Latin scientific name: papaya
Alias: Muli, papaya.
Rosaceae, Chaenomeles.
morphological character
Deciduous shrubs or small trees are 5- 10 meters above sea level, with gray bark and flaky peeling, and the new skin is smooth and yellow-brown. Branchlets are purplish red spiny branchlets. Leaves are oblong-ovate, rarely obovate, serrated, and the back of young leaves is tomentose. It is 5- 10 cm long and 3.5-8.0 cm wide, with a sharp point, a sharp serrated edge and a glandular point at the tip of the tooth. Flowers are solitary in leaf axils, red or white, 2.5-3.0 cm in diameter, and have fragrance when they bloom on leaves at the same time or later. The fruit is melon-like, oval, long 10- 15 cm, dark yellow, woody and fragrant. Flowering in April, fruit ripening in September -65438+ 10.
Papaya is a kind of disease-resistant and healthy fruit, also known as Wanshou melon. It only takes about 6 months from transplanting to fruiting. It has an upright stem and keeps blooming all year round. Single fruit weight 1-3 kg, and each plant can produce about 70 kg a year. The highest fruit per plant 130kg. Papaya pulp is thick, sweet and delicious, and rich in nutrition. Its unique papaya enzyme can clear the heart and moisten the lungs and help digestion. It has strong anticancer activity on lymphoblastic leukemia cells. Papaya is resistant to storage and transportation. Natural storage for 1-2 months after harvest, bearing early fruits. In the first year, it achieved a high yield of more than 2,000 kilograms per mu, and planted 250 plants per mu.
Common species and varieties of the same genus
1. Begonia papaya, also known as papaya and peach. They belong to the same species. Small deciduous trees.
2. wrinkled papaya is also called sticky begonia and wild papaya. They belong to the same species. This shrub is two meters high.
3. Japanese papaya belongs to the same species. Shrub. Height 1 m.
Suitable environment
Temperate tree species have strong adaptability, like light, tolerance to semi-shade, cold and drought. The requirements for soil are not strict, and it can grow normally in fertile and well-drained clay and loam, avoiding low-lying and saline-alkali land.
English famous papaya
Alias begonia, pear with iron feet, wrinkled papaya and flowering papaya.
Source This product is the dry and nearly ripe fruit of the Rosaceae plant Chaenomeles sinensis (Sweet). In summer and autumn, the fruit is picked with green yellow stone, scalded with boiling water until the skin is grayish white, cut in half and dried.
Methods: Wash, moisten or steam thoroughly, then slice and air dry.
Features: this product is rectangular, cut in half longitudinally, 4 ~ 9 cm long, 2 ~ 5 cm wide and 1 ~ 2 thick. 5 cm. The outer surface is purplish red or reddish brown with irregular deep wrinkles; The lateral edges curl inward, the flesh is reddish brown, and the central part is concave and brown; Seeds oblate and triangular, often falling off. It's hard. The smell is slightly fragrant and sour.
distinguish
Take 65438 0 g of this product powder, add 65438±00ml of 70% ethanol, heat and reflux for 65438 0 h, filter, and test the filtrate as follows.
(1) Take 1ml filtrate, evaporate it, add 1ml acetic anhydride to the residue to dissolve it, pour it into a test tube, add 1 ~ 2 drops of sulfuric acid along the tube wall, and a purple color ring appears at the junction of the two liquids; The upper liquid is brownish yellow.
(2) Drop the filtrate on the filter paper, dry it, spray the aluminum trichloride test solution, dry it, and observe it under the ultraviolet lamp (365nm), showing blue fluorescence.
It tastes sour and warm. Entering the liver and spleen meridians.
The efficacy is mainly used for promoting digestion, expelling worms, clearing away heat and expelling wind. Indications: Stomach pain, dyspepsia, lung heat, dry cough, galactorrhea, eczema, parasitic diseases, hand and foot spasm pain.
Usage and dosage 6 ~ 9g.
Store in a cool and dry place, moisture-proof and moth-proof.
Note (1) When treating rheumatic joint pain, it is generally used for waist and knee pain, and is often combined with tiger bone. It is an important drug for treating vomiting and diarrhea. It can be used for cholera caused by summer dampness, vomiting and diarrhea, and can be used with Coicis Semen, Cisha, Coptidis Rhizoma and Evodia rutaecarpa. In addition, this product is also an important drug for treating beriberi swelling and pain, and can be compatible with Evodia rutaecarpa, Perilla frutescens and Areca catechu. It can also promote digestion, and can be used for treating dyspepsia.
Every 100g papaya contains 92.2g water, 0.4g protein, 20mg isoleucine 14mg leucine, 9mg lysine, 6mg phenylalanine 19mg tyrosine, 0 threonine10mg valine/kloc. Glycine17mg, arginine 6mg, histidine18mg, glycine19mg, alanine17mg, proline 9mg, serine12mg, carbohydrate 7g and fat 0g. In addition, it also contains papain, chymosin, provitamin A, vitamins B, C, D and E, and papaya L. ..
Avoid 1 and don't eat too much, which will damage teeth and bones.
2. Avoid lead and iron.
3, the waist and knees are sore, not suitable for those with insufficient blood and true yin. Not suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, and more stagnation.
food therapy
1. Papain in papaya can strengthen the spleen and promote digestion, which can decompose fat into fatty acids; Modern medicine has found that papaya contains an enzyme, which can digest protein and is beneficial to the digestion and absorption of food, so it has the function of invigorating the spleen and promoting digestion.
2. Papaya and papain can resist tuberculosis and parasites, such as tapeworms, roundworms, whipworms and amoeba, so they can be used to kill insects and fight tuberculosis.
3. Chymosin in breast enhancement and anti-cancer papaya has breast enhancement effect, and papaya has anti-lymphocytic leukemia effect, which can be used for breast enhancement and treatment of lymphocytic leukemia (hematologic cancer).
4. Supplementing nutrition and improving disease resistance Papaya contains a lot of water, carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins and a variety of essential amino acids, which can effectively supplement human nutrition and enhance the body's disease resistance.
5. Papaya in antispasmodic papaya pulp has the function of relieving spasmodic pain and has obvious therapeutic effect on gastrointestinal muscle spasm.
Excerpt from China Pharmacopoeia
Papaya fishtail soup
material
750g of papaya, 600g of pomfret tail, salt 1 teaspoon, 3 slices of ginger and oil 1 tablespoon.
The way of doing things
① Peel, peel and cut papaya.
(2) Take the oil pan, add the ginger and fry the whale tail.
③ Put the papaya into the pot, boil it with 8 bowls of water, then scoop up 2 bowls of boiling water and pour it into the pot, cook it with the fried fishtail for a while, then pour the fishtail soup back into the pot, simmer for 65,438+0 hours, and season with salt.
explain
Women are weak after childbirth. If they don't get proper care, they will lose their appetite and lack milk. Nourishing and benefiting qi, it is best to drink papaya fishtail soup, because whale tail can replenish spleen and benefit qi, and with papaya soup, it has the effect of promoting lactation and strengthening stomach, which is most suitable for postpartum women to drink.
Papaya has a concave-convex shape and a smooth skin. When the melon is ripe, the skin of the melon gradually changes from cyan to orange, and the flesh of the melon is orange-red with small, round and smooth black seeds in the middle.
First fry the tail of mandarin fish, then put it in two bowls of boiling water for a while, and then pour it back into the castle and cook it slowly. This will make the soup milky white and more delicious.
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Papaya milk juice
Ingredients: papaya 360g, two cups of fresh milk, appropriate amount of sugar, appropriate amount of crushed ice.
Method: Take fresh and ripe papaya, peel, core and cut into large pieces. Put papaya block, fresh milk, white sugar and appropriate amount of crushed ice into a blender and break it into thick juice, then you can drink it.
Efficacy: moisturizing and beautifying.
Note: it is forbidden for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.
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Papaya, peanut and jujube soup
material
750g of papaya, 0/50g of peanut/kloc-,5 pieces of jujube and 3/2 pieces of sugar.
The way of doing things
① Peel, core and cut papaya.
② Put papaya, peanuts, jujube and 8 bowls of water into a pot, add sliced sugar, and simmer for 2 hours after the water boils.
explain
Babies who eat human milk will grow stronger and healthier. However, some women will have the problem of insufficient milk when feeding their babies because of the lack of postpartum milk. If the mother wants to increase milk, she can drink papaya, peanut and jujube soup, which has a remarkable effect on increasing milk.
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Papaya mousse
Ingredients: a medium-sized papaya, 2 spoonfuls of fructose, 200g of low-fat yogurt, 1 spoonful of watercress powder, 1/4 cups of Liu Ding juice and 3 medium-sized passion fruits.
The way of doing things
Peel papaya, remove seeds and cut into pieces, mix papaya, fructose and yogurt, add watercress powder to Liu Ding juice and melt it with warm water (or microwave for 20 seconds), add Liu Ding juice (mix watercress powder! ) and passion fruit into the papaya "mixture", stir well, pour into four glasses and put in the refrigerator for refrigeration! !
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Papaya and soybean pork knuckle soup
Ingredients: one papaya, one trotter, four liang of soybeans, onion, ginger and a little cooking wine.
Exercise:
1. Scrape the pigskin clean, cut into pieces, blanch it with boiling water, and remove the fishy smell.
2. Boil a pot of boiling water and add onion, ginger and cooking wine. First, simmer the soybeans and pig's trotters for 2 hours.
3. Peel the papaya, remove the seeds, put it into the material in Method 2, and stew for another half an hour.
4. stew the soup, turn off the fire, put it in a bowl, and sprinkle a little salt before serving.
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Stir-fried beef slices with papaya
Ingredients: papaya 1, 3 taels of beef, soy sauce, cooking wine and 3 tablespoons of oil.
Exercise:
1. Add soy sauce and cooking wine to raw beef slices and marinate for half an hour;
2. The papaya is seeded and cut into pieces;
3. Heat oil in an oil pan, and fry the marinated beef slices for 40 seconds;
4. Take out the beef, filter the oil juice and return to the pot;
5. Stir-fry diced papaya in oil for a few times;
6. Put the papaya into the plate and spread the beef slices on the papaya.
Suggestion: You can fry papaya in oil, but not for a long time.
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Papaya waist bamboo tube
Ingredients: papaya, superior yaozhu, ham, soup, refined salt, monosodium glutamate, etc.
Method:
(1) Wash papaya, cut into pieces, and remove the pulp and seeds. Yaozhu is cooked with broth.
② Put the soup into each papaya, add Yaozhu, ham, a little refined salt and monosodium glutamate, steam for 40 minutes, and serve.
Features: the soup is delicious, the papaya is soft and waxy, the scallop is fresh and tender, and it is beautiful.
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Papaya chicken soup
Ingredients: drumsticks 1 piece, half papaya of medium size, cibotium 1 spoon, 3 pieces of angelica sinensis, and proper amount of wine and water.
Exercise:
1, blanch chicken legs, peel papaya and cut into pieces for later use.
2. Put all the ingredients into the rice cooker and stew for about 40 minutes.
Papaya is the most commonly used thing for breast enhancement. Paired with Angelica sinensis and Lycium barbarum, it can not only make the skin rosy, but also make the chest sharp. This is a refreshing but slightly sweet soup with fat at the bottom.
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Papaya milkshake
Materials:
Papaya 150g, milk 200c.c (about 1 mug), vanilla ice cream (1 small box), sugar 1 teaspoon (with or without).
Method:
1. Peel papaya and cut into pieces.
2. Add 200c.c fresh milk, sugar and ice cream into the blender and stir at medium speed for a few minutes.
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Stewed red dates and lotus seeds with papaya
Ingredients: papaya, red dates and lotus seeds.
Seasoning: honey, rock sugar.
Exercise:
1. Red dates and lotus seeds are cooked with appropriate amount of rock sugar.
2. Cut the papaya, remove the seeds, add red dates, lotus seeds and honey, and steam thoroughly in a cage.
Reminder: the skin of papaya is green, the pulp is orange, and it tastes sweet, which is suitable for all women who love beauty. When making this dessert, women who are worried about their weight can add calorie-free sweeteners to taste, and thin women can add honey to taste.
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Papaya milk
It is a popular popular drink in Taiwan Province Province. There are many ways to do it. Besides papaya and milk, many other fruits can be added. The common formula is: papaya half, egg yolk 1, honey 1 spoon, milk 200 ml, lemon half. Cut papaya into pieces, beat it into juice with milk and egg yolk, and add lemon juice and honey to make it taste better. If you add a little whisky, it can be used as a drink for dinner.
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Papaya tea
It is also very popular in Taiwan Province province. It is best to choose round immature female fruit to make papaya tea. Flatten one end to make the bottom of the pot, remove the seeds from the other end, put the tea directly, and then cover the shaved top. In a few minutes, you can taste papaya tea full of bitter and sweet fragrance.
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Papaya sparerib cup
This is a common practice in Hainan. After hollowing out papaya, put it into four or five pork chops, add a little minced garlic, pepper, oyster sauce, rice wine and other seasonings according to each taste, and put it in the pot for 40 minutes. Open the lid of the cup, steaming, meat mixed with papaya. This dish is simple and practical, and it can be cooked frequently. In addition, pork chops can also be replaced by steaks, lamb chops, etc.
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Roasted silver snow fish with papaya in chicken sauce
Ingredients: papaya 4 Liang (fragrant and ripe enough) cut into Japanese characters; Silver snow fish 6 is cut into Japanese characters. Chicken juice 2 Liang, chicken powder 1, monosodium glutamate, salt.
Production: soak papaya in hot water for later use. Heat the oil to about 160℃ in a wok, add the silver snow fish and fry until it is light golden yellow, then take out and drain the oil. Stir-fry the raw materials (onion and green pepper), add papaya, add two soups and half a catty of chicken juice, simmer for about 1 min, then add seasoning, add silver snow fish, roll with a spatula and simmer for half a minute.
Features: appetizing, fragrant and delicious.
The key: the papaya should be cooked fragrant, and the silver snow fish should be turned gently, not rotten.
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Stewed raw fish with papaya
Raw fish 1, papaya 1, almond 2, jujube 4, ginger 2.
1) Ingredients: 1 tablespoon wine, 1 teaspoon salt, 5 cups of boiling water.
1) Wash the raw fish, cut it into two sections, cut each section into small pieces, put it in boiling water, quickly blanch it and take it out.
2) Put raw fish, almonds, red dates, ginger slices and (1) ingredients into a stew pot and steam them in an electric cooker or steamer for half an hour.
3) Peeling papaya, removing seeds, cutting into pieces, and steaming in a pot for 10 minutes.
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Stewed beef steak with papaya
Ingredients: papaya 1, steak 200g, minced garlic, a little pepper, oyster sauce, broth and rice wine.
Exercise:
① Marinate the steak with salt, corn flour and eggs for 4 hours, and then cut into strips.
(2) Cut papaya into strips, and oil it with low fire first.
③ After frying the oil pan with minced garlic and pepper, put the cattle into the pan, and then add oyster sauce, broth and a little rice wine.
(4) Finally, thicken with white powder, and then add papaya and stir fry.
Efficacy: Papaya Stewed Steak combines protein and vitamins. Beef is warm, so it is advisable to avoid hot and dry gas when eating with fruit. Beef is rich in protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin A, while papaya is rich in vitamin C. Together, they can balance nutrition.
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Stewed papaya with north and south apricot
Ingredients: raw papaya 1, small ribs 300g, apricot10g.
Seasoning: salt 1/2 teaspoons.
Exercise:
1. Peel and remove seeds from raw papaya, cut into half an inch square, and set aside with small tendons.
2. Scald the ribs with hot water for 2 minutes to remove blood, then wash them and put them in a round bowl. Add raw papaya, apricot and water until 8 minutes are full.
3. After steaming 1 hour, add salt and steam 10 minute.
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Cold green papaya
Materials:
1 raw papaya, 4 peppers, 20g coriander, 2 tablespoons chopped flowers, and 1 teaspoon Kaiyang.
Seasoning: (1) salt 1 teaspoon (2) half a teaspoon of fish sauce, sugar 1 2 teaspoons, lemon juice1teaspoon.
Exercise:
1. Peel and seed the raw papaya, cut it into thin strips, grab it with salt and marinate it for 30 minutes, then rinse it with water for 10 minute, and press off the water for later use.
2, Kaiyang bubble hair chopped; Wash and chop pepper and coriander.
3. Mix all the materials with seasoning (2), put on a plate, and sprinkle with broken flowers to make granules.
Note: This dish is an appetizer.
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pawpaw
Materials:
Dry shark's fin150g, papaya 400g, rock sugar 250g, ginger 75g, clear water about1000g.
Method:
(1) Soak shark fin bones in clear water for 8 hours, and then change the water (change the water twice). Then mash the ginger with a knife, put it in a pot, boil it over medium heat, leave the fire, soak it for 5 hours, take it out and drain it for later use.
(2) Peel the papaya and cut it into angular shapes with a knife for later use.
(3) Put the prepared stainless steel pot shark's fin bones into clear water, first boil them with medium fire, then simmer for about 65,438+0 hours and 40 minutes, then add crystal sugar and papaya, simmer for 20 minutes, so that the crystal sugar is completely deepened, and then put them into 65,438+00 small bowls.
Features: sweet and mellow, sticky and refreshing, melon fragrance overflowing.
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Papaya clam oil
Materials:
20g of China wood frog oil, 250g of rock sugar, 500g of papaya, 50g of sugar and clear water1000g.
Method:
(l) Put clam oil in a large bowl, soak it in warm water at 70℃ for about 2 hours, and then change the water (change the water twice continuously). Then rinse with clear water, remove black spots and impurities, wash and drain, put in a bowl, add 50 grams of white sugar and 20 grams of clear water, put in a steamer, cook for about 1 hour for 30 minutes, take out and filter dry for later use.
(2) Peel the papaya, cut it into 6 strips with a knife, remove the melon seeds, cut it into angular shapes with a knife, put it on a dinner plate, steam it for 8 minutes, and take it out for later use.
(3) Wash the wok, put it into clear water, and boil the crystal sugar; Roll until the crystal sugar is completely dissolved, and when the noodle soup appears floating foam, remove the floating foam, then put the steamed clam oil and papaya pieces into the 10 small bowl respectively, and then pour the boiled sugar water on people.
Features: sweet and smooth, melon flavor and fragrance.
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Stewed sparerib with green papaya
Materials:
Raw papaya, half a sparerib, 600g onion, 2 ginger, and 2 slices.
Seasoning:
1. Soy sauce paste 3 tbsp wine 1 tbsp rock sugar 1 tbsp.
2. White powder 1 teaspoon sesame oil 1 teaspoon
Exercise:
1. Peel and remove seeds from raw papaya, wash and cut into hob blocks, and cut small ribs into 2cm * 2cm cubes for later use.
2. Heat the wok, add 1/3 cups of oil-fried shallots and Jiang Mo, add rock sugar and fry until golden brown, then add small ribs and fry until the skin is brown.
3. Add seasoning (1) and raw papaya into the pot, stir fry, submerge all the materials with water, cover the pot and stew for 45 minutes, then thicken with white powder and drop a little sesame oil out of the pot.
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Abalone-winged papaya boat
Ingredients: shark's fin150g, papaya, pig's feet 500g, ribs 500g, old hen 600g, pigskin150g, ham bone100g.
Ingredients: ginger, onion, wine.
Method: Add water to150g shark fin, put it in a boiling pot with ginger, onion and wine, take it out and let it cool with clear water; Take a big casserole, put a bamboo stick at the bottom, put the whole shark fin on the bamboo stick, and then put a bamboo stick on the shark fin; Chop 500g of trotters, 500g of ribs, 600g of old hen, 0/50g of pigskin/kloc-and 0/00g of ham bone/kloc-into large pieces, put them in a water pot, blanch them with clear water, scoop them up and drain them, put bamboo strips on shark fins, pour in 2,500g of light soup, and add Shaoxing wine and distilled water. Take papaya, cut off the top quarter, dig out the remaining three quarters of the pulp, carve patterns on the incision, carve it into a wooden boat, put the stewed shark's fin in the wooden boat and stew it in a steamer for about 10 minutes until the papaya smells fragrant.
Features: "abalone-winged papaya boat" is another shark's fin dish in new Chaozhou cuisine, which is characterized by delicious taste and unique shape.
Selected document
Materia Medica of Haiyao: "Indications are lumbago and leg pain, stiff tendons and veins, leg and knee pain, and red and white dysentery."
Kaibao Materia Medica: "In addition to sores and scabies, ... toothache."
Compendium of Materia Medica: "It can reach the disease site directly through meridians, and it can also divide human blood, dispel wind and kill insects."
Collection of Lingnan Materia Medica: "Fruit juice is used as insect repellent and preservative."
Cultural appreciation
Papaya (Book of Songs)
You give me papaya. I'll pay for Joan. It is always good to repay bandits.
You want to send me a peach, and I want to give it back to Qiong Yao. It is always good to repay bandits.
You give me wood, and I'll take Joan Jiu in return. It is always good to repay bandits.
Rong. Nanpu Papaya: "I have a heart in court, so that I can transplant Bici Wu Tong's double wells. I still remember Ruichu, with light makeup marks, peach and pear red and quiet. The amount of money is cut, and the skill is used to feel the coldness of the light shirt. Fairy dew, autumn color, the more difficult it is to make it light green. Picking up the Pearl Pavilion, snuggling up to it, but gentle and unchanging, killing time naturally. Who can stand the fragrant incense? Ropari, buy a jade plate and take a picture. I woke up suddenly, and my hand incense condensed into night. Ming teased and promised to cure people's worries. "
Rumor: pears lose a hundred benefits, and papaya loses a hundred benefits.
Historical story: During the Spring and Autumn Period, Wang Ba fought for hegemony. At that time, Di Guobi was stronger, defeated Wei, fled along the grain river and was saved. Seal it to the ground, give it to horses and chariots, and so on. Wei ren was very grateful, so he wrote a song saying, "Give me papaya and repay me with Joan." In fact, Wei has been unable to repay at this time, which can only mean that he will always love Qi. Therefore, Wei and Qi formed an alliance. The Book of Songs
In this regard, he said, "Papaya is very beautiful in Qi Huangong." In other words, papaya has made Qi Huangong and Yong Fang famous for generations.
"Papaya breast enhancement" is a rumor?
Recently, a popular artist said in public that eating green papaya every day turned her from a flat-chested little girl into a great little woman. At the same time, a secret recipe about traditional breast enhancement-"papaya breast augmentation method" began to spread among white-collar workers. Mugua powder used for breast enhancement is widely sold on the Internet, and various papaya drinks are "sold wildly" in dessert shops, and even "breast enhancement dishes" such as stewed China Rana with papaya are introduced ... But experts say that in the clinical verification of modern medicine, a method to achieve breast enhancement by natural means has not been found. Whether papaya has breast enhancement effect remains to be verified.
Stars set an example online.
Yesterday, the reporter saw on the online trading platform that a certain papaya powder was sold at the price of 23 yuan, with a content of 250g. At the same time, the owner also played a banner of "breast enhancement and beauty". In the seller's credit evaluation, it reached 100% praise.
The reporter also saw on the Internet that popular posts about papaya beauty and breast enhancement abound in various beauty forums. Not only the news that papaya can enhance breast is endless, but also papaya is listed as one of the six breast enhancement foods except fermented wine, royal jelly, soybean, sea cucumber and pig's trotters on many fashionable women's websites.
The person in charge of a small dessert shop told the reporter: "Basically, we don't need to introduce it. Customers all know its beauty and breast enhancement effect. Recently, especially the stars are promoting the additional role of papaya drinks, and the drinks related to papaya are selling better. "
In addition to papaya drinks, there are also "breast papaya dishes" that take breast enhancement and beauty as an opportunity, such as stewed papaya with tremella, which are also very popular.
The theory of breast enhancement does not hold water.
Can papaya breast enlargement? The reporter consulted ancient books and documents. It is difficult to see from the records that there is any direct connection between papaya and breast enhancement, which is probably a rumor.
Professor Wang Weiqing, deputy director of the endocrinology department of Ruijin Hospital, made it clear: "I have never heard that the hormones contained in papaya can enhance breast." She smiled and said, "There is an old saying that comparing papaya to the breasts of old women may also come from here."
As for the so-called papain in papaya, can it really stimulate female hormone secretion? Dr. Sun, an expert in plastic surgery at Changzheng Hospital, told the reporter: "It is ok to eat papaya as a health food, but if you want to pursue curative effect, you need to conduct research in the medical field. There is no product in clinic that can achieve long-term breast enhancement through natural therapy. "
Eating papaya helps digestion.
Papaya is actually very good, but some people insist on not eating it because it tastes bad. Papaya is called "papaya" in China. As the name implies, eating more can prolong life. As for the reason, the ancient books did not say it clearly, but it is estimated that it is related to the enzymes contained in it.
It is reported that papaya contains enzymes similar to human growth hormone, and eating more can keep people young. Yeah, yeah, it needs to be verified. What is certain is that the proteolytic enzyme contained in papaya helps to decompose protein and starch, which is of great benefit to the digestive system.
Medical books say that "spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow", and eating fruit can help digestion and absorption, thus consolidating the spleen and stomach, which is really cost-effective. According to medical analysis, papaya is sweet, flat and slightly cold, which is helpful for digestion, relieving summer-heat, quenching thirst, moistening lung and relieving cough.
There are also some Chinese medicines, but this papaya is Sichuan papaya, also called Xuan papaya, not papaya sold in fruit stalls. Sichuan papaya tastes sour and slightly warm, and its main function is to eliminate dampness, relieve arthralgia, relax tendons and activate collaterals, which is most suitable for patients with rheumatic pain.
As for papaya, eating it raw can relieve throat discomfort, and it is also helpful for colds, expectoration, constipation and chronic bronchitis. In diet therapy, cooked papaya and persimmon can be decocted in water to cure asthma and cough; Peel cooked papaya and add honey after steaming to cure lung dryness and cough; Juice or dry raw papaya and grind it into powder to repel insects. The most widely known is that papaya boiled fish tail or stewed pig's trotters can promote milk secretion.
pawpaw
Chinese medicine name: papaya
Pinyin Name: Papaya
English name: papaya
Source: This product is the dry and nearly ripe fruit of Rosaceae, papaya (sweet). In summer and autumn, the fruits are picked from green yellow stone, scalded in boiling water until the skin is grayish white, cut in half and dried.
Ingredients: Fruit contains saponin, malic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, flavonoids, vitamin C, etc. In addition, it also contains catalase, peroxidase, phenol oxidase, oxidase, protein, phosphorus pentoxide, iron oxide and sodium chloride. Recently, an alkaloid, papain, was extracted. Seeds cry hydrocyanic acid.
Pharmacology:
(1) Bacteriostasis: Papaya juice, papaya soup and papaya injection have obvious inhibitory effects on Shigella, diplococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella typhi.
(2) Anti-tumor effect: Papaya solution has obvious inhibitory effect on Ehrlich ascites carcinoma in mice. Papain extracted from papaya has "strong anticancer activity" on lymphocytes and "moderate activity" on lymphocytic leukemia and "FA" tumor cells.
(3) Anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects: ice powder decoction has obvious inhibitory effect on ovalbumin arthritis in mice.
(4) Effect on liver function: In the pathological model experiment of liver injury, subcutaneous injection of papaya suspension into rats can reduce necrosis and steatosis of liver cells, prevent swelling and ballooning of liver cells, promote liver cell repair and significantly reduce alanine aminotransferase.
In addition, it has a mild diuretic effect.
Indications: calming the liver and relaxing muscles and tendons, regulating stomach and eliminating dampness. It can be used for damp arthralgia, soreness of waist and knees, vomiting and diarrhea, and beriberi edema.