Moringa Tea with Hibiscus Flowers

Moringa oleifera Benefits (Powder & Tea)

A missionary, Father Dr. Lowell J. Fuglie used Moringa oleifera tree miraculously to fight out the famine in Senegal. He sent the children with extreme malnutrition and declared irreversible, back to school with the help of the now called The Miracle Tree, we knew it for ages as Suhanjna, Horse radish tree in English and botanically Moringa oleifera. But we have not explored its hidden treasures the way Father Fuglie did. After his revelation to this wonder of the nature the world focuses on it and the research proved it as a new “Super Food”. Its highly nutritious profile and powerful anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and tissue-protective properties made it even more popular.

It is a small tree found Pakistan, India, and Nepal that has been used for generations to treat and prevent diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, anemia, arthritis, liver disease, and respiratory, skin, and digestive disorders. It is endemic to South Punjab, Pakistan.

Moringa has become popular as a leaf powder supplement, although the pods, roots, bark, flowers, seeds, and fruits are also edible and of equal importance. The crushed seeds cleans contaminated water unprecedentedly. Even the water from streams, canals and ponds can be made safe to drink. It’s used as a traditional remedy for many ailments, and here are some scientifically backed benefits of consuming it: