Health Benefits of Drumstick to Children and Pregnant And Lactating Mothers:

Drumstick grown in countries like India and Pakistan is greatly valued vegetable for its antibacterial and cleansing  properties. The various parts of this plant like its fruits; small white flowers and small round leaves are all valued for their different uses. They are cooked and eaten as vegetable.
The pods of drumstick and its leaves have a rich source of acrotene, calcium, phosphorus and Vitamin C and are used in various South Indian dishes because of their high nutritional value. The different parts of the drumstick plant are valued for their therapeutic value and have been used to cure various diseases because of their medicinal value and high content of iron.
Drumstick leaves can be given to infants and growing children and serve as a good tonic. However it may be difficult for children to eat them naturally, as they are bitter. So the best way to give them to infants would be to extract the juice from these leaves, filter it and mix them with milk before being given to them. However older children can be given the fruit and leaves in the form of curries and other preparations like the South Indian Sambar or mixed and cooked with pulses. They help build healthy and strong bones and also help to purify the blood stream.
Pregnant and lactating mothers can benefit a lot from the health benefits of drumstick leaves and fruit. Drumstick leaves is an ideal tonic for pregnant and lactating mothers and provide them with the calcium, iron and vitamins that  help to reduce the sluggishness of the uterus and help have a safe and easy delivery. In addition they also help to eliminate and reduce post delivery complications and help to increase breast milk in lactating mothers. Soup prepared by boiling drumstick leaves with water and salt, draining the water and eaten after smearing with ghee helps. Some mothers may appreciate eating it as a vegetable with pulses added to it.