Most of you Filipinos out there probably ate Malunggay with chicken as tinola, or with fish and other vegetables, mongo soup dishes, and blanched as salads. But, did you know that the Malunggay is a miracle vegetable. Here’s a little information about the Malunggay that we found interesting.

Scientific name: Moringa oleifera Lam.
English: Horse raddish tree
Tagalog: Malunggay

Grown throughout the Philippines in settled areas as a backyard vegetable and as a border plant. Drought resistant and grows in practically all kinds of well-drained soils. Conserves water by shedding leaves during dry season.

It is best known as an excellent source of nutrition and a natural energy booster. Loaded with nutrients, vitamins and amino acids, it replenishes your body and provides what you need to get through a hectic weekday or active weekend.

University laboratories around the world have studied Malunggay’s ability to purify water…attaching itself to harmful material and bacteria, and allowing them to be expelled as waste. The evidence points to this same process going on inside your body.

It produces long-lasting energy without hyperactivity… a nerve system at rest… a blood system not under pressure…a gland and hormone system in balance.

Other health benefits identified by people who use Malunggay continue this same pattern: immune system strengthened, skin condition restored, blood pressure controlled, headaches and migraines handled, diabetes sugar level managed, inflammations and arthritis pains reduced, tumors restricted and ulcers healed.

A body that’s not fighting damaging internal elements is better able to use the nutrients, which come into it to build healthy skin, bone and muscles, as well as the all-important hormones, which keep your body in balance.

Each ounce of Malunggay contains seven times the Vitamin C found in oranges, four times the Vitamin A of carrots, three times the iron of spinach, four times as much calcium as milk and three times the potassium of bananas.

One of the best attributes of Malunggay is that it is also quite tasty and a welcome addition to your kitchen. The leaves, pods and flowers of this versatile tree are all edible, each with its own flavor. They can be served fresh with meals, or be reduced to powder and used as a food supplement.