New study claims Papaya leaves help dengue fever patients recover from their illness.

Papaya can be Effective to cure Dengue
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Updated at: 1053 PST,


COLOMBO: While researchers believe tawa-tawa leaves (also called gatas-gatas leaves) can be effective to cure dengue fever, new study claims Papaya leaves help dengue fever patients recover from their illness.

According to study done by Dr. Sanath Hettige in Sri Lanka, papaya leaf juice helps increase white blood cells and platelets, normalizes clotting in blood, and repairs the liver. These things are mainly affected by the dengue fever.

The study conducted on 70 dengue fever patients suggests that patient affected by Dengue should consume the papaya leaf juice in the first stage of the disease to get cured.

However, the Papaya leaf juice is not effective in the last stages of the dengue fever, because the organs in the patient are badly affected by the disease.