Friday, January 19, 2007
Fruit Remedies from Papaya
Tip on Natural Healing
Papaya
Papaya, Tropical Medecine Tree
Karen can't stop gushing about the uses of papaya, "If I were to recommend the King of Fruits it would be the papaya!" say Karen, from its many healthful properties. "Did you know the seed are a wormicide?" Papaya is a great detoxifier. Ever so often it is beneficial to flush our body system of parasites and she recommends a teaspoon of its peppery tasting seeds once a week. It helps to get rid of treadworms and stomach fluke.
And if you have digestive conditions, papaya is increasingly marketed as a supplement to support digestion, especially of protein. It is full of a digestive enzyme. The greener the fruit is the more papain it contains.
Papaya Mask and Wrap
Karen says that if you want wonderful skin treatment, just mash papaya for a lustrous all-natural face mask. It is full of pectin and will give your skin a natural face lift.
If you have been to Indonesia you might still get a chance to eat the leaves; boiled leaf is available in many traditional cooked food eateries. It tastes bitter but is a good antiseptic and preventive remedy for malaria.
Yummy Papaya Dessert
Eating Papaya Dessert is delicious and it is also a way to get your weekly dose of papaya seeds.
Ingredients:
1 Large ripe papaya
2 tbs rosted almonds (and chipped)
2 tbs of seeds (chopped)
250 mls coconut cream
A lump of black coconut Rock Sugar for tipping
Method:
Halve a papaya. Spoon out the flesh and save in a bowl. Also save required amount of seeds. Save the skin of the two halves for serving later. Chop papaya seeds and almod seeds. Mix the flesh, seeds and nuts with the coconut cream. Fill the papayta skins with the mixture and top with grated coconut rock sugar.