Who knows that in pawpaw leaves contains more that 50 great nutrients such as Vitamin A, B-Vitamins, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, calcium, flavonoids, tannins, betacarrotene, folate, karpain, antioxidants, dietary fiber, and more.
Those components are often recommended for daily use so that your body can maintain a healthy enhanced immune system.
Here are some health benefits of pawpaw leaves;
Break Down Wheat Gluten
Health benefits of Paw paw leaves have great ability to help your body digest wheat gluten by breaking it down.
Relieve Indigestion and Heartburn
paw paw leaves contain karpain which can eliminate bacteria that cause your stomach growl. Paw paw leaves also contain a lot of papain, protease enzym, and amylase enzym.Those are the enzyms which can help your body break down protens and carbs. It also can help you with gastrointestinal track and acid reflux.
Anti-Cancer
Concentrated in its leaf extract,The acetogenin contained in paw paw leaf can be anti-cancer cells.
The amazing thing is it will not bring any side effect or toxin to your body. According to The University of Florida paw paw leaf can kill variant cancer, especially cervix, prostate, liver, breast and lung cancer.
It also act as some anti-cancer agent such as prostate enlargement. It can help you with benign one and rectal lesion problem associated with it. You can drink paw paw tea as much as you can.
Acne Remedy
Now you can get rid of your endless acne problem. Just use paw paw leaves as your natural mask. You can make a mask from paw paw leaves by smashing it or blend and add some water. You can apply to your face just like a general mask.
Increase Platelet Count
Low platelet count also known as thrombocytopenis can make a person blood clots. Based on some research drinking paw paw leaf tea can help to cure this problem by increasing platelet counts.
Reduce Menstrual Pain
To relieve menstrual pain, take 6 paw paw leaves and put it in a liter of water. Then boil them for about 15 minutes. You can mix it with any juice to make it taste good. Or you can mix it with tamarind and salt. Drink it 3 times a day.
Great Laxative
If youare suffering from constipation paw paw leaves may help you. Paw paw leaf tea will work great as some laxative to help cure your constipation.
Eliminate Dengue Fever
Benefits of paw paw leaves also have some ability to lower your temperature if you have high fever, including dengue fever, beside flu and colds.
Increase Appetite
Despite the less delicious taste, apparently paw paw leaves can boost your appetite. As the result you can have your vigor and vitality to face the day.
Prevent Cataracts
Consuming paw paw leaf tea also can keeps you away from cataracts.
Prevent Emphysema
Emphysema can make you progressively shorter your breath. In paw paw leaves contains vitamin D which can help you to prevent such a thing. (Vitamin D Foods)
Anti-Aging
Many of commercial cosmetic offer anti-aging benefit. Now you can try paw paw leaf as your alternative. It contains a lot of anti-aging compounds and more than 50 different amino acids such as threonine, glutamate acid, glycine, alanine, proline, and more. These agents also can be found in your expensive cosmetic ingredients.
Fight Viral Infection
The Vitamins A, C, and E that are contained in paw paw leaves can boost your immune system so that your body can fight viral infection such as a common cold virus.
Diuretic Properties
Paw paw leaves have been proved as a diuretic. Drinking paw paw leaf tea can help you break down food and toxins in your body. The toxins will be taken out from body system by aiding the bladder in releasing urine. Many detoxification supplements also use this herbal as one of the ingredients listed.
Enhances Eyes Health and Strong Bones
paw paw leaves contain calcium and vitamin D which are necessary components to straighten you bones. Also the beta-carotene works great to boost your immune and eyes health.
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Paw Paw Leaf Tea
To boost your health you can consume paw paw leaves as a tea. It can be used easier and definitely safe with no side effect.
How to make paw paw leaf tea:
- Chop 10 leaves of paw paw
- Boil them in ½ gallon water until boil down to quart
- Cool it down
- Keep the tea in the fridge for at least 2 days
- It is better to put into a glass jar with a tight fitting lid
- Your tea is ready to served.
The use of paw paw leaves for health benefits is amazingly easy to apply. You can make it as an extract for making mask, tea, or even juice. But actually paw paw leaves is not recommended during pregnancy because it may induce abortion. Also, you should not consume paw paw leaves concurrently with any thyroid stimulators or Co-enzyme Q10. It can bring harmful to your body as well.
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Mawuena Workartey/ Ghanahospitals.org
