Moringa Root and Tree Bark– Moringa for Life

In Senegal, root and tree bark are used to treat sores and skin infections.
Bark is regarded as useful in treating scurvy.
In India, stem and root bark are taken as appetizers and digestives.
In Senegal, a decoction of root bark, roots, leaves and flowers is used to treat epilepsy, hysteria, and intestinal spasms.
In India, a decoction of the root bark is used as a fermentation to relieve intestinal spasm and is considered useful in calculous affections (mineral buildup/kidney stones).
Stem bark is used to cure eye diseases.
In India, stem and root bark are believed to be aphrodisiacs and anthelmintic.
In India, root bark is said to prevent enlargement of the spleen and formation of tuberculous glands of the neck, to destroy tumors and to heal ulcers.

Juice from root bark is put into the ear to relieve earaches and also placed in a toothache cavity as a pain killer.
Bark is used as a treatment for delirious patients.
In the Philippines it is believed that, roots, chewed and applied to a snakebite, will keep the poison from spreading.
Bark is used as a rubefacient and as a vesicant.
In India, bark is sometimes mixed with peppercorns and used as an abortifacient (although often with fatal consequences).