How To Prepare Papain , A Meat Tenderizer

The latex or milky juice from the green papaya contains papain, an enzyme that causes meat to become tender. Extract or tap the juice only from the green , mature papaya fruits that are still on the tree.

Tapping should be done early in the morning. To tap the juice, make longitudinal incisions in the rind about 1/8 inch deep and 1 to 2 1/2 inches apart. Use a knife made of bone sharp stone or glass. Do not use metal to avoid discoloration.Some fruits maybe tapped every four to five days or at longer intervals until they ceased to yield latex.

The latex quickly coagulates as soon as it oozes out. Some will coagulate on the rind of the fruit which can be scraped and added to the juice already collected. The juice is then dried under the sun, and it turns into a white , smooth, and crystal like product. This maybe pulverized and stored for kitchen use. To tenderize, simply sprinkle papain over the meat. Let it stand for a few minutes before cooking.

Stomach Ache Can Be Cured By Herbal Medicine

Following are some remedies:

Manzanilla - Boil the leaves for about ten minutes in water and drink the mixture.

Guava - Pick and wash the tender guava leaves in water for about five minutes. Strain and pour the boiled water in a glass. Let the patient drink the boiled water after it has cooled. The bark also may be boiled for the same purpose.

Jack fruit- Burn enough leaves. Put ashes in a container and mix with coconut oil. Apply this mixture over the abdomen of the patient.

Ginger - Cut two or more pieces of ginger rhizomes. Place in a pot and boil for about fifteen minutes. Strain the boiled water and pour into a glass. Let the patient drink the boiled water after it has cooled. Let the patient drink the boiled water after it has cooled.

Atis - Gather enough leaves. Heat the leaves until they become very soft. Place on the abdomen and cover with a towel.

Symptoms OF Calcium Deficiency

It is necessary for the development of strong bones and sound teeth, normal blood clotting and prevention of rickets; it regulates activity of muscles and nerves.

A person deficient in calcium has the following symptoms:

1. The growth of a person is stunted.
2. There is defective structure of teeth and bones called rickets in infants and children.
3. There is softening of bones in adults.
4. There is tetany in every low blood calcium.

Plants Containing Mineral Food Nutrient Calcium

Dried peas and beans like munggo, soybeans, cadios; leafy vegetables; okra

Second Plant Group- Shrubs or Bushes

Shrubs or bushes are low, woody plants, usually having many stems branching close to the grounded.Many of these plants bear beautiful, brightly colored flowers.These flowers maybe fragrant, odorous or odorless.Rose and sampaguita have fragrant flowers or flat green bodies that resemble leaves.On the under surfaces are root like structures but no true roots.

Mosses show the beginning of roots,stems and leaves.They were the first green plants to stand erect.Algae,liverworts and horn wort's lie flat on the ground,on bark or on the leaves of same other plants.

Vitamin B-1

It is necessary for proper metabolism of sugar and starch to provide energy, for maintenance of good appetite and normal digestion. It maintains a healthy nervous system and mental attitude, and body growth. Stress increases the need for B-1 and all B-6 vitamins. Prevents beri-beri.

Deficiency of B-1 in a person causes the following:

a. Lack of appetite
b. Retarded growth
c. Nervousness
D. Constipation
E. Fatigue
F. Beri-beri in severe deficiency

Plants Containing Vitamin B-1

a. Dried beans as munggo, cadios, patani, cowpeas, red beans,etc.
b. Leafy vegetables such as: malunggay leaves, ampalaya leaves,pepper leaves,saluyot leaves,kamote tops,squash tops,kangkong,alugbate,etc.

Plants as Fuel

Coal oil and gas are the chief fuels used for heating and cooking. All had their origin in green plants that live on the earth long ages ago. Peat which is formed in the same way as coal was developed in an earlier stage.

Wood continues to be used for heating and cooking in many parts of the world, and it is popular for use in open fire places.Charcoal, a wood product is an important fuel in many countries. Our charcoal from ipil-ipil wood is exported to Japan.

Plants that Provide Shelter

In the Philippines most residential houses are made chiefly of wood from lumber of the timber of forest trees. Typical houses built in farms,barrios and even in large towns or some cities,bamboos and nipa shingles are used. There are houses now made which are processed from the trunks of coconut trees. Some materials from plants which are used in making sheds or nuts are cogon grass,palm leaves and even banana leaves.