What diseases can papaya treat as medicine?
Papaya is mainly used to treat lumbago and leg pain (numbness), vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain, gastrocnemius spasm, limb spasm, rheumatoid arthritis and so on. It also has the effects of relieving alcoholism, regulating qi and stopping dysentery. (1) For beriberi pain, there are 30g of papaya, 30g of dried tangerine peel, 7g of areca nut, 9g of Evodia rutaecarpa, 9g of perilla leaf, and peeled platycodon grandiflorum ginger 15g. Decoct twice, combine the decoctions twice, and take cold medicine frequently at five o'clock the next day. (2) For beriberi, dried papaya 1 piece, 30g alum, decocted in water and fumigated with hot water. (3) To treat acute pain of ankle and knee tendons, boil papaya and appropriate amount of wine and mash it to cover up the pain. (4) For the treatment of red and white dysentery, papaya, plantain seeds and poppy shells are equally divided, and the final powder is ground into 6g, and mixed with rice soup. (5) To treat urticaria, take papaya 18g in water, twice a day 1 dose. (6) Rheumatalgia, papaya120g, Achyranthes bidentata 60g and Taxilli 60g, soaked in 500 ml of Daqu liquor, each time15ml, twice a day. (7) Treating stiff neck, 1 papaya, digging a hole to remove pulp, adding 8 grams of frankincense and 8 grams of myrrh respectively, sealing the hole, steaming for 3-4 times, mashing into paste, taking 9 grams each time, and taking a cup of yellow wine warmly. (8) To treat diarrhea, grind 30g of papaya, 30g of dried ginger, 30g of licorice and 60g of adzuki bean into fine powder, 6g each time, and take rice soup.