Dengue is a viral fever caused by mosquito bites and can be dangerous if not attended in time. Common symptoms are high fever, headache, muscle and joint pain, rashes on the body etc
Papaya leaves are good medicine for dengue fever as it assist human body to increase white blood cells and platelets which is also known as thrombocytes. Since gradual decrease of platelet and white blood causes dengue fever and papaya leaves can cure platelet deficiency in human body. So papaya leaves are good medicine to protect a dengue patient. A dengue patient can drink fresh juice extracted by crushing fresh leaves of papaya.
Besides, papaya leaf contains powerful anti-malarial and anti-cancer properties, important nutrients including vitamins A, C, and E. To fight against dengue disease a person has to strengthen his immune system. As papaya leaf possesses some nutrient elements which help to strengthen our immune system.
It is noteworthy that it is effective only in initial stage of a patient(who is suffering from dengue fever) and nobody should take it as substitute for medical advice.
We know that fresh papaya, rich in vitamins and minerals, is very good for the digestive system. But recently researchers have announced about its having properties that can cure the fatal dengue. According to the Ayurveda researchers at the National Institute for Ayurvedic Drug Development, two enzymes namely chymopapin and papin in the raw papaya leaf can fight viral infections. It also helps revive the white blood cells and the platelet counts (gradual decrease/destruction of which is the reason of many people suffering and dying of dengue). The juice, prepared from fresh papaya leaves, avoiding the veins (of the leaves) and then grinding the green, pulpy part to make a paste, indeed is very bitter in taste. Physicians advice that 20-25 ml/four to five teaspoons of it twice a day, continuing for at least a week is enough for dengue patient.
I would also like to inform you that fresh papaya leaf extract is proved to have anti-malarial and anti-cancer properties. In some parts of the globe it has been used as a strong preventive to fight malaria. It's said that some American and Japanese physicians/researchers had discovered the useful enzymes in papaya leaf extract having cancer fighting properties (preventing cervix/ breast/liver/lung/pancreatic cancers). Significantly, as it has not been proved during tests examining the toxic effects in papaya leaves, so consumption of it may be said to have no side effects. We really need more research/study on it.
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