you can prepare not only sweet desserts but also useful snacks.Seed salads are included in the menu with different forms of prostatitis.
Autumn salad
Ingredients:
- 50 g of raw carrots;
- 50 g of raw pulp;
- Tablespoon pumpkin seeds;
- Tablespoon sour cream.
Thanks to a rough grater, mix with seeds, season with sour cream.
Spinach
Spinach salad is not recommended for men with reercanical prostatitis.Ingredients:
- 50 g of pumpkin seeds, spinach, parsley.
- One carrot.
- One clove of garlic.
- 20 g of lemon juice.
- Taste: rosemary, thyme.
Set the carrots on a rough grater, cover the greens, add the seeds.Mix lemon juice with rosemary, thyme and butter, insist for 10 minutes, season the salad.
Beet
Components:
- 600 g boiled beet.
- 50 g of pumpkin seeds.
- 150 g of sour cream.
- Two tablespoons of fresh horseradish root.
- A teaspoon of cinnamon.
- Salt to taste.
Cut the beets with arbitrary slices, add the seeds.Fuel charging: Mix sour cream, horseradish, salt and cinnamon.
How to choose seeds
Characteristics of high quality pumpkin seeds suitable for the treatment of prostatitis:
- Raw (not fried);
- Without chips, spots, traces of molds;
- It is not wet, high quality dried;
- Without salt and other additives;
- No outer odors.
You should store seeds in a closed glass jar placed in the refrigerator (fat oxidized at room temperature will spoil the product).The maximum storage time is 2 months.
Doctors' feedback
Doctors consider pumpkin seeds a useful product, and its healing properties are applicable not only for the treatment of prostatitis.Substances contained in the seeds maintain the tone of blood vessels and skin, increase the immune protection of the body and prevent hypertension.
Experts especially distinguish the amino acid of L-arginine, which is required for the production of nitric oxide.This substance relaxes the vascular walls and expands the lumen of the channel.For a man, this means good blood circulation and a confident erection.In pumpkin seeds, L-arginine is more than in veal or milk (recognized leaders in the content of this amino acid).
With prostatitis, doctors often prescribe pumpkin oil -based medicines: candles and capsules.Such agents have a pronounced anti -inflammatory and regenerative effect.
Male reviews
"I periodically eat pumpkin seeds for general strengthening of the body as well as to prevent prostatitis. I love them from childhood, therefore, obviously, I do not suffer from inflammation of the prostate, like most of my colleagues."
"Pumpkin seeds mixed with honey were recommended by a doctor who treated me from exacerbation of chronic prostatitis. Additional vitamin complexes were immediately canceled. He said that simultaneous intake with seeds threatened with hypervitaminosis. I ate the mixture for one month, now, after six months.
Conclusion
Pumpkin seeds are a valuable product, but you should use it.If individual intolerance occurs in the form of severe prolonged diarrhea, rashes, then the intake must be stopped.In the absence of negative reactions from the body, the seeds can be replaced with pumpkin oil, with the concentration of nutrients much higher.