Moringa also known as “Never die”

Moringa – also known as “Never die” – is a very good plant that serves a lot of medicinal purposes. The moringa plant is widely popular in the Senegambia region where it exists principally in scattered uncultivated forms. Mainly, it is consumed as food in various forms within the region, albeit a few useful extra-culinary attributes been suggested.

Despite the fact that this plant has a lot to offer as a food and fodder resource in the sub-region, it is an enormous source of biomass production. Interestingly, every part of the part offers its own benefit: its bark, leaves, flowers, and roots, all serves a unique purpose in health promotion. Even its seeds are rich in edible oil.

This plant in question has a lot of health and medicinal benefits to offer. Here are some of the widely known benefits it offers:

• ü Moringa treats infertility. Infertility has become a global burden and there are a lot of treatments launched against it even at global level. Yet, one treatment mechanism in herbs stands out. It is feasible and effective. This plant treats both male and female infertility, thus boosting the reproductive capability of the patient in question.
• ü Moringa treats diabetes, hypertension, and inflammation – alongside microbial, viral and parasitic conditions. It offers activities that are even anti-aging.

• ü It serves vitamin benefits. According to various sources and researches, this plant is very high in vitamin C. Its leaves are a great source of this said vitamin when dried and pounded to powder. Vitamin A, iron, vitamin B3 and vitamin B are all present in this plant.

• ü Moringa helps in building nutritional deficiencies and imbalances. It achieves this through its high contents in vitamin, minerals, antioxidants and healing capabilities.

• ü Moringa aids in breast milk production, as well as fighting against anemia. It achieves this through the abundantly-packed nutritional content of its leaves. It improves anemia with its high iron content.

• ü Moringa improves sleep, blood pressure and sugar levels, hair and skin. This is due to the fact that it is rich in calcium, iron, vitamins and essential amino acids that can even be found in classic proteins like meat.

• ü It has high fiber content that aids in food movement along the digestive system. With this fiber, it helps in maintaining a healthy cardiovascular system.

• ü It helps in lowering cholesterol in blood. It achieves this by suppressing the high level of blood cholesterol, which in turn prevents people from heart diseases.