Papaya & tea from Papaya leaves

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Samantha41
Samantha41 Member Posts: 7
edited September 2017 in Complementary and Holistic Medicine and Treatment

I'm not officially diagnosed.  Supposed to hear biopsy results tomorrow but was told this past Friday that the biopsy results were suspicious so....  I've been on the computer non stop researching and found very interesting information on papaya and tea from papaya leaves.  Does anyone have any other info on this? 

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  • thenewme
    thenewme Member Posts: 1,611
    edited January 2011

    Sorry about your suspicious findings, but hopefully it turns out to something benign.  What did you read about papaya? 

    Here's a good reputable link to look up various herbs, supplements, therapies,etc. 

    http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11570.cfm 

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited January 2011

    You all may find this interesting.

    http://www.physorg.com/news187372336.html

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  • Samantha41
    Samantha41 Member Posts: 7
    edited January 2011

    So I've been eating papaya like crazy for days.  Waiting on the leaves in order to make the tea....we had to order them.  Interesting enough, we have a 2 year old pet rat with a very large mammary tumor...about the size of a small lime.  The vet said that as long as she appeared fine and was eating/drinking and moving around her cage then there was nothing to do.  We could put her to sleep but the vet said it really wasnt bothering her other than to just be a nuisance.  I started feeding her papaya and the tumor is smaller.  I thought my mind was playing tricks on me so we've now measured it to be able to tell for sure.  I have not had one single drop of treatment yet on my 3cm tumor.  I meet with the oncologist today.  The plan is chemo first and then surgery.  I am going to consume as much papaya as I can and drink the tea.  Right before my chemo I am going to ask for an ultrasound to measure the size and just see if my tumor is smaller.  I'll post the results of my little experiment.  I am a firm believer that we have everything on this planet in natural form to cure all ailments.  I am also a firm believer that the pharmaceutical companies are a major problem.  Our health and treatment suffer because of big business. 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011

    I searched and searched but I could not find a mention of Papaya leaves for raising low platelet counts. If anyone is suffering from low platelets, do some research and look into it.

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  • luv_gardening
    luv_gardening Member Posts: 1,393
    edited July 2011

    Here's a guide to helpful fruits and vegetables from 2009.

    Greater vegetable and fruit intake is associated with a lower risk of breast cancer among Chinese women

     http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.24358/full

    A strong inverse association was found between total vegetable and total fruit consumption and breast cancer risk. Compared with the lowest quartile, the highest intake quartile showed a risk reduction of 72% for total vegetable and 47% for total fruit. An inverse association was also observed for dark green leafy vegetables, cruciferous vegetables, carrots and tomatoes, mushrooms and fungi, other vegetables, banana, watermelon/papaya/cantaloupe intake. There was a modest negative association between consumption of citrus fruits, grape/litchi/longan and risk of breast cancer. No significant association between allium vegetables, apple/pear/peach/plum and other fruits intake and breast cancer risk was found.

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited July 2011

    i must have gotten cancer from eating grapefruit.  geez.. it was my favorite fruit.

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  • kira1234
    kira1234 Member Posts: 3,091
    edited July 2011

    This article is interesting. I knew I shouldn't eat grapefruit because of the blood pressure meds. After seeing this article I googled it, and found several articles supporting this one. Ugh it is so hard to know what to eat.

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  • sharalou
    sharalou Member Posts: 223
    edited July 2011

    Are you suppose to eat papaya straight, or cooked or make a tea with it?

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011

    Sharalou, bad memory, but i believe the amazing properties are to be found in the leaves which i was never able to find, but did find an extract in the form of a supplement which also contains fruit pulp

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  • Denise-G
    Denise-G Member Posts: 1,777
    edited July 2012

    I know this is an older thread, but I took Papaya Leaf Extract during A/C Chemo because of low platelet counts (unbeknowns to my MO).  In one week my platelets raised over 200 points.  They were shocked! 

    Now that I am done with all treatments, I am going to use it to build immune system. 

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  • new_direction
    new_direction Member Posts: 449
    edited February 2013

    I coincidentally heard about papaya leaves from one of my mums friends. He is a terminal lung cancer patient who started blending papaya leaves and water and drinking that. Without any other "treatment" he went into remission and the doctors are shocked!

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  • Denise-G
    Denise-G Member Posts: 1,777
    edited February 2013

    new-direction -  thanks for posting this!!!  WOW

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  • Kristyjean81
    Kristyjean81 Member Posts: 3
    edited August 2017

    wow Denise thats is amazing, my nother told me about it, how long did you take it for? I am seeing my MO tomorrow to work out a plan, im 35 & triple Neg. i read about boiling the leaves.

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  • Jennifer44
    Jennifer44 Member Posts: 1
    edited September 2017

    I've been reading about papaya leaves and cancer recently too. Looks like the leaves are much more potent than just eating the papaya fruit. It is supposed to taste horrible but it's worth it if it helps. Here's some instructions I found on how to make it superfoodprofiles.com/papaya-leaves-cancer-treatment with a medical study link as well. Think it's important not to take it at the same time as other medicines though. Hope this helps someone out there.

    Jen

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  • ChiSandy
    ChiSandy Member Posts: 12,133
    edited September 2017

    Be careful and make sure you're not eating the Maradol papayas that were recalled for listeria contamination. Also, MPR Daily(a medical newsletter for physicians that distills journal articles) reported numerous instances of cyanide poisoning from peach-pit or apricot-pit derived extracts sold as cancer preventatives or cures, with at least one death in an elderly man attempting to remain NED from his prostate cancer.

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