Nirnbidine and sodium nimbidinate compounds are useful in many skin diseases. These are eczema, scabies, mercuric morbid swellings of the skin, furunculosis and various types of septic wounds and lesions due to burn. Gargling of nirnbidine is advised in sore throat.
The alcoholic extract of nirnbidine and nirnbidine emusions have many use in medicine. Many ointments and linaments are prepared with metallic salts of nirnbidine and nirnbidine acid. These are useful hi treating injuries, wounds, morbid skin swellings and piles. Nirnbidine is the base for preparing a variety of pharmaceutical products such as medicated soaps, face creams, hair tonics and shampoos.
Here it is necessary that the foul smell of the neem is to be completely removed during this procedure. Nirnbidine is the base in preparing the neem tooth paste for foul smell of the mouth and treating pyorrhoea (pus formation in teeth sockets). Gargling of nirnbidine is advised in sore throat, bleeding gum and catarrh.
The raw material of neem fruits is abundant in our country. The chemicals needed for preparing nirnbidine on a commercial scale are also available. It is time that our industrialists explore this opportunity more actively now.