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THREADWORMS AND ROUNDWORMS – ORDINARY WORM MEDICINES

Although ordinary worm medicines can sometimes have a bad effect or none at all, the Papayasan treatment is quite different. While it is an excellent anthelmintic, it is quite safe to take. Whereas other modern worm medicines kill the worms by poisoning them, leaving the body to expel what is left of them, the effect of Papayasan is based on a different principle. It does not poison the worms, but the protein-splitting enzyme papaya contains, called papain, attacks them and digests them in the intestine. It is true that the stomach, pancreas and intestinal walls produce enzymes to break down protein in the digestive tract, but the worms are immune to them. On the other hand, papain is able to literally digest the worms without harming the intestinal lining in any way. In fact, the intestinal lining is neither affected by the plant enzymes nor the body’s own enzymes. It is important to maintain a low-protein diet while taking Papayasan, otherwise the proteins from meat and eggs use up the worm-dissolving enzyme for their own digestion, so that it will not be available for its intended purpose.