Papaya seeds benefits and functions

I believe everyone is familiar with papaya, but what about papaya seeds? I believe many people will know about it. Let me tell you below.

Papaya seeds

The seeds of green papaya are white when immature and white when ripe.

Papaya seeds

The seeds of papaya are dark brown. Most people buy papaya to eat the meat and discard the seeds. In daily life, very few people use papaya seeds directly. It can be said that papaya seeds cannot be eaten. But papaya seeds have many uses. They can be used as medicine and can be processed into cosmetics. In addition, papaya seeds contain papaya enzymes that can soften fresh meat, but there are refined "tenderizing powders" on the market, which are much more convenient to use than papaya seeds. Fried papaya seeds are rich in zinc. Or papaya seeds can be deeply extracted to make beauty and skin care products.

The role of papaya seeds

Clear the heart and moisten the lungs: It can be stewed. Papaya stewed with rock sugar can clear the heart and moisten the lungs, and treat diseases such as laryngitis.

Prolong life: Papaya is also known as the "longevity fruit" in China. Eating more papaya can prolong life.

Caring for hair: Washing your hair with papaya decoction can increase the luster of your hair. "Taiping Shenghui Fang" records: Combing your hair with papaya soaked in oil can cure "dry and dull hair".

Apply to external hemorrhoids: Papaya can also be used to apply to external hemorrhoids.

Relieve ulcers: If you rub papaya juice on the ulcerated skin, it can accelerate the healing of the ulcer surface.

Modern medicine has also discovered that papaya contains papain, which has the effects of anesthetic central nervous system and anti-amebic dysentery, anti-tumor, anti-bacterial and anti-parasitic diseases. It has a significant therapeutic effect on gastrocnemius spasm and also has the effect of anti-lymphocytic leukemia.

The therapeutic effects of papaya seeds

Eating papaya is also good for digestion and absorption. When you eat more eggs, meat, milk, and some difficult-to-digest foods at a banquet or at home, your stomach and intestines will feel uncomfortable. After eating papaya, the stomach and intestine discomfort will disappear. The reason is that the protein digestive enzyme in papaya is working. This enzyme can digest protein, which is beneficial for the body to digest and absorb food, so it has the function of strengthening the spleen and digesting food. In addition, if you eat too much meat, fat will accumulate in the lower body. At this time, after eating papaya, the enzyme in papaya will help break down meat, reduce the workload of the stomach and intestines, and make the fleshy legs slowly become more bony.

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