MEDICINAL VALUE OF A NEEM TREE

MEDICINAL VALUE OF A NEEM TREE

The neem tree (Azadirachta indica) which is also known as Indian lilac, and Dongoyaro in some parts of Africa. Is a tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae.  Neem tree is a magical evergreen tree (a drought resistant tree), a native of India but gradually spread to many parts of the world over the years. It has been used locally as medicine over thousands of years and over the centuries in pharmaceutical, cosmetics and toiletries.

Almost every parts of a neem tree is used for medicine, ranging from root, bark, twigs, seeds and flowers.

Neem is considered as a medicinal tree in many areas across the world, including some parts of Middle East, most of sub-Sahara Africa including West Africa, and some parts of India.

Some of the uses and health benefits of a neem tree include the following;

Beautiful and Glowing skin: Regular use of paste of neem leave on your face gives a better result and addition of cucumber makes the result much better. Always apply it to your face when going to bed at night. This combination of cucumber and Neem leave can also be used for skin whitening. Neem is perceived in India as a beauty aid. Powdered leave are a major components of at least one widely used facial cream and purified neem oil also used as a nail polish and other cosmetics.

Toiletries: Neem oil is used for preparing cosmetics such as Soap, Shampoo, Balms, and Creams as well as Toothpaste.

Cardiac Problem: Infusion of leaves in HOT water when taken removes bad sugars and toxins from blood vessels, improve blood circulation and balances heart pumping rates.

High blood pressure: It relaxes erratic heart beats and balances blood pressure, research shows that the intravenous administration of neem leaves alcohol extract significantly reduces blood pressure.

Eczema: Dried leaves are burnt on a red hot charcoal and used to cure eczema.

Pesticides and Insecticides: Pound a few handful of seed, add water mash and filter out the solution with a clean sieve and spray it on your crops. This solution doesn’t kill insect but act as a repellant. Neem leaves are dried in India and placed in cupboards to prevent insects eating the cloths, and also in tins where rice are stored. While in some tropical countries neem leaves are burnt to keep away mosquitoes.

Cancers: Breast, prostate and all form of cancer, neem tree leaves tea detoxify the system and improve immune response, eliminate free radicals and inhibit inflammatory reactions. It destroys cancer cells more especially prostate cancer growth and inhibits its spread.

Typhoid and Malaria neem leaves tea is an effective cure for typhoid and malaria (fever).

Blood purification: Neem leave is an excellent mean for enhancing good circulation of blood.

Wound treatment and pain killer: extracts of leaves and seeds together gives a good anti-inflammatory that relives pains , heals cuts, wounds, headache, sprains and ear aches. Neem oil is used to treat sweet itch and mud fever in horse.

Skin tonner: Boil about 20 to 25 leaves in a liter of water in a closed vessels over a gentle flame for about 20 minutes. Then filter and put in a clean bottle and always use with the aid of a cotton to clean face every night before going to sleep. It removes dead skin, treat acne and rejuvenates skin.

Antibiotics: Leaves, barks, and almost all part of a neem tree have antibiotics effect, but the twigs have highest antibiotics effect which works against dangerous bacterial.

A traditional Indian plants medicine (Azadirachta indica) has now led to several therapeutically useful preparation and compounds due to which the scientist are exploring information about this medicinal tree plant. After you have read all the above information it’s now time to make good use of centuries old knowledge on neem through modern approaches of drugs and vaccines development.