One of the indigenous means of curing illness especially fever is the use of papaya extract, this is commonly used in Nigeria Homes🇳🇬.
For those of us that grew up with our old parents, this special pawpaw tree is a common home remedy for illness, fever especially. Meanwhile not all papaya leafs but the very papaya trer with flowers, we call them the male papaya tree. Those are the ones that doesnt bear fruits, their leafs tend to have more nutrients.
its preparations and usage;
Papaya usefulness is in its leafs, extracting its juice either by squeezing it or by boiling.
Firstly, is plucking a fresh leaf from its tree at a moderate quantity depending on the quantity you'd want thou, then slightly wash the leaf in water
Extracting the papaya juice by Soaking the banana leaf for a few days is also recommended
I almost forgot to add that papaya leaf is not poisonous, infact the time i do keep snail in my garden, i feed them with papaya leaf fresh or fried.
So after squeezing its juice, its so safe for consumption,while this juice can be consumed twice, morning and night.
The squeezed leaf is also dried and used for other purposes, notably feeding some livestock with it.
So you never go wrong with papaya trees, perhaps all the tree parts are so useful.