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Neem products were found in clay
pots in the 5000-year-old Indus Valley Archaeological site
in Northwestern India by British Archaeologists in 1992.
The medicinal benefits of Neem are also spoken about in
the Veda's - considered to be the world's oldest books.
India's ancient Ayurvedic texts confirm that every part
of the Neem tree has health promoting benefits and the
general population in India has used Neem safely and effectively
for over 5000 years.
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Validates the traditional uses of
Neem in the maintenance of general health, and skin care.
On the Indian sub-continent researchers have found more
than 60 medicinal uses for Neem. Indians know the Neem
tree as a virtual living pharmacy.
It was not until the 1920's that formal research was begun
on Neem trees. It was noted that during periodic locust
plagues, while acres of foliage were stripped bare, Neem
were left unscathed. Simply derived "tea" solutions
made from the Neem seed were effective in protecting foliage
crops. Additionally, several compounds were isolated from
the seeds of Neem. One of these, azadirachtin, was found
to both repel and disrupt the growth and reproduction of
many destructive insect species. Unlike many synthetic
insecticides, low dozes of azadirachtin were found to have
little or no mammalian toxicity, and insects showed little
resistance to the compound even through several generations.
The range of insects affected by Neem extracts is impressive
and includes beetles, flies, mosquitoes, caterpillars,
true bugs, locusts and grasshoppers, aphids, weevils, moths,
and roaches.
The major by-product from processing Neem is called "cake." Fields
top-dressed with cake were found to be less affected by
nematodes, snails, and certain fungi. Later tests showed
Neem oil to be very effective on plant diseases like rust
and powdery mildew. Neem cake was also found to be excellent
fertilizer, outperforming farm manure and sewage sludge.
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