Take a tola of the green leaves of neem, six grains of black pepper, pulverise them together, mix in a sufficient quantity of water and filter. Place a pinch (two mashas) of soda bicarbonate in the mouth and over this, drink the neem water prepared in this manner. Drink thus for a few days.
Chakrapani, the great commentator of Charaka states that jaundice will disappear by drinking neem leaf juice along with honey in the early morning.
Another simple recipe is: take a tola of green leaves of neem and four grains of black pepper. Grind them together in cold water as you do when you prepare any other cooling medicine. Filter, add a pinch of salt and drink, in the early morning for a few days.
An interesting folk lore practice of Dandakaranya forest tribes is the following. Whole plant of bhultmba (Andrographis) and stem barks of neem along with kutaja (Holarrhena antydisenteri-ca L) are taken in equal quanity, pounded well and mixed in water about six times by volume. A red hot brick is then dropped into it and filtered. The extract thus obtained is then given internally to cure jaundice. Dosage is twentyfive mililitres, three to four times a day for three days.