MORINGA OLIEFERA(MURUNGAI KEERA)

 

• Richest source of vitamin A.

• Excellent sources of vitamin-C.

• Fine sources of minerals like calcium, iron, copper, manganese, zinc, selenium, and magnesium.

  

  
  

   

• Fresh pods and seeds are a good source of oleic acid.

• Leaves are an excellent source of protein with 100 g of fresh raw leaves providing 9.8g of protein.
  
  • Fresh pods and seeds are a good source of a mono-unsaturated fatty acid, oleic acid.
  
  • The seeds are used to treat allergies,, inflammation, bacteria, neuralgia, abdominal tumors, and fever.

• Many parts and extracts of M. oleifera,including root bark, are used for treating various ailments such as diabetes, hypertension, inflammation and infectious diseases.
  
  • In traditional medicine it is used as anthelmintic, and also for treatment of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, ulcers, and gastrointestinal problems.
  
  • The plant is used as an aphrodisiac to stimulate sex drive.

• Moringa leaf can increase breast milk production in the early period after childbirth.

• . It has been estimated that fresh leaves of moringa plant contain -

  • 4 times the vitamin A of carrots

  • 7 times the vitamin C of oranges

  • 4 times the calcium of milk

  • 3 times the potassium of bananas

  • 2 times the protein of yogurt

  

   

  
  It is also a rich source of iron having almost three-fourth of the amount present in spinach leaves.

• Health Benefits

  
  · Drumstick leaves cure mouth ulcers.
  · It can also cure breathing disorders and hiccoughs.
  · Drumstick leaf water can be used to clean wounds as it has anti-bacterial and anti-septic properties.
  · Drumstick leaves are used to cure infections of throat and stomachs.