Papaya is warm in nature and sour in taste, which can regulate spleen and stomach dryness and dampness, calm the liver and dispel wind, dissipate blood stasis and promote blood circulation, relax channels and activate collaterals. Indications: Vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain, gastrocnemius spasm, damp arthralgia, dysentery, jaundice, beriberi, soreness of waist and knees. Modern research shows that papaya has many pharmacological effects, such as regulating autonomic nerve function, anti-inflammatory, anti-rheumatism, diuresis and analgesia, and has inhibitory effects on Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other bacteria.
Second, the efficacy and role of Chinese medicine papaya
1, expelling wind and removing arthralgia
Papaya is commonly used in clinic for all kinds of rheumatic joint pain and tendon contracture, especially rheumatic joint pain. Take papaya, myrrh powder and frankincense powder, put them in papaya, cover them tightly and fix them with bamboo utensils. Steam in the oven for 10- 15 minutes, grind into paste, take 3-5 tablespoons each time, and stew with yellow wine. It can not only treat stiff neck immobility, but also treat rheumatic hand and foot immobility.
2, can cure beriberi
In addition, papaya can also be boiled into paste for external application, which is used to treat acute foot and knee pain. Or papaya can be mixed with Evodia rutaecarpa, Perilla frutescens, Areca catechu, etc. It can be made into powder or pill for treating beriberi, swelling and pain, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, immobility, colic, etc. In case of vomiting, diarrhea and muscle rotation, papaya can be used together with fennel and Evodia rutaecarpa to make soup, or papaya can be used alone with a small amount of rice to make soup for oral administration.
3. Treatment of wet dysentery
For the treatment of damp-stagnation dysentery, red-white dysentery or diarrhea, dry papaya tablets can be taken orally, each tablet is 0.5g, which is equivalent to 1. 13g crude drug. Adults should take 5 tablets each time (children should take less), three times a day. 5-7 days is 1 course of treatment, and patients with severe illness can take 2 courses of treatment. The prescription is effective in treating acute bacillary dysentery, and has no side effects, especially for the elderly and infirm.
4. Treatment of postoperative intestinal adhesion
Take 50 grams of papaya and 50 grams of Achyranthes bidentata, soak them in 500 ml of white wine, filter out the medicinal liquor after 7 days, and drink it in moderation according to my drinking capacity before going to bed every night, and the effect is good. Can this medicine be soaked twice in a row, or use 500 ml of white wine.
5. Treat children with urgency and frequent urination.
Slice raw papaya 1, soak it in wine 1 week, take it 10g each time, and take it with water 1 dose every day, and take it twice. This prescription has a good curative effect. Generally, patients with mild illness can be cured by taking 5 doses, and patients with severe illness can be cured by taking 7 doses.
Step 6 treat athlete's foot
Take 30 grams of papaya and 30 grams of licorice, add water, cool and wash feet, soak for 5- 10 minutes each time, daily 1 dose. General medication 1-2 weeks can take effect.
7, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory
Papaya is also a fruit with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Oleanolic acid contained in this fruit is a natural pharmaceutical ingredient with super antibacterial ability. After entering the human body, it can prevent the growth of inflammation in the human body and inhibit the activities of various sensitive bacteria and pathogenic bacteria in the human body. Usually people often use papaya to improve the body's anti-inflammatory ability, so that the inflammation in the human body slowly subsides.