Malunggay ... a Wonder Medicine!

Malunggay!!! Dami nito sa Pilipinas (Abundant in the Philippines)!!! Not many Filipinos knows the wonders that malunggay ("Moringa" in English; "Sajina" in Indian Subcontinent) ... they know is that malunggay is an important ingredient for soup given to breastfeeding mothers to help in the production of milk. But did you know that it now being eyed by the Department of Agriculture as a way of reducing malnutrition and poverty in the country? And now being eyed as a potential export product as a natural ingredient for cosmetics and pharmaceutical applications. Malunggay is nature's medicine cabinet. The following are its nutritional value:

- natural energy booster (loaded with nutrients, vitamins and amino acids)

- 1 ounce of Moringa contains 7x the Vitamin C found in oranges, 4x the Vitamin A of carrots,

3x the iron of spinach, 4x calcium from milk and 3x the potassium of bananas

- helps to reduce blood pressure and let's you have a good night's sleep

- University laboratories around the world have studied Moringa's ability to purify water

attaching itself to harmful material and bacteria, and allowing them to be expelled as waste

- strengthens immune system

- relieves headaches and migraines

- manages diabetes sugar level

- reduced inflammations and athritis pain

- restriction of tumors

- rebuild weak bones

- anti-aging (hmmm...)

- excellent fuel and fertilizer

See the many benefits of malunggay? So we need not think that solutions to our problems are expensive and hard to find. But more often than not, real solutions to basic problems are abundant, cheap and even free. Health problems are especially solved with natural inexpensive gifts from nature.

And we are really blessed for an abundant supply of malunggay, it is easily available everywhere in the country. With this positive development in the government's campaign to reduce malnutrition and increase the income of farmers who would cultivate the hardy tree and supply local and foreign corporations with natural ingredients for cosmetics and pharmaceutical applications. Wow ... that's good news!