According to physician Bui Dac Sang, Hanoi Oriental Medicine Association, pregnant women should not eat papaya, eat a lot that can cause stomach pain and mouth ulcers.
Papaya is also known as the past session, the cheek (Thai), the scientific name is Carica Papaya, belonging to the papaya family.The woody tree is soft, prone to broken, usually with one tops, if the main top is broken, there may be 3-4 other tops.The leaves have long stalks, the leaves divide many deep lobes.Papaya is a banyan tree, male trees with male flowers and hermaphrodite flowers, fruits from circular female flowers.The empty space in large fruits, thin meat, lots of seeds.The fruit is still green, when ripe orange.
Green papaya consists of 91.5%water, 1%protein, 0.4%lipid, cellulose 1.5%, ash 2.5-3.5%.When ripe, the amount of water, protein, lipid in papaya decreases while the sugar increases by nearly 12%.In addition, papaya has many vitamins such as 710 mg of vitamin A, 0.03 mg B1, 0.05 mg B2, 0.4 mg P, 73 mg C. The fruit is also abundant minerals such as Calcium 24 mg, phosphor 22 mg, iron 0.7 mg, sodium 4 mg, potassium 221 mg, calories 45 mg.
Papaya flowers are also used to make medicine, seeds for food, roots, stems, leaves, too young can make animal feed.
Ripe papaya.(Artwork: Freepik)
In Eastern medicine, papaya is ripe sweet, laxative effect, real pepper, defecation.Green papaya works to soften meat, easy to digest.Papaya leaves can remove blood, disinfect wounds, treat wounds of sores, blemishes with fabric.Papaya plastic antiseptic effect.Papaya flowers cure cough, fever.Papaya roots treat snakes.
Remedy from papaya
Treatment of stones:Green papaya fruits (enough for one person to eat), cut the tail, cut the seeds, keep the skin the same, put a little salt in the clear, cook the water to soften, let cool to eat the whole skin.The food process for 7 days.Can fry papaya daily to treat stones of all kinds.
Cure malaria:People who were bitten by Anophene mosquitoes cause malaria, every day or a few days, on time is a fever.The remedy includes green papaya plastic (7-9 drops) mixed with drinking water.
Papaya plastic can also treat foot bottles, apply 2-3 times a day.Small, concentrated papaya root, add salt, rub, apply, soak feet to treat foot odor, 15-20 days.