New Product! Pure Papaya Ointment 25g

Phytocare's Papaya Ointment with Calendula is formulated to protect, soothe and moisturise your skin. This new and improved formula has an ALL NATURAL moisture-rich base of skin-loving ingredients, including Shea Butter, Jojoba Oil, Macadamia Oil and Vitamin E, providing increased moisturising properties and improved consistency.

PURE Papaya Ointment has countless uses. It’s great for soothing bites, eczema, dermatitis, minor burns, dry skin, chapped and sunburned lips, nappy rash, cracked nipples and many more besides.

Papaya fruit (also known as Paw Paw in Australia), is a fantastic source of nourishing vitamins, minerals, amino acids and enzymes. The special fermentation process concentrates these nutrients and also cultivates beneficial probiotics. The value of fermented Papaya in health and skin care has been recognised for over 100 years.

Pawpaw is naturally high in vitamin A, which is a fat-soluble vitamin essential in the production and maintenance of healthy skin throughout the body. Pawpaw also contains vitamin C, which has long been shown to rejuvenate damaged skin and boost skin cell turno

ver. The pawpaw fruit has natural antiseptic properties that help to keep eczema areas clean and reduce inflammation; it also contains active enzymes that promote healthy skin by targeting and breaking down skin damaged by eczema.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a newly defined syndrome that describes varying combinations of symptoms, including recurrent fatigue, sore throat, low-grade fever, lymph node swelling, headache, muscle and joint pain, intestinal discomfort, emotional distress and/or depression and loss of concentration.

   Although newly defined and currently receiving a lot of attention, CFS is not a new disease at all. References to similar conditions in medical literature go back as far as the 1860s and in Chinese medical literature as far back as two to three thousand years. In the past, CFS has been known by a variety of names, including: chronic glandular fever-like syndromes or chronic EBC syndrome, post-viral fatigue syndrome and many more. In addition, symptoms of CFS mirror symptoms of neurasthenia, a condition first described in 1869.

   There is little argument that a disturbed immune system plays a central role in CFS. A variety of immune system abnormalities have been reported in CFS patients. While no specific immunological dysfunction pattern has been recognised, the most consistent abnormality is a decreased number or activity of natural killer (NK) cells. NK cells received their name because of their ability to destroy cells infected with viruses. Other consistent findings include a reduced ability of lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell that is critical in the battle against viruses) to respond.

   When the immune system is impaired, infections can linger and fatigue may persist. There is a good reason for fatigue during an infection: fatigue is the body’s response mechanism to infection because the immune system works best when the body is at rest.

   In order to determine the role that the immune system is playing in the individual with CFS, answer the following questions: Do you get more than two colds per year? When you catch a cold, does to it take more than 5 to 7 days to get rid of the symptoms? Have you ever had glandular fever? Do you have herpes? Do you suffer from chronic infections of any kind? If you answer “yes” to any of the above and suffer from CFS, then a weakened immune response may be the cause of the CFS, this being the only one.

   In order to treat this cause of CFS, diet can make a significant contribution towards strengthening the ailing immune system.

   Avoid sugar and sweets, also white bread and white flour products, which act like sugar inside the body.

  Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables and whole grains like wholemeal bread and porridge. Unrefined, cold-pressed oils like flax-seed oil and olive oil are important to include in the diet.

  Herbal remedies are great for strengthening an ailing immune system. Ginseng, especially Siberian ginseng, has been shown to exert a number of beneficial effects on immune function, including a significant increase in natural killer cells activity. Take 10-20ml twice a day.

   Astragalus is also very useful to help strengthen a weakened immune system. Take 10-20ml twice a day.

   Echinacea tincture along with ginseng can really help CFS sufferers; take 10ml twice a day.

David Foley MNIMH, MRCHM Medical Herbalist