Patients with swollen legs need to be identified and treated, such as spleen yang deficiency and decline type of edema can be considered to choose papaya. However, the effect of dietary therapy is limited and generally does not achieve a therapeutic effect.
Spleen yang deficiency patients will appear body edema, swelling below the waist, press the depression is not easy to recover, epigastric (stomach and abdomen) distension and fullness, less food, loose stools (feces dilute and not shaped), tiredness, cold limbs, short urine, etc., this person is mostly due to the spleen qi deficiency led to the operation of the fluid malfunction.
The recommended therapeutic fruit is papaya, which has the efficacy of relaxing tendons and activating collaterals, harmonizing the stomach and removing dampness, and can treat the symptoms caused by dampness obstruction in the middle jiao (dampness obstructing the function of the spleen and stomach) such as abdominal and gastrointestinal fullness (stomach distension and discomfort), vomiting and diarrhea and turning tendons (persistent tension and rigidity of the muscles after vomiting and diarrhea), edema, and so on.
Adverse effects of papaya is not clear, there is internal heat, short red urine (urine volume, dark yellow color) should not be served, excessive stomach acid should be taken with caution. If the patient’s symptoms are serious and want to achieve therapeutic effects, it is recommended to carry out regular treatment under the guidance of a doctor. It is not advisable to self-medicate to avoid delaying the condition.