Neem birth control question

by Tess C
(Houston, tx)

If there are reports floating around out there are that Neem is effective for birth control and there are actual products available out of India, etc in a capsule or oil form, why all the negative talk?

Just b/c something is natural but has shown to be effective shouldn't be poo-pooed just b/c it's not "FDA approved". I've tried asking around to see if anyone's actually used it and how to apply it in this way, but I can't get any answers.
What's the deal?

Tess

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Neem birth control question

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Neem for birth control
by: Birgit

The deal you are asking for is already explained on the site. There are no neem contraception products in oil form or capsules. The products supposedly available in India are creams, suppositories for vaginal use.

If you can get hold of them, great. If you can't, then you have to experiment yourself, and the stuff is smelly, messy, and there are no guarantees that your home made attempts will work.

The only danger in trying is that you get pregnant anyway, depending on what you use and how you use it. According to available research there are no health risks, provided you use pure neem oil. And that is the ONLY option available to you if you want to use neem oil for contraception.

If you think "reports floating around out there" are all anyone would need to use neem oil internally...

Children have died after ingesting neem oil. There is no scientific information available about what prolonged, internal use of neem oil does to people. It is not considered safe.

Guinea pigs and rabbits in studies regarding contraception ingested larger amounts of neem extract doses for a longer period (6 weeks). Most of them also died.

I'm not poo-pooing it just because it's natural and not FDA approved. I suggest you rethink that comment.

Whether you take neem oil in a controlled fashion under the supervision of a bunch of doctors during a scientific experiment, or whether you experiment at home with god knows what bottle you picked up (especially in the US "neem oil" may contain neem oil extracts and have additives and who knows what else...) is a VERY different issue!!

Using normal neem capsules, as in neem leaf, may interfere with conception or a pregnancy. In which way that may happen is anyone's guess.

No studies have evaluated how taking neem capsules affect a human pregnancy. But we know from animal studies that neem leaf can interfere. Researchers often used extracts, not necessarily fresh leaf, and both injected and fed it to the rats. That is very different, both in application and in amounts used, to what a human would experience if taking a couple of neem capsules daily. Hence the warnings. To be safe, stay way from it.

There is no reason whatsoever to believe that a few neem leaf capsules or neem tea would be a reliable contraceptive.

Neem Oil for Birth Control

You can't get any answers because until the required work is done by the researchers, there are no answers!!

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