{"id":1757,"date":"2014-05-29T06:20:07","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T06:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2014-08-22T10:19:16","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T10:19:16","slug":"neem-the-green-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/archives\/1757","title":{"rendered":"Neem – The Green Treasure"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe neem tree is a tropical evergreen tree native to Indian\u00a0 sub-continent. It has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for more than 4000 years due to its medicinal properties.\u00a0 Neem is called \u2018arista\u2019 in Sanskrit a word that means perfect, complete and imperishable.\u00a0 Most of the plant parts such as fruits, seeds, leaves, bark and roots contain compounds with proven antiseptic, antiviral, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antiulcer and antifungal uses.\u00a0 The Sanskrit name \u2018nimba\u2019 comes from the term \u2018nimbati swasthyandadati\u2019 which means to give good health.\u00a0 The benefits of neem have been listed in detail in ancient documents like Charak and Sushrutha Samhitas.\u00a0 The Persian name of Neem is \u2018Azad-Darakth-E-Hind\u2019 which means \u2018Free tree of India.\u2019\u00a0 Neem tree is the most researched and is said to be the most promising tree of 21st<\/sup> century.\u00a0 It has great potential in the fields of pest management, environment protection and medicine.<\/p>\n

Since time immemorial Indians are aware of medicinal properties of neem.\u00a0 Neem has been extensively used in Ayurveda, Unani and Homeopathy.\u00a0 Traditionally, many disorders like inflammation, infections, fever, skin diseases, dental disorders and others have been treated with different parts of neem tree such as leaves, flowers, seeds, fruits, roots and bark.\u00a0 Neem leaf exhibits a wide range of pharmacological activities like anti-inflammatory, antihyperglycaemic, antiulcer, antioxidant, antimalarial, antifungal, antibacterial, antiviral, anticarcinogenic and immunomodulatory.<\/p>\n

Ayurvedic literature lists various medicinal uses of neem.\u00a0 It describes neem bark to be cool, bitter, astringent.\u00a0 It is useful in tiredness, cough, fever, loss of appetite, worm infestation in the form of decoction.\u00a0 It can also be used in skin diseases and diabetes.\u00a0 Neem leaves are beneficial for eye disorders and insect poisons.\u00a0 It is a proven antileprotic.\u00a0 Neem fruits are bitter, antihaemorrhoid and antihelmenthic.<\/p>\n

Neem is called \u2018Sarvaroga nivarini\u2019 meaning the curer of all ailments.\u00a0 In rural India, delivery chambers are fumigated with burning bark of neem.\u00a0 Dried neem leaves are burnt to repel mosquitos.\u00a0 Neem leaf paste has been used to treat chicken pox, warts etc.\u00a0 Neem twigs are used as tooth brushes in rural India which helps in reducing the oral plaque index and bacterial count. Neem is used to treat malarial fever in Ayurveda, generally decoction of the leaves is used.\u00a0 Neem oil is used as mosquito repellant over nets, mats etc. Studies are being carried out on the effect of administration neem solutions on cancer, diabetes, heart diseases and AIDS.<\/p>\n

Neem leaves are one of the best medicine for external application in most of the skin diseases including chicken pox, itching, rashes etc.\u00a0 Religious rituals in many parts of India include the neem leaves.\u00a0 The most important one is the exchange of neem leaves and jaggery on the first day of the spring.\u00a0 This ritual especially increases the immunity of the body against all the diseases which may occur due to the sudden change in seasons. Owing to its versatile characteristics neem is rightly called the \u2018Village Pharmacy\u201d or \u2018Doctor tree\u2019 or \u2018Wonder tree of India\u2019 or \u2018the bitter gem\u2019.<\/p>\n

Neem is beneficial not only to humans but also to animals as well as our environment.\u00a0 The neem tree not only purifies the atmosphere but also is known to increase soil fertility and water holding capacity.\u00a0 Neem leaf juice 1tsp along with 1tsp bilwa leaf juice twice a day empty stomach is said to be very effective for diabetes.\u00a0 For almost all kinds of skin disorders, neem leaf paste along with fresh turmeric paste can be applied for immediate relief.\u00a0 Suffering from skin allergies\u2014put some neem leaves in your bathing warm water and be relieved.\u00a0 These are some of the common simple uses of neem.<\/p>\n

Therefore grow this beautiful tree around your house, breathe pure air, and be healthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The neem tree is a tropical evergreen tree native to Indian\u00a0 sub-continent. It has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for more than 4000 years due to its medicinal properties.\u00a0 Neem is called \u2018arista\u2019 in Sanskrit a word that means perfect, complete and imperishable.\u00a0 Most of the plant parts such as fruits, seeds, leaves, bark and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,7],"tags":[121,16,120],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandaretreats.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}