There are so many health benefits we can get on "Malunggay" or "Drumstick tree", and there are so many ways to consume Malunggay, one of the common thing is to mix it with vegetables, Filipino love's to use this as one of the ingredients in some native food, this is also good if you are planning to cook a fish with boiled water, mix with tomatoes and many other ways, you can also make this as Juice and in some drinks like Sting with Malunggay.
Scientific Name: Moringa Oleifera
Other names:
"Malunggáy" in Philippines, "Sajina" in India, "Shojne" in Bengal, "Munagakaya" in Telugu, "Shenano" in Rajasthani, "Shevaga" in Marathi, "Nuggekai" in Kannada, "Drumstick Tree, Horse Radish Tree, Ben Oil Tree" in English, "La mu" in Chinese.
When you consume Malunggay expect to gain some good benefits for your health such as Normalize Blood Sugar Level (Diabetes), Combating Malnutritions, Anti-infectious, Antibacterial and Antifungal, Anticancer (Phytochemicals), Anti-inflammatory, Produce more Milk for Breast-feeding, Strengthen the Immune System, Relieves Headache, Strengthen the Eye Muscles, Prevent the Intestinal Worms (Anthelmintics), Increase Semen Count, Relax and Promote Good-Night Sleep, Treat Common Cold, Fever and Asthma, Heal Ulcers, Clean Dirty or Polluted Water, Treat Rheumatism, Hypocholestemia or High Cholesterol.
As you can see there are so many Health Benefits from Malunggay, this is known here in the Philippines, the best thing you should do is to start consuming Drumstick tree as one of your top list food for your healthy lifestyle.
Malunggay leaves are used for medicine since it contains very good nutrients for our body. It is a tropical tree which can be found in Asia countries easily. The medical scientists from all over the world revealed that Malunggay is enriched with vitamins and minerals which can effectively heal many kind of diseases. Currently Malunggay tree has been known as the miracle tree and it is usable for medical and nutritional purposes from it roots, trunk and even branches to the leaves, flowers and seed.
The progress of herbal medicine has brought malunggay tree to be a well-known mullti-healing herbal tree. It is used to heal different types of illness. Moreover it is also used to strengthen and support our immune system.
The most-used part of malunggay tree which is used as herbal medicine is its leaves. Many people cultivates malunggay tree and take its leaves to heal the illness such as headache, diabetes, allergy, eye-strain and even wellness. Some people traditionally cultivates it as tea in which they can consume everytime. Malunggay’s leaves contain a compound pterygospermin and it is known as antimicrobial or antibacterial.
The nutritional contents of malunggay leaves are Vitamin C, provitamin A as beta-carotene, vitamin K, manganese, amino essentials, and protein. The calcium in marunggay leaves is bound as crystals of calcium oxalate and it can be compared with level 1/25th to 1/45th of that found in spinach. That is why ancient people used malunggay leaves as vegetable ingredients for cooking.
The Side Effects of Malunggay
Besides the great benefits of this miracle tree, there are some side effects that we must pay attention to it. The root and the root extracts of Malunggay should not be consumed as food ingredients for cooking. Spirocin, an alkaloid isolated from the root and it may cause a fatal nerve paralysis. And for some reason, the use of Malunggay should not be for pregnancy. It is considered to be possibly unsafe when the root, bark or flowers are used during pregnancy because it can cause abortion and uterine contractions. So when thinking about consuming Malunggay we have to stay safe and enjoy its natural nutritional value.
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