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AZADIRACHTA INDICA CAPSULES
Latin name: Azadirachta Indica
Family: Meliaceae
Common name: Neem, Nimb
English name: Margosa tree
Habitat
It is found throughout the country up to an elevation of 900 m
Macroscopic identification
A moderate sized to
fairly large evergreen tree of height 12-15 m, stout trunk and
spreading branches, compound and alternate leaves. Fruit is oval in
shape yellowish in color.
Parts used
Flowers, leaves, bark, seeds and oil, root bark, young fruit, gum.
Pharmacological action
Root bark and fruit are astringent, tonic and anti periodic.
Bark is bitter, tonic, astringent, anti periodic and vermifuge
Fruit is emollient, purgative and antihelmentic
Oil is local stimulant, insecticide and antiseptic.
Leaves are antihelmentic
Flowers are stimulant, tonic and stomachic
Gum is stimulant and demulcent
Neem also possess anti spirochaetal and emmanogogue propertiesActions and uses in ayurveda
Jvara, aamsotha, vrana, kustha, prameha, netraroga, krimiroga, visaroga, aruci, vranam, chardi.Photochemical
The
bark exudes a clean bright amber colored gum which is collected in
small trees or fragments. It contains a bitter alkaloid named margosine
in long white needles. Leaves contain a small bitter substance of same
chemical character but much more soluble in water. Seeds contain 10-30%
of a yellow bitter fixed oil which is extracted by boiling. The oil is
deep yellow in color and contains free and volatile fatty acids. The
volatile fatty acids contain stearic and oleic acid with a small amount
of lauric acid.
The sap contains glucose, sucrose, gums and coloring matter,
proteids and ashes, containing potassium, iron, aluminium, caslcium and
carbon dioxide.Properties and action
Rasa: tikta, kashaya
Guna: laghu
Virya: sita
Vipaka: katu
Karma: vatala, pittanashak, grahi
Preparations: powder and decoction
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