Botanical Index No. 522

Horseradish Tree

moringa oleifera

Medicinal Actions

Carminative, Cholagogue, Choleretic, Depurative, Diuretic, Ecbolic, Emetic, Emmenagogue, Estrogenic, Expectorant, Hypertensive, Hypotensive, Immunostimulant, Immunosuppressant, Laxative, Litholytic, Mutagenic, Piscicide, Protisticide, Respirastimulant, Sedative, Spasmogenic, Stimulant, Stomachic, Sympathomimetic, Tonic, Uterotonic, Vesicant, Vibriocide, Colic, Alexeteric, Analgesic, Antibacterial, Antidote, Antiedemic, Antiinflammatory, Antipyretic, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic, Antitumor, Antiviral, Astringent, Cardiodepressant, Cardiotonic, Respirastim-ulant

Primary Conditions Treated

Fungistat Rubefacient Vasoconstrictor Vermifuge Abscess Adenopathy Alopecia Ameba Arthrosis Ascites Asthma Bacteria Biliousness Boil Burn Calculus Cancer abdomen colon liver nasopharynx spleen Cardiopathy Caries Catarrh Cholera Circulosis Cold Constipation Convulsion Cough Cramp Dandruff Debility Dermatosis Diabetes Dropsy Dysentery Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia Dysuria Earache Edema Enterosis Epilepsy Erysipelas Escherichia Fever Fracture Fungus Gas Gastrosis Gingivosis Gout Gravel Hallucination Headache Heart Hematuria Hepatosis Hiccup High Blood Pressure Hoarseness Hysteria Immunodepression Induration Infection Infertility Inflammation Insomnia Leprosy Leukemia Low Blood Pressure Lumbago Madness Maggot Malaria Mycosis Myosis Nephrosis Nervousness Neuralgia Ophthalmia Pain Palsy Pancreatosis Paralysis Pharyngosis Pneumonia Rheumatism Rhinosis Salmonella Scabies Scirrhus Scrofula Shigella Snakebite Sore Sore Throat Spasm Splenomegaly Splenosis Staphylococcus Stomatosis Stone Streptococcus Swelling Syncope Syphilis Tetanus Toothache Tuberculosis Tumor Ulcer VD Vertigo Virus Wart Water Retention Worm Wound Yellow Fever Abortifacient Aperitif Aphrodisiac

General Dosage

1 tsp root bark tincture in syrup every 3 hours for malaria and nephrosis.

Safety & Contraindications

Not covered. “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages”. 15 g root bark is an abortive, hence contraindicated in pregnancy. 5 g/kg led to gastric hyperkeratosis and liver steatosis orally in rat. Parenteral dose of 22–50 mg/kg glucosinolate is lethal in mice.

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