Neem leaves for scabies

by Poom
(abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)

For external use, can we use crushed neem leaves for scabies? We do not have neem oil here in this part of Africa.

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Neem leaves for scabies

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Neem leaves are the recommended scabies treatment
by: Birgit

Hi Poom,

If you read the pages on using neem for scabies you will find that neem leaf paste with tumeric is the tried and tested traditional remedy for scabies anyway.

The details are all on the website.

From the scabies home remedies section:

"The traditional neem home remedy for scabies:
If you have access to fresh neem leaves you can prepare the neem treatment that was so successful in a clinical study: pound the neem leaves to a paste using a pestle and mortar, and mix four parts of neem leaves to one part fresh turmeric. Spread the paste on the affected skin and leave to dry."

From the neem scabies research section:

"Researchers used the neem paste (made of one part turmeric root and four parts neem leaf) to treat scabies in 814 people. Patients were given a scrub bath, and then the neem paste was applied over the whole body and left to dry."

This needs to be done daily.

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