malunggay / sajina / moringa

This is something that I had never heard of before, but you discussion made me research it and I found that it is called “Malunggay” in the Philippines, “Sajina” in the Indian Subcontinent, and “Moringa” in English - although I have never heard this even. The website I visited (www.malunggay.com)claims: [i]"Scientifically speaking, Moringa sounds like magic. It can rebuild weak bones, enrich anemic blood and enable a malnourished mother to nurse her starving baby. Ounce for ounce, it has the calcium of four glasses of milk, the vitamin C of seven oranges and the potassium of three bananas. "A dash of Moringa can make dirty water drinkable. Doctors use it to treat diabetes in West Africa and high blood pressure in India. Not only can it staunch a skin infection, but Moringa also makes an excellent fuel and fertilizer. "Memo to Popeye: Moringa has triple the iron of spinach and more impressive attributes than olive oil. Both Moringa and the common carrot are diamonds in the roughage department, but Moringa has quadruple the beta carotene, which is good for the eyes and effective against cancer."[/i]

My mother and my grandmother always say that malunggay is really heealthy and can cure many ilness. When my mother cooks she always add malunggay in it, like in sinigang or tinola( both are Filipino dishes). Not only does it make the dishes healthier, but it alos makes it more delicious.

This is really exciting topic and informative as well to me because we had a healthy malunggay plant in out backyard. And it has big and green leaves which is very abundant because the much needed rain is already poring in. We always makes sure to have a malunggay soup with our lunch. I am happy that malunggay vegetables was able to help cure your friends kidney and bladder illness. It is actually a good news because I only knew malunggay as source of proteins and other vitamins but not really a cure for illness. Thanks for the info.