E hoʻopau i nā ʻōpū ʻōpū, e like me ka tapeworms a me ka roundworms. Malia paha ʻo ka hoʻohana mau ʻana o ka poʻe no nā kumulāʻau cucurbita ʻo ia ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā parasite ʻōpū, kahi hoʻohana i wehewehe nui ʻia e ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi waikawa amino maʻamau i kapa ʻia ʻo cucurbitin i loko o nā hua. Manaʻo ʻia kēia mea hana e hoʻopale i nā ilo i ka wā lōʻihi, e koi ana iā lākou e wehe i kā lākou paʻa a kipaku ʻia mai ke kino.

Kāohi a hoʻomaha i nā hōʻailona o ka hoʻonui prostate. I kēia lā, ua ʻae kekahi mau ʻāina ʻEulopa (me Germany) i kā lākou hoʻohana ʻana no ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā pilikia mimi i nā kāne me ka hoʻomāhuahua ʻana o ka prostate maikaʻi (I a i ʻole II), i ʻike ʻia ʻo benign prostate hyperplasia a i ʻole BPH. ʻAʻole maopopo ke ʻano pololei o ka pono o nā hua akā hiki ke komo i ka aila momona i loko o nā hua e hoʻoikaika i ka kahe ʻana o ka mimi. ʻIke ʻia ka ʻaila momona e ālai i ka hana a ka hormone dihydrotestosterone ma ka prostate gland.

Hōʻike pū ʻia nā ʻike mua e hiki i nā hua ke hōʻemi i ka pōʻino hormonal i nā sela prostate, e hōʻemi ana paha i ka hopena o ka ulu ʻana i ka maʻi prostate.

ʻO ka noiʻi ʻana o East China Normal University e pili ana i nā ʻiole diabetic type-1, i paʻi ʻia ma Iulai 2007, hōʻike ʻia nā pūhui kemika i loaʻa i loko o ka paukena e hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻōla hou ʻana o nā pūnaewele pancreatic i poino, me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pae o ka insulin. Wahi a ke alakaʻi o ka hui noiʻi, ʻo ka paukena he "hua maikaʻi loa ia no ka poʻe maʻi maʻi maʻi ma mua, a me ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka maʻi maʻi maʻi," hiki ke hōʻemi a hoʻopau paha i ka pono o ka injection insulin no kekahi maʻi maʻi type-1. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia inā loaʻa ka hopena o ka paukena i ka maʻi diabetes type 2, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia ke kumuhana o ka noiʻi.

ʻO ka Pumpkin Seed Extract i hoʻohana ʻia i nā mea hoʻohui meaʻai i loaʻa mai nā hua o ka mea kanu Cucurbita.