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| PAPAYA |
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Family: Caricaceae
Genus: Carica
Species: papaya
Common Names: Chich Put, Fan Kua, Kavunagaci, Lechoso, Lohong Si Phle, Mapaza, Mu Kua, Papailler, Papaw, Papaye, Papayer, Pawpaw Tree, Pawpaw, Pepol, Tinti, Wan Shou Kuo, Betik petik, Gandul, Katela gantung, Kates, Kepaya, Kuntaia
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| DESCRIPTION |
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Analgesic, Amebicide, Antibiotic, Antibacterial, Cardiotonic, Cholagogue, Digestive, Emmenagogueue, Febrifuge, Hypotensive, Laxative, Pectoral, Stomachic, Vermifuge |
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Quoted References
Medical Botany "Carica papaya L. Caricaceae. "Papaya", "Pawpaw". Cultivated. Green fruit eaten cooked; ripe, eaten fresh or in juices. A dozen seed are swallowed as a vermifuge. For constipation, eat half a papaya. Rutter mentions use of papaya for acarosis, enteritis, and tachycardia (RAR). "Chocó" mix the latex with honey as vermifuge. Leaf infusion cardiotonic. "Cuna" use cooked roots for indigestion. Tikuna eat grated immature fruit with 2-6 aspirin, inducing abortion in about two days (SAR). In Piura, the leaf tea is considered digestive and hypotensive; chopped fruits are used as antiseptic (FEO). Brazilians make flower tea for heart and liver (BDS). Knowing that meat tenderizer (based on papaya's papain) had been used for sea nettle stings, JAD applied papaya juice to the rash Don Segundo induced by flagellating the wrist with stinging nettle. JAD had a reaction. Chymopapain has been used to dissolve herniated disks, but 1 in 4,000 people exposed to this treatment die of anaphylactic shock. Recent news has suggested that too much papaya might induce prostate cancer (JAD). " |
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