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Pumpkin Seed Oil Ingredient Notes
Pumpkin seed oil is the oil obtained from pumpkin seeds. Whole seeds, seed powder and defatted extracts have different compositions.
Pumpkin seed oil is the oil obtained from pumpkin seeds. Whole seeds, seed powder and defatted extracts have different compositions.
Community experiences
Selected positive personal experiences from external communities, edited and summarized. These accounts do not establish effectiveness.
A contributor who used pumpkin seed oil softgels for several months wrote that waking to urinate an average of twice a night had stopped on most nights. They described little difference at first, then a change about a month and a half after adjusting the amount. A previous reduction from six nightly awakenings to two had occurred with medication and treatment and is a separate part of the history. The full improvement should not be attributed to the oil alone or taken as advice to increase the dose.
Experience shared by external community contributor A
A contributor who described their hair becoming thinner after COVID-19 and with age wrote in a follow-up comment that, after starting pumpkin seed oil capsules, their hair looked and felt healthier. They thought they were shedding less and intended to continue. No exact duration, dose or hair-count measurements were given, so this does not verify new hair growth or establish a treatment effect on hair loss.
Experience shared by external community contributor B
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What is Pumpkin Seed Oil?
Pumpkin seed oil is the oil obtained from pumpkin seeds. Whole seeds, seed powder and defatted extracts have different compositions.
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Evidence and limitations
In a three-month trial in 73 men with benign prostate enlargement, symptom scores improved in both the pumpkin seed oil and tamsulosin groups, with a greater decrease in the tamsulosin group. There was no placebo group, so the study does not establish benefit over placebo or equivalence to the medicine.
Forms and other names
Pumpkin Seed Oil identifies the oil. Pumpkin Seed alone does not show that a product uses oil; findings for one preparation should not be transferred automatically to another.
Related ingredients
Related reading, not a recommendation to combine supplements.
Side effects and cautions
Seek medical care for painful urination, blood in urine or inability to urinate. Do not replace prescribed medicine on your own. Check seed ingredients and excipients if you have allergies.
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