 In Germany and southeastern Europe, seeds of "C. pepo" were also used as folk remedies to treat irritable bladder and benign prostatic hyperplasia.In China, "C. moschata" seeds were also used in traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of the parasitic disease schistosomiasis and for the expulsion of tape worms.Chinese studies have found that a combination of pumpkin seed and areca nut extracts was effective in the expulsion of "Taenia spp."