A Review of the Medical Evidence for Its Nutritional, Therapeutic, and Prophylactic Properties. Part 1. Moringa appears to be a nutritional and medicinal cornucopia. The author is a Western-trained nutritional biochemist who has studied some of the plants phytochemicals for almost a decade.

Potential for Agricultural and Industrial Uses. Authors: Foidl, Nikolaus, H.P.S. Makkar, K. Becker.  Moringa oleifera has many possible uses. The leaves and pods can be eaten by humans as nutritious food. The oil is used as a lubricant for fine machinery since it is slow to grow rancid and is not sticky. It is also used by the perfume/cosmetic industry as it absorbs scent well. The seeds, when crushed, can be used as water purifiers, removing up to 99% of toxins, making water drinkable. Nutritionally, the pure powdered leaf has not been shown to have any toxic qualities and can be grown in high-density as a field crop.

Clean Dirty or Polluted Water - Using seeds from the moringa tree to clean dirty water. This process has several steps which must be followed exactly to ensure good results.

University of Idaho Students Take on Polluted Drinking Water in Kenya to Bolster U.N. World Water Day Goals - A main ingredient adjustment called for the increase of Moringa seeds, which are used as a coagulant aid and available locally in Kenya. Adding additional time for the seeds to set in the test water reduced the turbidity of the liquid to a fraction of the former tests.

Ecofarm Project - An Ecofarm project is undertaken by Awassa University with the objective to contribute to build competence on dry land farming.

Many young people are using Moringa to rid themselves of troublesome acne and to recover from hangovers.  But more significantly these young students are using it to stay awake at night prior to exams and to remember the information they crammed in the night before on test day.  It keeps them from taking illicit drugs and all the negative side effects of drugs and they are actually taking something that’s healthy for them. Since moringa is a food that is neither sugar nor caffeine based, there are no ups and downs normally associated with other stimulants.

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