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Dangers from neem powder application on scalp

I am 29 and I suffer from hair loss. I just discovered that neem powder (along with amla, shikakai powder etc) can help with the hair problem if you mix them with coconut oil and apply it on the head twice a week.

But then I read that the use of neem is suspected to negatively affect the fertility of a woman.

So please, since I want to try to get pregnant in the following year, I would like to know if I better stay away from neem powder?
Thank you in advance for answering.
Alice

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Dangers from neem powder application on scalp

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External use of neem vs internal use
by: Birgit

Hi Alice,

The use of neem is not suspected to affect fertility, it has been shown in many research studies to affect fertility. Internal use, that is.

The page about neem and birth control goes into detail about this, and the page about the side effects of neem also has some information.

Keep in mind how neem was used in those studies.

Now let me ask you, if you rubbed anti baby pills across your scalp, do you think it would affect fertility? Does touching them make you infertile?

No, you have to eat them and you have to do so very regularly. You stop, you become pregnant. (Maybe.)

It's the same for neem. You have to ingest or inject it to affect conception or a pregnancy.

I think it would be awesomely handy if I could avoid pregnancy long term, just by indulging in some beauty treatments, but unfortunately that kind of treatment has yet to be invented :-).

Go ahead and try your neem powder.
How can that happen?
by: Anonymous

This is a wrong blog. Neem can never create dangers when applied in any form anywhere on your skin.
My horrible neem expierience,
by: Anonymous

Hi,

I am a 22 year old monk from Canada living in Bangalore. Just 2 days ago some others in my ashram were taking panch neem powder(I guess its powder from 5 parts of the neem tree) for detoxing benefits. I had taken it once many months before and nothing had happened. This time it was a fresh package, and especially powerful blend. What happened was I took a big heaping teaspoon of it and mixed it with some water and drank it on an empty stomach. Within 10-15 minutes I started to feel a bit woozy and then lied down on the floor. By body soon began to tense up and tremble, every muscle in my body became like a rock and my whole body was shaking. Luckily some friends were there to see what was happening... they suggested that the neem powder must have sucked all the glucose from the body so the muscles are tensing, so they force fed me some honey, and sugar cane juice, through my locked uncontrollable jaw. Within a few minutes a second tensing happened and I was unable to breathe and open my mouth. As my face started to turn purple and blue, my care takers managed to lift me up under my back which forced my diaphragm open then and I was then able to breathe through my nostrils.

It has been 2 days since the incident and am almost recovered. I still feel sick and my liver is in serious pain.

Can you please explain to me why this had happened? Or if you have heard of other such incidents. Also what I can do for my liver?

Thank you.

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