The efficacy and function of neem tree root

Although Western medicine and Western drugs are more common nowadays, people still often believe that diseases can only be cured by taking Chinese medicine, because Chinese medicine can cure the root cause. The root of the neem tree is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. Let’s take a look at some common knowledge about the root of the neem tree.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The root of the Melia azedarach tree of the Myrtaceae family.

【Original form】 Shrubs to small trees. The young branches are covered with gray or gray soft hairs, slender, and have blunt edges. Leaves opposite; petiole 4-6mm long; leaf blade papery or thin leathery, elliptic, sometimes oblong or lanceolate, 4-9cm long, 2-3.5cm wide, apex acute or acuminate, base cuneate, initially pubescent on both sides, later becoming glabrous with fine glandular hairs; pinnate veins, 10-13 pairs of lateral veins. The inflorescence is axillary, sometimes a short panicle, with the peduncle covered with soft hairs; the bracts are small and cone-shaped; the pedicels are 3-8mm long and hairy; the flowers are white and 3-merous; the calyx tube is covered with gray hairs, the sepals are ovate, about 1mm long, rounded at the apex, with eyelashes; the petals are obovate, 2-2.5mm long, and covered with fine hairs on the outside; the stamens are numerous, slightly shorter than the petals; the ovary is inferior. The berry is about 4mm in diameter, pubescent, and contains 3-5 seeds. Flowering period is from March to May.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; astringent; neutral

【Functions and indications】Detoxification and anti-dysentery; hemostasis. Mainly used for dysentery, metrorrhagia, and traumatic bleeding

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-9g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Everyone should know the effects and functions of the roots of the Melia azedarach tree. The roots of the Melia azedarach tree have high medicinal value and are very common Chinese medicinal materials. They are very good for our body.