A decoction of root and leaves is used for diarrhoea and dysentery. The root bark contains a considerable amount of rubichloric acid and small quantities of anthraquinones.

   

English Indian Mulberry.

422 Moringa concanensis Nimmo ex Gibs.

Moringa concanensis
Nimmo ex Gibs.
Family Moringaceae.
Habitat Rajasthan and Peninsular India.
Ayurvedic Shigru (Red var.).
Siddha/Tamil Kaatumurungai.
Action See M. pterygosperma.
Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn.

Synonym M. olefera Lam.

Family Moringaceae.

English Drumstick, Horse-Radish.
3Ayurvedic Shigru (white var.),
Madhu Shigru, Sigra, Shobhaanjana, Haritashaaka. Raktaka, Murangi, Mochaka, Akshiva, Tikshnagandhaa.

Unani Sahajan.

Siddha/Tamil Murungai.

Action All parts of the tree are reported to be used as cardiac and circulatory stimulant. Pods antipyretic, anthelmintic; fried pods are used by diabetics. Flowers—cholagogue, stimulant, diuretic. Root juice—cardiac tonic, antiepileptic. Used for nervous debility, asthma, enlarged liver and spleen, deep-seated inflammation and as diuretic in calculus affection. Decoction is used as a gargle in hoarseness and sore throat. Root and fruit—antiparalytic. Leaf—juice is used in hiccough (emetic in high doses); cooked leaves are

given in influenza and catarrhal affections. Root-bark—antiviral, anti-inflammatory, analgesic. Bark—antifungal, antibacterial. Stem-bark and flower—hypoglycaemic. Seeds—an infusion, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and diuretic; given in venereal diseases.
Along with other therapeutic applications, The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India indicated the use of the dried root bark in goitre, glycosuria and lipid disorders (also dried seeds), and leaf, seed, root bark

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