Moringa

Moringa (Drumstick) flowers used as a vegetable. They are commonly used in South Indian cooking. They are pungent, appetizing and useful in worm infestations. Verse: 23.

• Deepana (appetizer)
• Krimighna (anthelmintic)

The paste prepared from devadaru (Cedrus deodara), palasha (Butea monosperma), arka (Calotropis procera), hastipippali (Scindapsus officinalis), shigru (Moringa oleifera) and ashvagandha (Withania somnifera) added with cow’s urine should be applied on the abdomen as pradeha (paste) [108].

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 13: Abdominal Diseases Treatment (Udara Chikitsa / उदरचिकित्सा)

), shigru (Moringa oleifera Lam.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 14: Hemorrhoids Treatment (Arsha Chikitsa / अर्शचिकित्सा)

Pippali (Piper longum), maricha (Piper nigrum), yavakshara (obtained by incinerating Hordeum vulgare), vacha (Acorus calamus) , saindhava (rock salt) and shigru (Moringa oleifera) pounded with bile of rohita fish and applied to the eyes as collyrium destroys the poison in the eyes.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 23: Poison Treatment (Visha Chikitsa / विषचिकित्सा)

Shatapushpa (dill), Devadaru (Cedrus deodara), Shephali (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis), Sthula Jiraka (cumin), Eranda Mula (castor root) and seeds, Rasna, Mulaka (radish), and Shigru (Moringa oleifera).

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 2: Sveda Vidhi (Sudation Therapy)

A paste (Pralepa) made by grinding Punarnava (Boerhavia diffusa), Daru (Cedrus deodara), Shunthi (dry ginger, Zingiber officinale), Siddharta (white mustard, Sinapis alba), and Shigru (Moringa oleifera) with Kanji (fermented rice water) conquers all types of swelling (Shotha).

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

This powerful anti-inflammatory paste combines the diuretic Punarnava with the warming circulatory stimulants ginger and mustard, plus the anti-edema action of Moringa.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

For Kapha-type throat swelling (Gala Ganda/goiter): Nichula (Barringtonia acutangula), Shigru seeds (Moringa oleifera), or Dashamula (ten roots formula), applied as a warm (Sukhoshna) paste on the Vata-type swellings.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

Moringa seeds are renowned for their anti-thyroid and anti-inflammatory properties.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 11: Lepa Vidhi (Topical Paste Application)

In vartaka (eggplant), shigru (moringa), vandra, sura, patola (pointed gourd), and kirataka fruits and bitter herbs — tara, saindhava, tuttha, and rochana cooked and applied through a metal tube.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 11: Kaphabhishyanda Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Kapha-type Conjunctivitis)

With seeds of hrasva-shigru (small Moringa), or combined with bronze and nili (indigo), anti-helminthic pressed nasya ground with urine should be applied.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 26: Chapter 26