Dengue Cure ??

Today I received a forwarded mail which claims a cure for the deadly dengue.
First read this email which is suppossed to be originated from
"Dr Sumedha Bajaj(Bombay Hospital)"

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I would like to share this interesting discovery from a classmate's son who
has just recovered from dengue fever. Apparently, his son was in the
critical stage at the SJMC ICU when his pallet counts drops to 15 after 15
litres of blood transfusion. His father was so worried that he seeks another
friend's recommendation and his son was saved. He confessed to me that he
give his son raw juice of the papaya leaves. >From a pallet count of 45
after 20 litres of blood transfusion, and after drinking the raw papaya leaf
juice, his pallet count jumps instantly to 135. Even the doctors and nurses
were surprised. After the second day he was discharged. So he ask me to pass
this good news around.
Accordingly it is raw papaya leaves, 2 pcs just cleaned and pound and
squeeze with filter cloth. You will only get one tablespoon per leaf. So two
tablespoon per serving once a day. Do not boil or cook or rinse with hot
water, it will loose its strength. Only the leafy part and no stem or sap.
It is very bitter and you have to swallow it like Won Low Kat. But it works.
Papaya Juice - Cure for Dengue
You may have heard this elsewhere but if not I am glad to inform you that
papaya juice is a natural cure for dengue fever. As dengue fever is rampant
now, I think it's good to share this with all. A friend of mine had dengue
last year. It was a very serious situation for her as her platelet count had
dropped to 28,000 after 3 days in hospital and water has started to fill up
her lung. She had difficulty in breathing. She was only 32-year old. Doctor
says there's no cure for dengue. We just have to wait for her body immune
system to build up resistance against dengue and fight its own battle. She
already had 2 blood transfusion and all of us were praying very hard as her
platelet continued to drop since the first day she was admitted.
Fortunately her mother-in-law heard that papaya juice would help to reduce
the fever and got some papaya leaves, pounded them and squeeze the juice out
for her. The next day, her platelet count started to increase, her fever
subside. We continued to feed her with papaya juice and she recovered after
3 days!!! Amazing but it's true. It's believed one's body would be
overheated when one is down with dengue and that also caused the patient to
have fever. Papaya juice has cooling effect. Thus, it helps to reduce the
heatiness in one's body, thus the fever will go away. I found that it's also
good when one is having sore throat or suffering from heatiness.
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I searched for it on the net and found some blog with this info.
Papaya Leaves are used as follows:-

(source: http://www.siu.edu/~ebl/leaflets/papaya.htm )

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Medicinal Properties: Uses

Papaya can be used as a diuretic (the roots and leaves), anthelmintic
(the Leave and seed) and to treat bilious conditions (the fruit). Parts
of the plant are also used to combat dyspepsia and other digestive
disorders (papaya contains a proteolytic enzyme which soothes the
stomach and aides in digestion) and a liquid potion has been used to
reduce enlarged tonsils. In addition, the juice is used for warts,
cancers, tumors, corns and skin defects while the root is said to help
tumors of the uterus. In African a root infusion is also used for
syphilis and the leaf is smoked to relieve asthma attacks. The Javanese
believes that eating papaya prevents rheumatism and in Cuba the latex
is used for psoriasis, ringworm and the removal of cancerous growth.