Neem Therapy: Neem Leaf Preparations

Shooting pains of the Stomach: A drinking of its leaf decoction with which ginger is added is advised. Hot leaf paste is applied on the head for headaches due to vata vitiation. Such an application is helpful in goitre, erysepelas (spreading painful eruption, visarpa] and wounds. Fresh juice of leaf is useful,in destroying urinary stones. A poultice of the leaf along with the leaf of neem is tied on tumours with a good effect. A Janta of leaf Is administered internally for expelling intestinal worms.

Hysteria in Ladies: Taking fresh leaf juice or leaf decoction for three to four months will relieve such a hysteria which Is due to the abnormalities of uterus.

If there is excess menstrual flow, a drinking of 1 tola of the juice of the fender leaves is resorted to. This is advised even in the absence of menstrual flow or the obstruction of such a flow because this is a good corrector of menstrual irregularities. This is also used in cleaning the uterus.

Urinary Stones: A drinking of leaf juice mixed with four rattis of jaukhar (nitrate of potash obtained irom the ashes of barley) is advised. By this measure, the gravels collected in the kidney as well as the urinary tract will come out within a few days.

Morbid Swellings and Haemorrhage: Grind the leaves into a paste, make it into poultice and apply over the bleeding region. Apply this as an ointment or a leaf itself after warming them up well, over the swellings. This has been found quite useful.

Dullness of Vision and Cataract: Take green fresh leaves, wash them in a ser of water, clean, pound and grind. Extract the juice and filter. Dry and pulverise again in a mortar of stone adding three mashas of bhimseni karpur. This can now be stored in a bottle.’Apply it with a colyrium needle, morning and evening.

This is also useful in redness of the eye, conjectivitis, persistent itching at the eyes, outgrowths at the eyelids and many minor ailments of the eye.

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