5. Papaya
The papaya fruit can also be extremely beneficial when it comes to treating the hookworm infection. What most people do not realize about the papaya is that if you want the health benefits from it then you are going to have to eat it before it is ripe.
That’s because the papaya is full of incredible compounds that can improve your health, but only when it is in its unripened state. One of those compounds is papain, and it is notable when it comes to hookworm for its ability to kill parasitic worms just like this. It is an enzyme that is particularly effective against hookworm and even helps with expulsion from the body once the parasite is dead.
Most people do not realize just how beneficial some of these fruits and herbs are when it comes to treating actual diseases. But people have been using them for hundreds of years long before synthetic medication came along.