A CLASSICAL REVIEW ON SHIGRU (MORINGA OLEIFERA LAM)
Dr. Paramjeet Kaur Sethi*, Dr. Pravin Kumar Joshi and Dr. Rakshapal Gupta
ABSTRACT
Moringa oleifera Lam is a plant widely available, it is highly nutritious
and traditionally used as folklore medicine. It is also used as food and
foliage for animals. Moringa oleifera Lam is from the family
Moringaceae and it is the only genus in this family. It is known as
Shigru, Sehjan, Shobhanjan, Teekshngandha, Aksheev in ayurvedic
literature. Its leaf, flower, bark and oil is used in medicine for curing
many disease. The plant is bitter, anti-bacterial, antifungal, anti gastric,
analgesic, anti inflamatory, cardio protective, wound healing etc.
Keywords: Moringa oleifera Lam, shigru, disease.
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