Moringa oleifera, commonly known as Moringa, Drumstick Tree, or Sohanjana, is a powerful medicinal plant belonging to the Moringaceae family. Native to India and found throughout the country, it is known for its roots, seeds, and leaves, all of which offer numerous health benefits.
Family Name: MORINGACEAE
Botanical Name: MORINGA OLEIFERA
Common Name: MORINGA, HORSE RADISH TREE, DRUMSTICK TREE, SOHANJANA
Parts Used: ROOTS, SEEDS, LEAVES
Habitat: Found Throughout India.
Uses: The roots are acrid, digestive, anthelmentic, constipating, anodyne, bitter alexipharmic stimulant and vesicant. They are useful in paralysis, inflammations, fever, cough, cold, bronchitis, pectoral diseases, epilepsy, hysteria. Its leaves are useful in scurvy, vitiated conditions of kapha and vata. The seeds are acrid, bitter, anti inflammatory, purgative, and are useful in neuralgia, inflammations and intermittent fevers.
Medicinal Uses:
Roots are acrid, digestive, anthelmintic, constipating, anodyne, bitter, stimulant, and vesicant.
➤ Useful in paralysis, inflammations, fevers, bronchitis, cold, hysteria, and epilepsy.
Leaves are beneficial in scurvy, and help balance Kapha and Vata doshas in Ayurveda.
Seeds are acrid, anti-inflammatory, bitter, and purgative.
➤ Used in treating neuralgia, intermittent fevers, and internal inflammations.