The PawPaw Tree and Cellular Health

PawPaw

The PawPaw tree (Asimina triloba) is native to the eastern United States. It produces an interesting fruit that tastes like a cross between bananas and vanilla custard. PawPaw produces natural compounds in the seed, leaf, bark and twig tissue with antitumor and pesticidal properties. The tree is from the Annonaceae family and therefore the major active compounds represent a group called annonaceous acetogenins (Alali et al., 1999). Acetogenins have been successfully tested as natural pesticides, with potent toxicity even against resistant German cockroaches (Alali et al., 1998). The pawpaw standardized extract, taken from the twigs of the PawPaw tree where the bioactive components are most concentrated, has been proposed as a safe, effective, economical, and environmentally friendly aid to remove pests.

Thymol and Tea Tree Oil

Thymol is an essential oil ingredient isolated from Thymus vulgaris and is commonly used as an external antiseptic. Tea Tree Oil comes from an Australian tree, Melaleuca alternifolia, and has antiseptic qualities that emanate from aboriginal uses.

Ingredients for Shampoo Stock No Product Retail You Pay 511-3 Paw Paw Cell-Reg? (120) $46.45 $30.95 1777-1 Tea Tree Oil (0.5 oz) $16.15 $10.75 1657-9 Thyme Oil (5 ml) $26.65 $17.75 3534-1 Shampoo Ingredients $89.25 $59.45     You Save $29.80

How to Make and Use Paw Paw Shampoo

Open 10 capsules of Paw Paw Cell-Reg? and mix into about 2 tablespoons of your favorite shampoo or all-natural Sunshine Concentrate. This will be gritty but will still be effective. Add 7 drops of Thyme Essential Oil and 4 drops of Tea Tree Oil.

Non-gritty Formulation and Instructions

Combine the contents of 10 capsules of Paw Paw Cell-Reg? with 2 tablespoons pure grain alcohol or isopropyl alcohol. Mix together well in a small glass. Cover and let stand until particles have settled. Carefully pour off the liquid onto a saucer. (The alcohol extracts the active compounds in the paw paw capsules. Thus it is important to not discard the liquid!)

Add 2 more tablespoons of alcohol to the solid mass in the glass and mix well. Cover and let stand until the particles have settled. Carefully pour off the liquid onto the saucer. Some of the particles may pour off with the liquid.

Let the saucer stand until all of the alcohol has evaporated. When the alcohol has evaporated, mix 2 tablespoons of shampoo into the residue on the saucer until well combined and uniform in color. Then add 7 drops of Thyme Essential Oil and 4 drops of Tea Tree Oil to the shampoo mixture.

You can make a larger batch of shampoo. However, it will take longer for evaporation of the alcohol to occur.

Follow these instructions exactly for removal of head lice.*

1. Shake well before using

2. Lather 2 tablespoons of shampoo into dry hair and scalp.

3. Place shower cap/hair net on head to contain shampoo and to protect the eyes.

4. Leave shampoo lather on hair for 60 minutes.

5. Rinse shampoo thoroughly from hair and scalp.

6. Dry and comb hair thoroughly with lice comb and remove nits/lice.

7. Repeat steps 1?5 in eight days and again in 16 days to insure thorough and complete removal; use regular shampoo in the meantime.

* Long or thick hair will require one additional tablespoon of shampoo and will need to remain on head an additional 15 minutes.

References
Alali, F.Q., W. Kaakeh, G. W. Bennett, and J.L. McLaughlin, ?Annonaceous Acetogenins as Natural Pesticides: Potent Toxicity Against Insecticide-Susceptible and -Resistant German Cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae)?, J. Econ. Entomology, 91:641-649, 1998.

Alali, F.Q., X.-X. Liu, and J.L. McLaughlin, ?Annonaceous Acetogenins: Recent Progress?, J. Nat. Prod., 62, 504-540, 1999.

McCage, C.M., S.M. Ward, C.A. Paling, D.A. Fisher, P.J. Flynn, and J.L. McLaughlin, ?Development of a Paw Paw Herbal Shampoo for the Removal of Head Lice.? Phytomedicine (In Press 2002).

Meinking, T.L., L. Serrano, B. Hard, P.Entzel, G. Lemard, E. Rivera, M.E. Villar, ?Comparative In Vitro Pediculicidal Efficacy of Treatments in a Resistant Head Lice Population in the United States.? Arch. Dermatol., 138:220-224, 2002.

Schmidt, G.D. and L.S. Roberts, Foundations of Parasitology, 4th ed., Times Mirror/Mosby, St. Louis, pp. 586-594, 1989.