Moringa Oleifera as an Eco-friendly Solution

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Moringa Oleifera as an Eco-friendly Solution

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Moringa Oleifera, commonly known simply as Moringa. Moringa is one of

eco-friendly plants that help the world hunger and sick people. It is

a soft-wooded tree that grows to about 20 feet tall, with corky bark

and small feathery leaves. Its root is just like a Japanese wasabi or

horseradish.

 

Moringa is entirely edible, from leaves to roots. The moringa plant

is drought resistant and grows practically anywhere around the world--

even lands with poor soil, near the sea and dry areas, and can even

withstand severe drought once the plant is established.

 

Seeds sprout readily in one week. Alternatively, one can plant a

branch and within a week, it will grow by itself with another sprout.

It is often cut back year after year in fence rows and continues to

thrive. Therefore, to keep an abundant supply of leaves, flowers, and

pods within easy reach, topping out is useful. Of course, it is

natural and understandable that water and fertilizer make it grow

better.

 

## Nutritional Value of Moringa

 

The leaves contain significant sources of minerals and vitamins A, B,

and C. It contains high levels of calcium, phosphorous, iron,

protein, with low fat, and low carbohydrates. Its iron content is

very good for anemia.

 

We like to believe that if we will plant moringa tree in our backyard

garden as well as all vacant lots around the world, there shall be no

food shortages and malnutrition problems.

 

According to other sources on the internet, Moringa has seven times

the vitamin C in oranges; four times the calcium and two times the

protein in milk; four times the vitamin A in carrots; and three times

the potassium in bananas.

 

## Culinary Uses of Moringa

 

Virtually every part of it is edible. The Moringa leaves are also

eaten as a leaf vegetable, particularly in the Philippines, where it

is called malunggay. It can be cooked in any various ways like that

of spinach. The roots can be pulled out and can be used as

horseradish. Flowers can be eaten as vegetable, or you can use it to

make a tea, and it provides calcium and potassium. From its seed,

quality oil called Ben oil is yield by pressing. The oil contains:

65.7% Oleic acids; 9.3% Palmitic acid; 7.4% Stearic acid; and 8.6%

Behenic acid. The oil is good for cooking and lubricating precision

machines such as watches and sewing machines.

 

So why I became interested in planting moringa? During the 1940s,

Japan suffered from food shortages. We used desiccated coconut powder

as bread flour mixed with edible grass powder. I can remember how

moringa leaves were dried and powdered to make a bitterly tasting

bread just to survive from hunger. However, it was good that moringa

provided hungry Japanese with enough nutrients.

 

How did we make bread out of moringa leaves? At first, rinse moringa

leaves and boil it for 4-5 minutes. Then, dry it either under the sun

or windy shade. Grind it and mix with any flour to make cake, bread,

or noodles. This makes a highly nutritious daily meal.

 

The leaves and flowers are nutritious and helps especially for

children's growth. Leaves can be dried and powdered, and mixed with

any flour to make nutritious cake and bread. Fresh leaves are cooked

just like any other vegetables, or be grinded for juice extract. It

is recommended that the juice be boiled for a minute to remove some

bitter taste and vegetable smell. Boiled juice is mixed with milk and

honey or sugar. Our Pyro-Energen staffs cook the grinded leaves with

chicken to make a good, tasty, and nutritious soup practically on

every daily meal. Oh, that's because our office fence is surrounded

by plenty of Moringa trees.

 

The ben oil from the seed can be extracted by pressing or mashing it

and boiled with water. Boiling it will make the oil float to the

surface of the water. Scoop it and you can use it as an excellent

cooking or lubricating oil.

 

Now, do not throw the mashed seed. You can use it for treating

polluted water.

 

According to the old folks and traditional healers, if eaten, grinded

seeds are good for detoxification of heavy toxic metals in the body,

although we do not have any clinical data for it. But certainly, it

is way better than those foot detox machines sold worldwide.

 

## Water Treatment with Moringa Seeds

 

Moringa seeds are also used for water treatment. As seen in the photo

below, the right PET bottle shows artificially made polluted water

out of kitchen wastes. When kept with grinded moringa seeds, the dirt

contaminated in the water settles after a few hours as seen in the

left PET bottle.

 

http://www.pyroenergen.com/articles08/images/water-treatment.jpg

 

Moringa's seed can remove hazardous materials from water. The use of

Moringa for body detoxification is also being studied by several

research groups.

 

According to some scientists, there are several ways to improve the

process of water treatment with the Moringa seed.

 

Here's the simplest way we knew from old folks:

 

Dried Moringa seed is grinded or mashed to extract Ben oil (the seed

can be used for water treatment even after the ben oil is extracted).

The ratio of seed and water depends on the purification quality and

speed. 100-200 seeds to a liter of water are recommended. Note that

bacteria cannot be eradicated by the moringa water treatment.

 

## Moringa for Medicinal Purposes

 

Moringa is galactagogue, rubefacient, antiscorbutic, diuretic,

stimulant, purgative, antibiotic, and antifungal. What more could you

ask for? It is really a fantastic and a wonder plant.

 

The seeds are good for hypertension, gout, asthma, hiccups, cancer,

body detox, and anti-aging. It also helps in increasing sperm count.

Oil extracted from Moringa flowers can also be helpful for arthritic

pains, and rheumatic and gouty joints. Its leaves are also used for

hiccups, asthma, gout, backache, rheumatism, and skin wounds and

sores. Moringa leaves are believed to increase the flow of mother's

milk, and good for constipation, ulcers, diabetes, and for

stabilizing blood pressure.

 

Moringa contains a compound known as Pterygospermin. It has powerful

antibiotic and fungicidal effects especially for skin infection. It

helps slow down skin aging, too.

 

Moringa contains antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties

effective for chronic swelling as well as trauma.

 

Traditional healers may know more about the effectiveness of these

herbs.

 

Proper use of moringa is therefore an excellent eco-friendly solution

for the world.

 

Now, you can call Moringa Oleifera an eco-friendly miracle tree of

the world. Let us save the world from hunger and from sick people.

Let us plant Moringa, today!

 

 

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About the Author:

Junji Takano is a Japanese health researcher involved in

investigating the cause of various diseases since 1960. In 1968, he

invented Pyro-Energen, the first electromedicine device that

eradicates viral diseases, cancer, and diseases of unknown cause

effectively without side effects.

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HELP!!!!!   Where can these seeds or small starts be found?  I definitely want

some asap.

 I doubt they could be found in Nurseries of other stores that sell plants and

trees?

Thank you very much,

Audrey

taxes2hi

 

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Moringa Oleifera as an Eco-friendly Solution

 

Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 8:09 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moringa Oleifera as an Eco-friendly Solution

============ ========= ========= ========= =====

 

Moringa Oleifera, commonly known simply as Moringa. Moringa is one of

eco-friendly plants that help the world hunger and sick people. It is

a soft-wooded tree that grows to about 20 feet tall, with corky bark

and small feathery leaves. Its root is just like a Japanese wasabi or

horseradish.

 

Moringa is entirely edible, from leaves to roots. The moringa plant

is drought resistant and grows practically anywhere around the world--

even lands with poor soil, near the sea and dry areas, and can even

withstand severe drought once the plant is established.

 

Seeds sprout readily in one week. Alternatively, one can plant a

branch and within a week, it will grow by itself with another sprout.

It is often cut back year after year in fence rows and continues to

thrive. Therefore, to keep an abundant supply of leaves, flowers, and

pods within easy reach, topping out is useful. Of course, it is

natural and understandable that water and fertilizer make it grow

better.

 

## Nutritional Value of Moringa

 

The leaves contain significant sources of minerals and vitamins A, B,

and C. It contains high levels of calcium, phosphorous, iron,

protein, with low fat, and low carbohydrates. Its iron content is

very good for anemia.

 

We like to believe that if we will plant moringa tree in our backyard

garden as well as all vacant lots around the world, there shall be no

food shortages and malnutrition problems.

 

According to other sources on the internet, Moringa has seven times

the vitamin C in oranges; four times the calcium and two times the

protein in milk; four times the vitamin A in carrots; and three times

the potassium in bananas.

 

## Culinary Uses of Moringa

 

Virtually every part of it is edible. The Moringa leaves are also

eaten as a leaf vegetable, particularly in the Philippines, where it

is called malunggay. It can be cooked in any various ways like that

of spinach. The roots can be pulled out and can be used as

horseradish. Flowers can be eaten as vegetable, or you can use it to

make a tea, and it provides calcium and potassium. From its seed,

quality oil called Ben oil is yield by pressing. The oil contains:

65.7% Oleic acids; 9.3% Palmitic acid; 7.4% Stearic acid; and 8.6%

Behenic acid. The oil is good for cooking and lubricating precision

machines such as watches and sewing machines.

 

So why I became interested in planting moringa? During the 1940s,

Japan suffered from food shortages. We used desiccated coconut powder

as bread flour mixed with edible grass powder. I can remember how

moringa leaves were dried and powdered to make a bitterly tasting

bread just to survive from hunger. However, it was good that moringa

provided hungry Japanese with enough nutrients.

 

How did we make bread out of moringa leaves? At first, rinse moringa

leaves and boil it for 4-5 minutes. Then, dry it either under the sun

or windy shade. Grind it and mix with any flour to make cake, bread,

or noodles. This makes a highly nutritious daily meal.

 

The leaves and flowers are nutritious and helps especially for

children's growth. Leaves can be dried and powdered, and mixed with

any flour to make nutritious cake and bread. Fresh leaves are cooked

just like any other vegetables, or be grinded for juice extract. It

is recommended that the juice be boiled for a minute to remove some

bitter taste and vegetable smell. Boiled juice is mixed with milk and

honey or sugar. Our Pyro-Energen staffs cook the grinded leaves with

chicken to make a good, tasty, and nutritious soup practically on

every daily meal. Oh, that's because our office fence is surrounded

by plenty of Moringa trees.

 

The ben oil from the seed can be extracted by pressing or mashing it

and boiled with water. Boiling it will make the oil float to the

surface of the water. Scoop it and you can use it as an excellent

cooking or lubricating oil.

 

Now, do not throw the mashed seed. You can use it for treating

polluted water.

 

According to the old folks and traditional healers, if eaten, grinded

seeds are good for detoxification of heavy toxic metals in the body,

although we do not have any clinical data for it. But certainly, it

is way better than those foot detox machines sold worldwide.

 

## Water Treatment with Moringa Seeds

 

Moringa seeds are also used for water treatment. As seen in the photo

below, the right PET bottle shows artificially made polluted water

out of kitchen wastes. When kept with grinded moringa seeds, the dirt

contaminated in the water settles after a few hours as seen in the

left PET bottle.

 

http://www.pyroener gen.com/articles 08/images/ water-treatment. jpg

 

Moringa's seed can remove hazardous materials from water. The use of

Moringa for body detoxification is also being studied by several

research groups.

 

According to some scientists, there are several ways to improve the

process of water treatment with the Moringa seed.

 

Here's the simplest way we knew from old folks:

 

Dried Moringa seed is grinded or mashed to extract Ben oil (the seed

can be used for water treatment even after the ben oil is extracted).

The ratio of seed and water depends on the purification quality and

speed. 100-200 seeds to a liter of water are recommended. Note that

bacteria cannot be eradicated by the moringa water treatment.

 

## Moringa for Medicinal Purposes

 

Moringa is galactagogue, rubefacient, antiscorbutic, diuretic,

stimulant, purgative, antibiotic, and antifungal. What more could you

ask for? It is really a fantastic and a wonder plant.

 

The seeds are good for hypertension, gout, asthma, hiccups, cancer,

body detox, and anti-aging. It also helps in increasing sperm count.

Oil extracted from Moringa flowers can also be helpful for arthritic

pains, and rheumatic and gouty joints. Its leaves are also used for

hiccups, asthma, gout, backache, rheumatism, and skin wounds and

sores. Moringa leaves are believed to increase the flow of mother's

milk, and good for constipation, ulcers, diabetes, and for

stabilizing blood pressure.

 

Moringa contains a compound known as Pterygospermin. It has powerful

antibiotic and fungicidal effects especially for skin infection. It

helps slow down skin aging, too.

 

Moringa contains antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties

effective for chronic swelling as well as trauma.

 

Traditional healers may know more about the effectiveness of these

herbs.

 

Proper use of moringa is therefore an excellent eco-friendly solution

for the world.

 

Now, you can call Moringa Oleifera an eco-friendly miracle tree of

the world. Let us save the world from hunger and from sick people.

Let us plant Moringa, today!

 

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About the Author:

Junji Takano is a Japanese health researcher involved in

investigating the cause of various diseases since 1960. In 1968, he

invented Pyro-Energen, the first electromedicine device that

eradicates viral diseases, cancer, and diseases of unknown cause

effectively without side effects.

Free newsletter: http://www.pyroener gen.com/newslett er.htm

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