Papaya Leaf
Papaya Tree
Papaya/Pawpaw apaya (Carica papaya) originates from tropical American countries.
Today Papaya is
cultivated in most tropical countries around the world.
The Papaya with the Latin name carica papaya is called Paw Paw in Australia and New Zealand.
This is in no way related to the Paw Paw in North America that has the Latin name asimina tribola,
though both are medicinal plants.
Papaya leaf juice is claimed to have reversed cancer in many people living on the Gold Coast in
Australia. Harold W. Tietze in his book Papaya The Medicine Tree, describes how to make the juice
and
tells the stories of many cancer survivors who reportedly used the juice to get rid of their cancer.
The book contains the the following report that was published in the Gold Coast Bulletin. “PawPaw
Cancer Plea Bears Fruit". Gold coast gardeners have responded to an appeal by cancer victims
desperate to find supplies of pawpaw leaves. And the Gold Coast man who, 14 years ago, first
exposed
the leaves as a possible cure for cancer has been tracked down to a Labrador (Gold Coast) nursing
home. The story of how Stan Sheldon cured himself of cancer by drinking the boiled extract of
pawpaw
leaves was first told in the Gold Coast Bulletin in 1978.
Now research in the United States has given scientific support to his claim, isolating a chemical
compound in the pawpaw tree which is reported to be a million times stronger than the strongest
anti-
cancer drug. Mr Sheldon, says the discovery does not surprise him. “I was dying from cancer in both
lungs when it was suggested to me as an old Aboriginal remedy” he said. “I tried it for two months
and
then I was required to have a chest x-ray during those compulsory TB checks they used to have.
They
told me both lungs were clear.” “I told my specialists and they didn’t believe me until they had carried
out
their own tests.” “Then they scratched their heads and recommended I carry on drinking the extract I
boiled out of