Merunggai or moringa (Moringa oleifera) is a kind of tribal Moringa plant. This plant has a height of 7-11 meters rod. Moringa leaves are oval with a small size layered compound in one stalk, can be made of vegetables or drugs. The flowers are white and yellowish green flowers hood midrib; These flowers come out all year with a fragrant scent. Moringa fruit elongated triangular called tang, also can be in the vegetable.
Indonesian general name: Moringa, Limaran (Java) English: Moringa, Ben-oil tree, clarifier tree, drumstick tree Malay: heat, merunggai, Sajina Vietnam: Chum ngay Thailand: ma-rum Philippines: malunggay.
Description.
Woody stems (lignosus), upright, dirty white, thin skin, rough surface; simpodial branching, upright or tilted towards the branch, tend to grow straight and elongated. Leaves compound, long-stemmed, arranged alternate, odd leaf litter (imparipinnatus), young leaves are green when young. Triangular shaped fruit length, length of 20-60 cm; The young fruit is green - after dark brown, round seed shape - blackish brown, bear fruit after the age of 12-18 months. Taproot, white, enlarged like a radish.Propagation can be generative (seeds) and vegetative (cuttings). Grown in lowland and highland up at an altitude of 1000 m above sea level, is widely grown as a boundary or fence in your backyard or farm.
Research on the benefits of plants ranging from leaves, bark, fruit until the seeds, since the early 1980s has begun. There is a report on the results of research, study and development related to the use of Moringa plants for reforestation and retaining desertification in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya by the German team, in the periodic Institute for Scientific Cooperation, Tubingen, 1993. The report is devoted to the region including Ethiopia , Somalia, and Sudan, as has long been a tradition residents to plant moringa trees, considering the tree can be a part in everyday life as a vegetable, raw material medicine, also to be traded. In the area of Arba Minch and Konso, moringa tree is used as a plant for retaining landslides, soil conservation, and terracing. So that in the rainy season, although in the most minimal amount, falling rain water will be held down by the root system of Moringa, and in the dry season "savings" of water around the roots of Moringa will be a source of water for other crops. Also because Moringa root system is quite tightly, landslides are rare.
Researchers from Anna Technology University, Tamilnadu, India, C Senthil Kumar, proving that Moringa leaf is efficacious as a hepatoprotective aka liver protector. According to physician and herbalist in Yogyakarta, Dr. Sidi Aritjahja, Moringa contains antioxidants which are very high and very good for diseases associated with gastrointestinal problems, such as intestinal wounds and ulcers. "Whatever parts are used safely origin noticed how," said the alumnus of the University of Gadjah Mada. Drink decoction of the leaves of Moringa while warm water. Therefore, a powerful antioxidant effect in a state still warm.
According to Dr. Paul Wahyudi Halim in South Tangerang, Banten, Moringa has a cool energy. Herbs such suited to cope with the disease or excess heat energy such as inflammation or cancer.
How to use it with boiling water 3 sprigs in a glass of warm water after drinking it warm
Efficacy of Moringa leaves.
Infants and children in infancy recommended World Health Organization WHO consuming Moringa leaves. Comparison gram, Moringa leaves contain:7 x vitamin C in oranges 4 x 4 x calcium in milk vitamin A in carrots 2 times the protein in milk 3 times the potassium in bananas
The organization also named Moringa as a magic tree after conducting a study and found that this plant is credited as low cost health enhancer for 40 years in the poorest countries in the world. Moringa tree is widespread in the plains of Africa, Latin America, and Asia. National Institutes of Health (NIH) on March 21, 2008, said that the Moringa tree "has been used as medicine by various indigenous ethnic groups to prevent or treat more than 300 kinds of diseases.
The tradition of the ancient Indian ayurvedic medicine show that 300 kinds of diseases can be treated with moringa oleifera leaves.
Moringa leaves are the main benefits :
Increases the body's natural resistanceRefreshing eye and brain
Increase metabolism
Improve the structure of the cell body
Increasing serum cholesterol naturally
Reduce wrinkles and lines on the skin
Increasing the normal functioning liver and kidneys
Beautify the skin
Increase energy
Facilitate digestion
Antioxidants
Maintain the body's immune system.
Improve circulation system healthy
Is anti-inflammatory
Giving a feeling of overall health
Supports blood sugar levels to normal.
From this analysis it can be seen that the nutritional content of Moringa leaves have excellent potential to supplement the nutritional needs of the body. By eating the leaves of Moringa, the balance of nutrients in the body will be met so that people who eat the leaves of Moringa will be helped to increase energy and endurance body. In addition, Moringa leaves also efficacious to overcome the various complaints are caused by lack of vitamins and minerals such as vitamin A deficiency (visual impairment), Choline deficiency (fat accumulation in the liver), vitamin B1 deficiency (beriberi), deficiency of vitamin B2 (skin dry and cracked), deficiency of vitamin B3 (dermatitis), deficiency of vitamin C (bleeding gums), lack of calcium (osteoporosis), iron deficiency (anemia), lack of protein (cracked and hair growth disorders in children).
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