Moringa Mutual - Socially Responsible Moringa

Moringa could be the most nutrient-rich plant ever discovered!!!

This humble plant has been making strides in less-developed societies for thousands of years, and significant nutritional research has been conducted since the 1970s.

Moringa provides a rich and rare combination of nutrients, amino acids, antioxidants, antiaging and anti-inflammatory properties used for nutrition and healing.

Moringa grows as a small to medium sized elegant tree. The bark is thick, soft, corky and deeply fissured. The leaves, tri-pinnated with elliptical leaflets, are fern-like. Its flowers are white and fragrant and appear in large panicles while the fruits are triangular, ribbed pods with winged seeds. Some varieties found in south India grow pods longer than one metre!

In many developing countries, Moringa is used as a micronutrient powder to fight indigenous diseases, fend of malnutrition, reduce infant mortality as well as for general prophylactic purposes.

The Moringa Leaf has been traditionally used to prevent over 300 diseases and is believed to be especially affective against:

High/Low Blood pressure
Diabetes
Ulcers
Anaemia
Headaches/migraine
Malaria, Inflammations
Tumours
Menstrual Disorders
Malnutrition in children.

Moringa Leaf Powder

Rich in nutritive value, moringa leaves are shadow dried and used in pharmaceutical and food industries.

The moringa leaves contain high amounts of Vitamin A (four times more than carrots), Vitamin C (seven times more than oranges), protein (twice that of milk), calcium (four times more than milk) and potassium (triple the amount in bananas).

Although Moringa leaf powder is commonly used to make a sauce and has many uses in India's natural Ayurvedic medicine, most health professionals and nutritionists are unaware that the young seed pods and seeds (which taste like asparagus), and flowers (which taste like mushrooms) can also be eaten.

As a nutritional additive, add two or three spoonfuls of powder to rice, soups and sauces just before serving. Small amounts of leaf powder will not have a marked effect on the taste of the sauce.

In India juice from leaves is believed to have a stablizing effect on blood pressure and treats anxiety. In India an infusion of leaf juice is believed to control glucose level in diabetes. Mixed with honey and followed by a drink of coconut milk 2 or 3 times a day, leaves are used as a remedy for diarrhea, dysentry and inflammation of the colon. Leaf juice, at times added with carrot juice used to increase urine flow.