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Morgosa Tree  

Description: neems   Description: neem

BOTANICAL NAME:

  • Melia azadirachta

FAMILY:

  • Meliaceae

SYNONYM(S):

  • Azadirachta indica

URDU NAME:

  • Neem

REGIONAL NAME:

  • Bengali: Nim
  • Persian: Neeb
  • Pashto: Neem
  • Sanskrit: Nimba
  • Sindhi: Nimuri
  • Arabic: Neeb
  • Punjabi: Nim
  • Chinese: Xaon Dau
  • Hindi: Nim

UNANI/TIBBI NAME:

  • Neem

ENGLISH NAME:

  • Margosa tree, Indian lilac, Pakistan lilac

HABITAT:

  • Grows luxuriantly in all part of country

DESCRIPTION:

  • A large evergreen tree
  • Leaves 20-25 cm long, dark green, bipinnate
  • Leaflet 9-15, serrate, sub opposite and unequal at the base
  • White flowers, scented, grows in bunches and are hermaphrodite; five lobed
  • Inflorescence cylx and five petals, staminal tube cylindrical and shorter than the petals.
  • Fruits are green and round, yellow when ripe;
  • One seeded

PART USED:

  • Leaves, flowers, stem, bark and seeds

TASTE:

  • Bitter

TEMPERAMENT:

  • Hot 1°, dry 2°

PERIOD OF OCCURRENCE:

  • Flowers in March, fruits ripe in June

PROCEDURE & TIME OF COLLECTION:

  • Fresh green leaves are collected during the rainy seasons when the growth is luxuriant

CONSTITUENTS:

  • Tapnic acid
  • Azadirachtin
  • Meliantriol
  • Nimbin
  • Salannin

SUBSTITUTES:

  • Bakain/Persian Lilac (Melia azadirachta)

ACTIONS AND USES IN UNANI SYSTEM OF MEDICINE:

Pharmacological action:

  • Anthelmintic
  • Maturant
  • Resolvent
  • Aphrodisiac
  • Carminative
  • Expectorant
  • Insecticidal
  • Antiseptic

Therapeutic uses:

  • Lessen inflammation
  • Ear ache
  • Rheumatism
  • Heal wounds
  • Syphilitic sores
  • Useful in blood impurities
  • Piles
  • Leucoderma
  • Lumbago
  • Decoction of the leaves relieves nasal problems,
  • Stomatitis and gum infection
  • Ulcer and eczema

DOSES:

  • 6-10 g

CORRECTIVES:

  • Shed/Honey
  • Filfil siah/black pepper (piper nigrum)

IMPORTANT UNANI FORMULATIONS:

  • Hab-e-bavaseer
  • Hab-e-narkachur
  • Hab siah chadhm
  • Majoon Dard-e- Raham
  • Arq murakkab
  • Marham neem

ASTROLOGY:

  • Jupiter