Wildcrafted Medicine: The Incredible Healing Properties of the Superfood Moringa
Moringa is a super food that grows like a weed. It is also called "miracle tree" because it is extremely healthful and very easy to grow.
Moringa has a thin trunk and branches with relatively sparse leaves.
We have two moringa trees on our property. One has been established outside for 3 years; the other we planted in a pot from seed just this year.
Each fall, we cut our outdoor tree down to ground level and cover it heavily with straw and mulch to keep the root system warm over the winter. In the spring, we uncover it again, and it shoots up an incredible 18 feet every year!
Not only is it a breeze to grow, but it's nutritional profile is absolutely incredible! Moringa has:
- 9 times the protein of yogurt
- 10 times the vitamin A of carrots
- 15 times the potassium of bananas
- 17 times the calcium of milk
- 12 times the vitamin C of oranges
25 times the iron of spinach
We frequently add the leaves to salads or our daily green juice. When we cut the tree each year, we use the trunk and bark to make tea!
Ayurveda (an Indian system of medicine) recognizes moringa as the cure to some 300 diseases! It's packed with antioxidants, including one that has been shown to regulate blood sugar in animal studies. It reduces inflammation and maintains healthy cholesterol levels. It supports cardiovascular, liver, and brain health. It has also been demonstrated to purify water!
There are countless options for optimizing health, and we hope you are inspired to consider plant medicines when addressing your well-being! Nature crafts primo medicines, and they are cheap or free and accessible.
Enjoy our previous Wildcrafted Medicine posts:
Dandelion / Calendula / Lamb's Quarter / Henbit / Carolina Geranium /Oregano / Yellow Dock / Lemon Thai Basil / Comfrey / Rosemary / Lyre Leaf Sage / Mint / Lavender
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You all should try experimenting with Guild planting with the moringa tree, I would plant some comfrey and Clover with some beneficial insect attractors along the base of the tree. This Guild planting will boost up the nutritional content of the moringa tree by quite a bit.
Thanks for the tip, @apollomission!
You are very welcome!
And don't forget to leave an exposed root flare.
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Cool, thank you for the recognition and support! Boosted the rewards of this priceless post up over a dollar - woohoo! Thank god @quinneaker is a master of sustainability and living free!
Thank you for recognizing this post. Something so good for us deserves attention.
You're welcome. Happy gardening!
Oh wow. I didnt know it was that good for us. Incredible - thanks again!
Yeah, it's really quite amazing! All the more reason to take good care of them :)
This will be most excellent for lunch today!
Oh oh, yes please!
Pick your favorite greens for a picnic on the dodeck!
Hi @gardenofeden
Amazing tree!!
You can say that again!
This is awesome. My tree is now chest-high to me and still in a pot I bring in on cold nights. It gets puny when it drops below 40 outside. Cut it to the ground in the fall and pack with mulch? That rocks! Thanks for this.
You're welcome @snake73!
MORINGA! One of my favorites and so easy to grow. Everything about this plant is amazing. So grateful I put it in my body on a daily basis. Thank you for sharing.
You're welcome!
Is there a moringa cream??
According to google, there is.
As every backyard back home have moringa tree,i can retire now and make some cream. i'll be rich.
Offer it for Steem dollars!
Yeah definitely!
In the Philippines the leaves are cooked in different stew. The elongated fruits are made into a salad when young but when its matured,its also used in stew. I saw an African woman eating the matured seeds on its own once.
Awesome! So it grows throughout the world, and all parts of the plant are healthful. :)
The leaves are medicinal too as it increases hemoglobin count. Also acts as a laxatives.In a wound,crush the leaves and rub it on,it will stop the bleeding. Anyone on warfarin must be aware that it can lower the INR.
Anyone on pharmaceuticals must be aware that adverse drug reactions are one of the leading causes of death in America
Have u tried moringga bread? The queu in the bakery shop every morning is annoyingly long, sometimes it can ran out too so when its late like 7am,we dont bother going to the shop.
Wow that's cool! Do they use moringa for flour?
They probably mixed it together?Color is light brown.
Good and helpful info from real people,doing real things! Thanks for sharing!
@kus-knee (The Old Dog)
You're welcome @kus-knee!