Pawpaw - anti-parasitic, anti-viral, what else?

[SlavaOn]

Hello.

I tried to grow pawpaw this spring, but none of the seeds that I bought on eBay germinated...
Last week, I went into the woods that surround our new house and, to my great astonishment, realized that it is literally surrounded by hundreds and maybe thousands of pawpaw trees. I was not seeing them until I picked up a pawpaw fruit from the ground. Well, I didn't know how the grown pawpaw tree looks like :) How fortunate - to find a food forest that I can literally reach from my backyard.

So far, by researching online, I found that besides delish fruits, I can smoke the leaves (hasn't tried yet), make a tea (fermenting the first batch downstairs) and the leaves also have medicinal properties: from http://www.pawpawresearch.com/uses.html :

The use of the paw paw extract, however, did not stop there. In 2003, the same supplement company (who has the license of the standardized paw paw extract) started using it in an anti-parasite package that included the use of other herbs. Simultaneously, although the company did not market the product as such (due to FDA regulations), it was used by individuals and some physicians to fight cancer because of information made available in technical and scholastic publications concerning the research of Dr. Jerry McLaughlin.

Although not much has been written on this use, it was recently noted that Dr. McLaughlin was looking informally at paw paw as an ingredient as a salve to fight herpes simplex. Some anecdotal success was reported. We have also been able to obtain the general formula for this combination, which we will be glad to release for individual use only through our contact page.

It seems to me that a lot of "advices" on the Internet is a hearsay. Like, not to eat more than a couple of fruits at a time. If people were able to survive on these fruits alone in the past, that doesn't make sense. I just ate 10 of them and fill fine. Bye bye parasites!

I will mail pawpaw seeds to anyone who wants them, just cover the postage costs. I am not sure how the address exchange is handled, though.

Slava On

 

[MusicMan]

Hello SlavaOn, my best friend was dying of asbestosis and believed that drinking a tea made from pawpaw leaves might heal him.
Unfortunately for him, it didn't work, and he died. He was only 47.

I'm not saying that it won't work for others, but it didn't work for him.
The pawpaw is quite a tasty fruit though.

 

[Turgon]

Hi Slava On,

It seems to me that a lot of "advices" on the Internet is a hearsay. Like, not to eat more than a couple of fruits at a time. If people were able to survive on these fruits alone in the past, that doesn't make sense. I just ate 10 of them and fill fine. Bye bye parasites!

That's a lot of sugar in one sitting! If you're interested in fighting off parasites have you looked into Autoimmune Diseases Caused By An Infection? which contains a lot information about how to fight viruses, bacteria and parasites. I doubt you can get rid of parasites by eating paw paw fruits on their own as they are resilient buggers that don't die so easily. There's also Autoimmune Protocol - Plan B which is a listing of herbal supplements for folks that want to try to fight off all the nasty critters living inside of them but who can't afford antibiotics or whose symptoms aren't so bad.

 

[JLynne]

Hello.

I tried to grow pawpaw this spring, but none of the seeds that I bought on eBay germinated...
Last week, I went into the woods that surround our new house and, to my great astonishment, realized that it is literally surrounded by hundreds and maybe thousands of pawpaw trees. I was not seeing them until I picked up a pawpaw fruit from the ground. Well, I didn't know how the grown pawpaw tree looks like :) How fortunate - to find a food forest that I can literally reach from my backyard.

So far, by researching online, I found that besides delish fruits, I can smoke the leaves (hasn't tried yet), make a tea (fermenting the first batch downstairs) and the leaves also have medicinal properties: from http://www.pawpawresearch.com/uses.html :

The use of the paw paw extract, however, did not stop there. In 2003, the same supplement company (who has the license of the standardized paw paw extract) started using it in an anti-parasite package that included the use of other herbs. Simultaneously, although the company did not market the product as such (due to FDA regulations), it was used by individuals and some physicians to fight cancer because of information made available in technical and scholastic publications concerning the research of Dr. Jerry McLaughlin.

Although not much has been written on this use, it was recently noted that Dr. McLaughlin was looking informally at paw paw as an ingredient as a salve to fight herpes simplex. Some anecdotal success was reported. We have also been able to obtain the general formula for this combination, which we will be glad to release for individual use only through our contact page.

It seems to me that a lot of "advices" on the Internet is a hearsay. Like, not to eat more than a couple of fruits at a time. If people were able to survive on these fruits alone in the past, that doesn't make sense. I just ate 10 of them and fill fine. Bye bye parasites!

I will mail pawpaw seeds to anyone who wants them, just cover the postage costs. I am not sure how the address exchange is handled, though.

Slava On

Slava On, Thank you for this post! I grew up in Southern Appalachia. I never saw a Paw Paw tree. (most likely engaged in teenage activities) My Mom taught first grade and would bring home gifts from her students. Paw Paws are the most amazing fruit. They taste like a cross between a papaya and a banana, as best as I remember, with big oval seeds.
I probably never ate more than two or three at a sitting. So don't know about excess consumption. But I'd volunteer for a trial! :D Gladly!
I've been considering moving back to the region and Paw Paws were on my research list. Thank you for posting as I'm looking at the pros and cons of moving back to such a rural area. I'm exploring the possibilities and looking into the 'magic of the mountains' that I saw as a youth.
Some have suggested speaking to the 'Ancestors' for guidance. I've been examining that. Growing up as an only, my companion was nature. Life events far away from the mountains of the east have involved medicinal plants to a large degree. This post is full of synchronicity for me and I thank you again for sharing.
I could share much more about herbal medicine but don't want to side track or engage in a long post that belongs in another topic. I'm going back middle of October, perhaps I'll spend some time looking for Paw Paws. Don't know if that will be post season for fruit. But will find out!

 

[SlavaOn]

That's a lot of sugar in one sitting!

Hello Turgon.

That seems counterproductive! Since cancer cells require a lot of energy (I have read that they need 17 times more energy than normal cells), they will be benefitting from the large intake of sugar. Alas, acetogenins in paw paw actually cut the energy supply to cancer cells! from http://www.alternativecancer.us/pawpaw.htm

One of the effects of Paw Paw is to reduce the ATP energy in each cell of our body. Our cells have an electrical potential that effects how the cell processes energy producing substances mostly blood sugar and oxygen from our blood supply By reducing this voltage level from 70 to 110 mv to something in the 50 mv region, normal cells can still function. However, cancer and viral cells cannot process energy at this low voltage level and start to starve. The process of starving is a slower process than being poisoned which is why Paw Paw works slower than chemo. When Paw Paw does not work, it is usually because it is not absorbed sufficiently into the cells of the body to cause this voltage reduction

I am surprised that this natural medicine is not used much wider as a cancer cure...

SlavaOn