About the book
Moringa, a plant of superlatives
With over 90 nutrients that are important for health, “Moringa oleifera” (the “oil-bearing plant”) is one of the most useful and versatile plants on earth! With an exceptionally high ORAC value (antioxidant potential), it holds the world record in the plant kingdom. This “miracle tree” from the Himalayas is currently conquering the world. Moringa thrives on almost any soil in the tropics and subtropics. The cream-colored to golden flowers smell of honey, its leaves are bright green and feathery. This fast-growing plant was cultivated in India 3000 years ago as a proven household remedy for many ailments. According to Ayurveda, the science of long and healthy life, moringa can be particularly beneficial for high blood pressure, diabetes and osteoporosis. All these indications, and many more, have been confirmed by modern science. The leaves of the Moringa tree contain all the essential amino acids and valuable fatty acids.
Moringa is a rare adaptogen. Adaptogens are substances that harmonize and optimize all physical and mental functions. Only around one in 8000 medicinal plants is an adaptogen! So it’s no wonder that moringa strengthens the brain, nerves and bones and regulates the metabolism and digestion. Moringa leaves help humans, animals and plants and strengthen a weak immune system. More than 700 scientific studies have proven the valuable properties of this versatile plant.
Moringa leaves are a natural multivitamin and multimineral supplement from Mother Nature. Moringa seeds purify water from bacteria and viruses and provide a high-quality oil for cooking, cosmetics and skin care, which was highly valued by the ancient Egyptians. Moringa is also very useful as an energy plant. Moringa oleifera is known in Ayurveda as the “tree of long life”. All parts of the plant have good and important properties. Moringa is the “Swiss Army knife” of naturopathy for body, mind and soul.
The author
Barbara Simonsohn was born in Hamburg in 1954. She is a nutritionist, health expert and bestselling author. With a keen sense of what is healthy and wholesome, she discovers the topics that are at the forefront of the food trend: substances that offer the body optimum benefits. She studied social sciences and graduated with a degree in political science at the age of 24. In her early 20s she was already giving environmental courses (the very first ever!) at the Hamburg adult education center and at the age of 24 she trained as an acidosis seminar leader with the Mayr doctor Dr. Renate Collier. Barbara Simonsohn became interested in health issues at an early age. She spent a year learning biodynamic horticulture and agriculture at “Hof Springe” near Lübeck and continued her studies at the training center for natural agriculture and horticulture in Hamburg-Poppenbüttel. At Hof Springe, she was responsible for the production and application of biodynamic preparations according to Rudolf Steiner.
In her mid-20s, Barbara Simonsohn first visited the “Findhorn Community” in Scotland, which became world-famous for its spectacular horticultural successes, among other things. There she was involved in horticulture and natural healing methods such as authentic Reiki. As part of her development work in Haiti, she taught 65 women about healthy eating and organic gardening and planted more than 250 fruit trees such as coconut palms, breadfruit and mango trees with them.
Since the early 1980s, Barbara Simonsohn has also worked as a journalist and book author specializing in holistic health. She writes for more than 40 magazines in Germany and abroad and has written 14 books to date, several of which have become bestsellers, such as all her Reiki books, the stevia and barley grass juice book, the book on the true causes of hyperactivity and the AFA algae book. Barbara Simonsohn is an expert in the fields of authentic Reiki, pineapple, papaya, stevia, barley grass, AFA algae, moringa and the healing power of tropical fruits and has been invited to appear on numerous television and radio programs in Germany and abroad as well as to give lectures. Her website with numerous articles on various health topics is visited by more than 350,000 visitors every year.
Barbara Simonsohn is one of the most successful Reiki teachers in Germany in the field of “Authentic Reiki” with more than 10,000 seminar graduates to date. She has now trained more than 90 teachers of authentic Reiki in Germany, Austria, France, Holland and Spain. As part of the “Permaculture Project”, Barbara Simonsohn is committed to the cultivation of old and hardy vegetable varieties, ancient grains and vital substance-rich root vegetables.
Contents: 136 pages
