Moringa Leaves For Cancer Treatment

Moringa Leaves For Cancer Treatment
Moringa leaf is the most generally cultivated species of the genus moringa, which is the single genus in the family moringaceae. The moringa tree commonly known as horse radish tree, ben oil tree or benzoil tree. It is a speedy growing, drought- resistant tree.

Origin Of Moringa Tree
The origin of the moringa tree is from southern foot hills of the Himalayas in North Western India and it generally grows in tropical and sub tropical areas. The name is derived from muringa/murungai/munakkai, the Malayalam/Tamil/Telugu word for drum stick.

Moringa The Miracle Tree
Moringa leaves, seeds, roots, bark and flowers are commonly used in traditional medicine. The leaves and seed pods are used as food products in human nutrition. The investigators at Asian Vegetable Research And Development Center(ARVDC) organize that moringa leaves contains nutrients, including protein, iron, calcium and rich amount of anti oxidants such as Vitamin A, B and C.

Antioxidants helps protect against cell damage generated by chemicals in the body, called as free radicals, which can play a role in the development and spread of cancer.

Vitamin C helps to control a healthy immune system, while vitamin A is important for regular growth, vision and bone development. It can also helps to control mucous membranes that protect against germs in the respiratory and digestive tracts.

Moringa leaves also contain good quantity of amino acids that can helps rise the immune system. This is greatly important while undergoing treatment such as chemotherapy, because the medicines used during chemo can force destruction on the immune system and the body needs way to struggle this side effect in order to fight back.

The National Institute Of Nutrition written a book, named “Nutritive Value Of Indian Foods,” which records that a handful of moringa leaves contain:

Four times quantity of vitamin A in carrot.

Four times quantity of calcium in one glass of milk.

Three times quantity of iron in spinach.

Three times quantity of potassium in one banana.

Seven times quantity of vitamin C in an orange.