Effect:
promotes digestion, stimulates metabolism
Areas of application:
Constipation, as a digestive aid, has a mild laxative effect, bites from poisonous animals such as snakes, spiders or scorpions, supports the liver and gallbladder
Plant parts used:
Fruits, leaves
Collection time:
In the tropics all year round, in the greenhouse only after a few years in the summer
To find:
In the tropics of South America and in the subtropical zones.
Ingredients:
Enzymes, especially papain, lipase, callase, glycosides, pectin, vitamin A, vitamin C, alkaloids
Other:
☕ Tea: Scald 1 teaspoon of leaves with 1/4 liter of boiling water and let it steep for at least 15 minutes, preferably longer. Drink before or after eating.
Papaya tree are available in large and small varieties. You cut them in half, remove the seeds and peel the halves. It would be a shame not to eat papaya raw.
The papain present, which is found in the seeds, in the leaves, in the milky juice of the unripe fruits, but also in the ripe fruits, is an enzyme that converts difficult-to-digest proteins or toxic proteins in such a way that they are harmful to humans are edible. Papain is used in the food industry and makes even the toughest piece of meat soft and crumbly.
