Papaya leaves-Cure for Dengue/Chikugunya?

I received this article from an email group. Off coz its hard to prove it or even believe it, but to me, no harm try it!

Since the symptoms and treatment of chikugunya is the same like dengue, I think this remedy should also work for chikugunya.Allah knows best!

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Story 1

I would like to share this interesting discovery from a classmate's son who has just recovered from dengue fever . Apparently, his son was in the critical stage at the ICU when his blood platelet count drops to 15 after 15 liters of blood transfusion. His father was so worried that he seeks another friend's recommendation and his son was saved. He confessed to me that he gave his son raw juice of the papaya leaves . From a platelet count of 45 after 20 liters of blood transfusion, and after drinking the raw papaya leaf juice, his platelet count jumps instantly to 135. Even the doctors and nurses were surprised. After the second day he was discharged. So he asked me to pass this good news around.

Accordingly it is raw papaya leaves, 2pcs just cleaned and pound and squeeze with filter cloth. You will only get one tablespoon per leaf. So two tablespoon per serving once a day. Do not boil or cook or rinse with hot water, it will loose its strength. Only the leafy part and no stem or sap. It is very bitter and you have to swallow it like "Won Low Kat". But it works.

Story 2

You may have heard this elsewhere but if not I am glad to inform you that papaya juice is a natural cure for dengue fever. As dengue fever is rampant now, I think it's good to share this with all. A friend of mine had dengue last year. It was a very serious situation for her as her platelet count had dropped to 28,000 after 3 days in hospital and water has started to fill up her lung. She had difficulty in breathing. She was only 32-year old. Doctor says there's no cure for dengue. We just have to wait for her body immune system to build up resistance against dengue and fight its own battle. She already had 2 blood transfusion and all of us were praying very hard as her platelet continued to drop since the first day she was admitted.

Fortunately her mother-in-law heard that papaya juice would help to reduce the fever and got some papaya leaves, pounded them and squeeze the juice out for her. The next day, her platelet count started to increase, her fever subside. We continued to feed her with papaya juice and she recovered after 3 days!!! Amazing but it's true. It's believed one's body would be overheated when one is down with dengue and that also caused the patient to have fever papaya juice has cooling effect. Thus, it helps to reduce the level of heat in one's body, thus the fever will go away. I found that it's also good when one is having sore throat or suffering from heat.

Please spread the news about this as lately there are many dengue cases. It's great if such natural cure could help to ease the sufferings of dengue patients. Furthermore it's so easily available. Blend them and squeeze the juice! It's simple and miraculously effective!

Penyakit Chikungunya

Tadi saya terima sms dari seorang kawan lama, Nai-'Doc, ada ubat tak bagi penyakit chikungunya.apa simptom bagi penyakit ni? I ni bila tengahari rasa sejuk, tapi badan berpeluh'

To start with..

Chikungunya tiga negeri terkawal

Oleh Hassan Omar dan Mohd Amin Jalil

-Berita Harian online

Kes demam Chikungunya di Perak, Melaka dan Johor sejak dua minggu lalu sudah dikawal melalui usaha menghapuskan sarang pembiakan Aedes oleh kakitangan Jabatan Kesihatan negeri terbabit. Menteri Kesihatan, Datuk Liow Tiong Lai, berkata demam berkenaan berpunca daripada Aedes berikutan kegagalan masyarakat memastikan kebersihan di persekitaran rumah.

"Penyakit itu disebarkan oleh Aedes," katanya pada sidang media selepas melawat Hospital Queen Elizabeth (QEH) di sini, semalam. Di Slim River, 20 orang disyaki menghidap demam itu tetapi ujian darah Jabatan Kesihatan Perak mengesahkan hanya enam pesakit dijangkiti Chikugunya.

Di Jasin, seorang pekebun sawit mati selepas disyaki menghidap Chikugunya.Sementara itu, di SEREMBAN, orang ramai diingatkan tidak perlu takut dengan demam Chikungunya kerana penyakit itu tidak seteruk seperti disangka hingga dikatakan boleh menyebabkan kematian, kata Timbalan Menteri Kesihatan, Datuk Dr Abdul Latif Ahmad. "Penyakit itu tidak seteruk seperti disangka dan orang ramai tidak harus bimbang," katanya selepas menyampaikan Anugerah Khidmat Cemerlang 2008 di Kolej Pembantu Perubatan, di sini, semalam.

Apakah penyakit Chikungunya?

-ianya disebabkan gigitan nyamuk aedes yang telah dijangkiti virus Chikungunya

-pertama sekali ditemui dalam darah seorang pesakit yang demam di Tanzania pada 1953, selepas itu banyak menyebabkan wabak pada banyak tempat, terutama di Asia dan Afrika, terbaru sekali di Malaysia baru-baru ini sehingga dilabelkan penyakit 'misteri'

Apa penyebab Chikungunya?

-disebabkan virus dari genus Alphavirus, dari famili Togaviridae

Apakah pembawa Chikungunya?

-nyamuk Aedes aegypti yang suka membiak dalam bekas-bekas air bertakung dan Aedes albopictus (sama dengan pembawa virus Denggi)

Apakah simptom Chikungunya?

-paling biasa-demam,sakit kepala, keletihan, loya, muntah, ruam, sakit sendi dan otot.simptom-simptom boleh berlarutan dari beberapa hari ke beberapa minggu

Apakah tempoh pengeraman (incubation period) Chikungunya?

-2-12 hari, kebiasaannya 3-7 hari

Bolehkah wanita hamil yang dijangkiti Chikungunya memindahkan virus pada bayi dlm kandungan?

-kebanyakan kes tidak berjangkit kecuali pada peringkat kelahiran

Bolehkah wanita yang menyusu badan yang dijangkiti Chikungunya menjangkiti bayi yang disusui?

-setakat ini tiada bukti yang menunjukkannya

Apakah rawatan Chikungunya?

-setakat ini tiada vaksin atau anti-virus khusus untuk merawat Chikugunya. rawatan adalah simptomatik iaitu dgn rehat, lebihkan minum air, dan ubatan untuk menurunkan demam dan painkillers.Individu yang dijangkiti akan dilindungi dari gigitan nyamuk lagi dengan penggunaan kelambu untuk beberapa hari untuk mengelakkan beliau dari menjangkitkan penyakit itu pada orang lain

Apakah kadar kematian disebabkan Chikungunya?

-sangat jarang, dan pesakit yang tua lebih tinggi risikonya

Apakah kaedah mencegah Chikungunya?

-sama dengan kaedah pencegahan Denggi

-gunakan ubat penghalau nyamuk spt DEET, picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus dsb

-memakai baju dan seluar panjang

-menukar air dalam bekas pasu bunga, kolah, tong air dsb sekurang-kurangnya seminggu sekali

-dan lain-lain langkah yang difikirkan perlu

Rujukan: Center for Disease Control (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/Chikungunya/CH_FactSheet.html

So Nai, I hope to answer your question.take care!