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know that papaya tree in your backyard? It’s got a secret remedy.

Here’s what it is: While we know that the papaya fruit is a great source of vitamins A and C, its leaves hold the possible answer to treating dengue fever.

This is what a group of Malaysian researchers have found: juice extracted from papaya leaves helps increase the platelet count in patients with dengue fever. To put this in perspective, there has been no real cure to a serious dengue infection to date.

Dengue has plagued Malaysia since 2002, with a whopping 20,000 case reported last year.