When it comes to dealing with tonsillitis, papaya is my best friend. I sometimes find gargling on salt water solution a drag; instead, I’d buy a semi-ripe papaya, the one that just starts to ripen but is still hard to the touch. I would peel, take out the seeds and cut the fruit into small cubes and pour vinegar with half a teaspoon of salt into it. This crunchy homemade treatment has a sweet and sour taste that I just love. In less than 24 hours, my tonsil problem is gone.
What’s in this concoction that can make that oral bacteria disappear? Aside from the salt and vinegar solution, it’s the enzyme called papain that can only be found in papayas.
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