SHIGRU | MORINGA OLEIFERA

• Botanical name: Moringa oleifera

• Family: Moringaceae

• English: Drumstick Tree, Horseradish Tree, Miracle Tree

• Malayalam: മുരിങ്ങ(Muringa)

• Sanskrit: Shigru(शिग्रु)

🌱 Sanskrit Synonyms:

• Sophanjana

• Mochaka

• Akshiva

• Teekshna Moola

• Bahala Pallava

🌿Properties:

▫️ Rasa: Katu, Tikta 

▫️ Guna: Laghu, Ruksha, Tikshna 

▫️ Virya: Ushna

▫️ Vipaka: Katu

▫️ Effect On Dosha: Kapha-Vata Hara

🌿Parts used:

▪️ Root bark

▪️ Stem bark 

▪️ Leaves 

▪️ Fruit 

▪️ Seed

🍃Facts:

• In fact, moringa is said to provide 7 times more vitamin C than oranges, 10 times more vitamin A than carrots, 17 times more calcium than milk, 9 times more protein than yoghurt, 15 times more potassium than bananas and 25 times more iron than spinach.

• The leaves of M. oleifera are rich in minerals like calcium, potassium, zinc, magnesium, iron and copper 

• Vitamins like beta-carotene of vitamin A, vitamin B such as folic acid(B9), pyridoxine(B6) and niacin(B3-nicotinic acid), vitamin C, D and E also present in M.oleifera.

• Phytochemicals such as tannins, sterols, terpenoids, flavonoids, saponins, anthraquinones, alkaloids and reducing sugar present along with anti-cancerous agents like glucosinolates, isothiocyanates, glycoside compounds and glycerol-1-9-octadecanoate.