Neem and its benefits

Neem & Its Uses

Neem (scientific name: Azadirachta Indica) 

In India a tree that is most famous  available across the country and regarded as the domestic beneficial tree that protect from illnesses and provide better environment surrounding, now the scope of its use being increased for different purposes in India in different sectors as  it has antifungal, anti-bacterial properties.

Some of the most important uses are:

• Neem toothbrush : most of the Indian people prefer a small, enough thick and soft stick Neem brach for cleaning of teeth in the morning by crushing that looks like a brush and then rubbed teeth by it. It is usually known as 'Datoon'. Datoon is used as green toothbrush instead of plastic  and rubber made materials. There is a traditional practice that in days of fasting only datoon is used as toothbrush and demand icreses in month of holy ramzan.  It provided multiple benefits to the users that are given below: 
• It saves teeth from disintegration 
• It kills stomach pathogens that makes one ill, hence there is not necessary to spit out mouth.
• It is environment friendly 
• Cost effective while in rural areas are available free of cost.
• It is an organic matter and naturally destroyed by decomposer 

• Neem leaves : after brushing with empty stomach most people consume green leaves of Neem and nothing eat for at least one hour, while, other people take it any time with other leaves of guava. 

• It enhanced the ability to fight against the fungi, bacteria and viruses
• It cleaned the blood 
• Protecting from skin infection 
• Destroyed the colonies of fungal infection gradually 
• It is the best treatment for skin  related diseases 

• Neem juice: those who have not courage to bear its bad taste for long  in mouth they use Neem juice.

• Neem dry bark: bark is used for making pest for the use as medicinal pest over the injuries on skin by rubing over rough surface like stone slab. It is most famous in rural india for all type of small injury as a common and most effective treatment. 

• Neem oil. Neem fruits are usually used to make oil.it is used on metal and non-metal surfaces to clean before actual execution of work. It is also used by the people after bathing which protects  from the sun's rays and bacterial attacks ultimately saved skin and acts as preventive measures. 

• Neem powder: it is a green powder made by the green dry leaves of the Neem as immunity booster with empty stomach with water which provide energy to body  by generating heat and given anti-bacteria stamina, act like a poison for pathogens that make people get ill.

• Neem coated Urea: in making it Neem oils used as a surface coating material on Urea grains. It benefited farmers at large.  

• A normal Urea's rate of disappearance or melting after coming in contact with moisture is high. Few parts evaporated in the atmosphere and large parts got infiltrated into the soil after spreading, hence, time  left for plant consumption is less consequently growth not much increases as expected,  so additional fertilizer required and cost of production increased. But, in case of Neem coated Urea the rate  of melting decreased and plant's consumption time increased consequently the demand of Fertilizers have decreased and productivity and production both increased while the cost of Fertilizers have decreased owing to its decreased loss in atmosphere and deep soil. 

• water purification: in a research conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-BHU) has found that both Neem and teak are extracted many harmful or toxic substances from water. Which is also eco-friendly and inexpensive and work  on adsorption technique and became very effective in preventing water-borne diseases. For this purpose,  two types of absorbent was prepared from the ashes of Teak wood sawdust and Neem stalk. Wood powder of teak is mixed with sodium thiosulphate ,which is an intoxic reagent used for medicinal purposes,and heated in an atmosphere of nitrogen to make activated charcoal. And, it is capable to extract harmful gases,  ions,  sulphur, selenium from water. While, in other hand, Neem ash is able to treat the polluted water contaminated with copper, nickel, and zinc. As Ganga water is contained with nickel, zinc, copper in effective treatment plants (ETPs) this method can be applied effectively at lower investment. 

• Biofuel: Neem seeds are ussually considered useless material but, now its importance has increased due to is use in production of biodiesel that decreases the cost of traditional fuels by blending with diesel.
• Biopesticides: Most farmer are using mixed solutions of Neem in water to protect crops from insect attack and kill them by sprinkling over it as botanical pesticide which is environment friendly in nature and non hazardous to humans and doesn't affect food chain.