Neem: What Ails You?
An exhaustive collection of common ailments that neem combats effectively, including references to clinical studies and detailed scientific research on neem.
E. Heart Diseases
E1. Arrhythmia
Neem leaf extract exhibited anti-arrhythmic activity, returning to normal within eight minutes of administration, artificially induced arrhythmia. Neem extracts can also decrease abnormally high heart rates (Thompson and Anderson, 1978).
Neem leaf tea several times a week may inhibit irregular heartbeats and help maintain normal heart rates.
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E2. Blood Clots
Neem compounds can reduce blood clotting which often close blood vessels and cause heart attacks. Occasional prophylactic use of neem tea may help keep the blood free of excessive clotting.
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E3. Cholesterol
Neem leaf extracts reduced cholesterol levels significantly in recent studies. Alcoholic extract of neem leaves reduced serum cholesterol by about 30% beginning two hours after administration and kept the level low for an additional four hours until the test ended. (Chattopadhyay, et al, 1992).
Since neem is a safe herb when used in low doses, drinking neem tea for a month to stabilize cholesterol levels may be recommended.
For those that would only need small reductions or for after eating an exceptionally fatty meals neem tea as an after meal drink may be an alternative.
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E4. High Blood Pressure
The antihistamine properties of nimbidin in leaf extracts cause blood vessels to dilate and may be responsible for reducing blood pressure (Thompson and Anderson, 1978); (Pillai and Santhakumari, 1984).
Alcoholic extract of neem leaf (intravenous) produced a significant and immediate decrease in blood pressure which lasted for several hours (Koley and Lal, 1994).
Another neem leaf extract, sodium nimbidinate, administered to people with congestive cardiac failure acted successfully as a diuretic (Mitra, 1967); (Bhide, et al, 1958b); (Shah, et al, 1958).
Drinking a cup of neem leaf tea several times a week may promote lower blood pressure via these mechanisms.
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E5. Hypertension
Extract neem juice by grinding tender neem leaves and straining through a muslin cloth. Add some mishri ('kalkand') to it and drink a tablespoon of the syrup twice a day. Neem leaf capsules or neem leaf extract are suitable alternatives.
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