Cold pressed pumpkin seed oil

The raw-pressed Styrian pumpkin seed oil is made from high-quality raw materials of the highest grade by temperature-free manual cold pressing. This is a pure organic product that has retained all the beneficial properties contained in the plant. At the same time, it completely lacks preservatives, chemical dyes and flavors.

To get one liter of this oil, at least 2.5 kg of seeds are required, which is approximately 30 * 35 medium-sized pumpkins.

Pumpkin oil contains:

• vitamins: A, B1, B2, B4, B9, C, D, E, K, P, PP.
• minerals: iron, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sodium, selenium, sulfur, phosphorus, zinc.
• polyunsaturated fatty acids (80%): Omega-3, Omega-6, Omega-9;
• saturated fatty acids – palmitic and stearic;
• chlorophyll — vegetable hemoglobin;
• amino acids, essential oils, pectins.

Application

Health and beauty

Pumpkin seeds and oil from it have been used in folk and traditional medicine for centuries. They have a healing, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, regenerating effect, improve the functioning of individual organs, systems and the body as a whole.

When used regularly, pumpkin seed oil:

• Helps with heartburn, gastritis, constipation, stomach and duodenal ulcers, hepatitis, cirrhosis, fatty degeneration and toxic liver damage, biliary dyskinesia, bile stasis, cholecystitis, hemorrhoids and heals mucosal erosion.
• Improves the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, stimulates the production of digestive juices, accelerates intestinal peristalsis. It has an antiparasitic effect on helminths.
• Reduces the concentration of cholesterol in the blood, restores damaged walls of blood vessels, increases their elasticity, activates the processes of hematopoiesis, maintains blood fluidity. Reduces the manifestations and facilitates the manifestations of atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease.
• Calms the nervous system, increases blood circulation in the brain, improves its functioning, memory, attention, thinking.
• It has a positive effect on the reproductive system of women and men. Helps with inflammation of the genital organs, menstrual irregularities (in women), problems with potency and prostatitis (in men).
• Binds and removes toxins and slags from the body.
• Increases immunity.
• Restores sight.

When applied topically, pumpkin seed oil:

• It has a wound healing, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effect, relieves swelling.
• Promotes skin healing in dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis. Treats abrasions, wounds, insect bites, burns, diaper rash, fungal infections, ulcers, bedsores.
• Used to heal cervical erosion, treat colpitis, thrush (douching).
• Nourishes, tones, softens the skin, increases its elasticity, rejuvenates. Strengthens the nail plate. Prevents dandruff and hair breakage.
• Prevents skin pigmentation under the influence of sunlight, has an anti-cancer effect.
• Helps with diseases of the oral cavity: stomatitis, gingivitis, periodontitis.

Uses

Ingestion: 2-3 teaspoons of pumpkin seed oil 3 times a day after meals (in pure form), or added to a salad. The course is 1-2 months.

Contraindications: individual intolerance, diabetes mellitus, diarrhea, calculous cholecystitis (gall bladder stones). In case of endocrine diseases, consultation with a doctor is necessary.

Topical application:

• For wounds, inflammations and other skin lesions, pumpkin seed oil is applied directly to the affected area until complete healing.
• In diseases of the mucous membranes – mouthwash, tampons and douching for vaginal and nasal use.
• For beauty – oil is added to creams for the face, hands, body. Used as a basis for the preparation of masks. Rubbed into the scalp.

Cooking

Pumpkin seed oil is used as a dressing for salads and ready meals, they are flavored with cereals, baked vegetables, dishes from legumes, meat, fish, and added to pastries.

Important! When the oil is heated, the beneficial substances and vitamins contained in it are destroyed. Therefore, the product is not recommended to be subjected to heat treatment, for example, used for frying.

Energy value: 896 kcal per 100 g.

Oil storage conditions

Unopened pumpkin seed oil is stored for 6 months from the date of manufacture. After opening – the product must be consumed within 30 days.

It is necessary to store the product at a temperature of +3…+6°C, avoiding direct sunlight. The refrigerator will be the best place.