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Our métier exists between what is time-bound and what is timeless. PHYSIK is defined by a narrow and deliberate focus. We cultivate where care is exacting, quality is finite, and standards of excellence endure.
What appears simple is the result of long consideration, inherited knowledge, and an uncompromising regard for material integrity. Here, devotion reveals beauty, and vitality becomes a practice of daily life.

We work exclusively with seeds of rare provenance, farmed at the highest standard we know within Austria’s heritage of biodynamic agriculture, yielding luxuriant foods of peerless purity.
  • PUMPKIN SEED OIL
  • PUMPKIN SEED OIL

    PUMPKIN SEED OIL

    The founding oil

    Regular price $48.00
    250 mL

    Within Austria lives a particular wisdom long observed by its Alpine clinics and sanctuaries: that natural beauty is the expression of a body in balance. Born of the heirloom Styrian pumpkin seed, pumpkin seed oil remains among Austria’s most enduring naturopathic traditions. Gently cold-pressed from raw seeds by a sixth-generation miller in one of Austria’s pristine protected ecosystems, each bottle is filled on the miller’s acreage at a considered volume of 250ml. The oil is singular in composition and distinguished by a range of restorative virtues. Taken daily, as balance returns within the body, it becomes a practice through which this essence of refinement in wellness is made one's own.

    100% Biodynamic Heirloom Styrian Pumpkin Seed Oil The heirloom Styrian pumpkin is a hulless variety native to Austria’s cool climate, fertile soils, and the generational hand of its growers. Few seeds belong so wholly to the place in which they are grown.

    Among these virtues, pumpkin seed oil’s support for hair density and follicular vitality is particularly significant. Human clinical trials of oral supplementation have documented increases in hair count and regrowth, together with reductions in hair-shaft diversity. Its phytosterols, including beta-sitosterol, and linoleic acid have been studied in relation to 5-alpha-reductase, an enzyme involved in androgen metabolism and pattern hair loss. The oil is naturally rich in unsaturated fatty acids and contains tocopherols (Vitamin E), carotenoids, including beta-carotene (Provitamin A), phytosterols, polyphenols, squalene, and chlorophyll. Its tocopherols, carotenoids, polyphenols, and squalene work in concert, contributing to the body’s defenses against oxidative stress. Within this composition, squalene reveals an elegant correspondence between plant and body: present in botanical oils and human skin, it helps preserve the integrity of the skin’s surface. Research has associated dietary squalene with favorable changes in cholesterol levels and the body’s processing of fats, alongside reductions in markers of inflammation, pointing to a broader role in metabolic health. Beyond these findings, clinical research in postmenopausal women has documented improvements in menopausal symptoms, particularly hot flushes, headaches, and joint pain, symptoms that often emerge during perimenopause and may continue after menopause. Recognized for centuries in Austria as a medicinal oil, pumpkin seed oil was later integrated into the protocols of modern Mayr Medicine. More recently, clinical studies documenting reductions in DNA methylation age, an epigenetic measure of biological aging, included pumpkin seed oil in their dietary guidance, extending its restorative promise into the evolving science of longevity. Over time, these properties support the visible qualities long associated with natural beauty. Alpha-Linolenic Acid (Omega-3) · Linoleic Acid (Omega-6) · Oleic Acid (Omega-9) · Beta-Carotene · Beta-Sitosterol · Chlorophyll · Phytosterols · Polyphenols · Squalene · Tocopherols (Vitamin E) · Zinc

    A biodynamic farm is alive with interdependence: wildflowers grow between crops, herbal compost preparations nurture the life of the soil, animals move through the landscape, and fertility is generated from within the farm itself. Each act of cultivation is guided by close observation and intuition, in accordance with the celestial rhythms central to biodynamics. Sustained across generations by agricultural knowledge, sensitivity, and stewardship, the farm becomes one elegant living system. Among the world’s rarest and most exacting approaches to cultivation, biodynamics carries forward an Austrian tradition in which land and harvest are understood as inseparable expressions of vitality.

    Our labels, seals, and stationery are printed in Austria on a Heidelberg press dating to 1914, using custom-engraved brass plates. Milled in France, the mould-made paper bears the fibrous texture and quiet irregularities associated with handmade paper. The press serves the craft: each letterpress label is imprinted ever so slightly differently. Our 250 ml dark-glass bottle protects the oil’s freshness and delivers a controlled pour of a single tablespoon. Shaped to rest naturally in the palm, the bottle opens to a plume of aromatics beneath a food-grade aluminum closure.

    Please store in a cool, dark place. Once opened, use within 8 weeks. Recommended daily intake: 1 tablespoon.