Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Common Name: Drumsticks  Scientific Name: Moringa Oleifera  Nepali Name: Sajjana This medicinal tree, grows mostly in the hot regions of Bhutan like, Sarpang, Phuentsholing, Tsirang, Samdrupjongkhar...etc It is because the tree produces the long beens like vegetable from the twigs and branches people called it Drumsticks Vegetable which has the most valuable medicinal uses!  Uses;  Since it contains vitamin C, Antioxidant it helps in common cold, flu and several other infections. It also helps in lessening the symptoms of Asthma, cough and many other respiratory problems.   It is also good for the people with diabetes hence it has unbelievable health benefits.  Its flowers can be eaten as vegetables and also the loosely hanging beens like drumsticks are the delicious vegetables. 

Moringa oleifera or Drumstick tree or Nuggekayee Did you know that Moringa oleifera is a name derived from the Tamil word Murungai Maram, drumstick tree whose ubiquitous leaves and young fruits (pods) are used as vegetables, particularly its long, slender, triangular seed-pods in sambar curry; and the seeds, bark, flowers, and roots as traditional herbal medicine? Moringa oleifera, drumstick tree in English, derives its name from the Tamil language word Murungai Maram, Nuggekayee in Kannada language, Sahjan in Hindi, Shobhanjana or Sigru in Sanskrit, also known as horseradish tree, ben tree, is a small tree from Indian subcontinent whose pods, roots, bark, flowers, seeds, and fruits are all edible, and has also become a popular natural leaf powder supplement. It is a fast-growing, deciduous tree, drought-resistant, the most widely cultivated species in the Indian subcontinent of the genus Moringa, which is the only genus in the family Moringaceae. In pa...