Moringa: 1-Month Results / Grow Boxes / Scaling Up
1-month Moringa check-in. Results of experiments (outside vs. inside, potting mix vs native soil), the realization of grow boxes, and progress establishing a pipeline of these prolific “natural multivitamins” for self-sustenance through the Grand Solar Minimum.
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Some notes:
Moringa leaves contain:
• 2 times the protein of yogurt
• 7 times the vitamin C of oranges
• 3 times the potassium of bananas
• 4 times the vitamin A of carrots
• 4 times the calcium of milk
Leaves are used as a purgative. ( — HEADS UP !! )
Juice from the leaves is believed to have a stabilizing effect on blood pressure and is used to treat anxiety.
It is believed to control glucose levels in cases of diabetes.
The oil from Moringa (35-40% by weight of the seeds) can be used for cooking and a number of purposes: cooking and cosmetics; and because it won’t spoil and turn rancid, it is also used as a preservative and machinery lubricant, even being used as a lubricant in fine watches.
Mixed with honey and followed by a drink of coconut milk 2 or 3 times a day, leaves are used as a remedy for diarrhea, dysentery and colitis.
Leaf juice, sometimes with carrot juice added, is used as a diuretic.
Eating leaves is recommended in cases of gonorrhea because of the diuretic action.
Leaves and buds are rubbed on the temples for headache.
A poultice is made from fresh leaves and applied to reduce glandular swelling.
Leaf juice is used as a skin antiseptic.
Leaves are used to treat fevers, bronchitis, eye and ear infections, scurvy, and catarrh (inflammation of the mucus membrane).
Leaves are considered to be anthelmintic ( able to kill intestinal worms).
Eating leaves is believed to increase a woman’s milk production and is sometimes prescribed for anemia.