Question

Papaya is the healthiest fruit with a list of properties that is long and exhaustive. Papaya favours

digestion as well as cures skin irritation and sun burns. You can munch it as a salad, have it cooked or

boiled or just drink it up as a milkshake or juice. The most important of these virtues is the protein-

digesting enzyme in the milky juice or latex. The enzyme is similar to pepsin in its digestive action and is

said to be so powerful that it can digest 200 times its own weight in the maximum nutritional value from

fruit to provide energy and body-building materials. Papain is raw papaya makes up for the deficiency of

gastric juice and fights excess of unhealthy mucus in the stomach, dyspepsia and intestinal irritation. The

ripe fruit, if eaten regularly corrects habitual constipation, bleeding piles and chronic diarrhea. The juice

of the papaya seeds also assists in the above mentioned ailments. The juice, used as a cosmetic, removes

freckles or brown spots due to exposure to sunlight and makes the skin smooth and delicate. A paste of

papaya seed is applied in skin diseases like those caused by ringworm. The black seed of the papaya are

highly beneficial in the treatment of cirrhosis of the liver cause by alcoholism, malnutrition, etc. a table

spoon of its juice combined with a hint of fresh lime juice, should be consumed once or twice daily for a

month. The fresh juice of raw papaya mixed with honey can be applied over inflame tonsils, for diphtheria

and other throat disorders. It dissolves the membrane and prevents infection from spreading.

a. What does papaya cure?

b. What are the benefits of eating raw papaya?

c. Fill in the blanks:

(i) Papaya has a long and exhaustive______________________

(ii) The enzyme in papaya is similar to ________________ in its digestive action.

(iii) _____________ can be cured by applying a paste of papaya seeds.

(iv) Honey and raw papaya juice can be applied over___________________​

Answer 1

Answer:

a..The  ripe fruit, if eaten regularly corrects habitual constipation, bleeding piles and chronic diarrhea.

b..Papaya flavors  digestion as well as cures skin irritation and sun burns.

c..(i)properties

(ii)pepsin

(iii)sun burns or freckles

(iv)skin

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