Wonder Neem For Diabetes

Neem Leaves ball

Take a handful of tender neem leaves, wash them, add a pinch of salt and just 2 black pepper, grind them in the mixer and gulp the crushed ball with a glass of water first thing in the morning. The sugar level in your blood will show magic figures in just a month’s time.

Neem Flowers

Neem is widely prescribed by contemporary Ayurvedic physicians for the treatment of diabetes mellitus.  
    The general impression is that maybe neem enhances insulin receptor sensitivity since it seems to work well on Type II diabetics.

    Neem tree has been used since time immemorial in treating large number of diseases. Its uses have been mentioned in the early vedic texts as a naturally occurring wonder drug curing diseases like blood pressure and diabetes. The traditional system of medicine such as ayurveda has been making use of this herb to cure the disease. In the modern times, diabetes is more of a life style disease rather than anything else; neem is being widely used by herbal medicine manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies as more and more people all across the globe fall victim to it. It is a cause of number of other diseases like heart disease, blindness etc.

Neem Juice

Juice of tender neem leaves and neem flowers help to reduce blood sugar level. Hence persons with diabetes will be immensely benefited by regular consumption of neem. Collect 2-3 tea spoons of fresh neem flowers and tender neem leaves. Soak them overnight and crush it in blender with little water. Squeez the juice and mix ½ cup of water. Drink this in empty stomach in morning.

 Neem flowers and neem leaves can be collected during blossoming season and dried powder of this mixture can be used when the season ends. Take care to dry this mixture in hot sun and store in cool dry place.
 Neem Tea

Neem tea is prepared by simply boiling a few neem leaves in water and drinking.  Neem tea for diabetes is an age-old remedy for treating this disease naturally. Neem tea is both a tonic as well as a revitalizer, which if consumed regularly, reduces insulin requirements by 50% in diabetes patients. Furthermore, neem tea also helps boost energy in diabetics and lowers the risk of other diabetes related problems like kidney failure, excessive urination, vision problems, and various other infections.

With so much information about neem flowers and leaves, here I go with some easy recipes using neem flowers. Dried neem flowers are available in almost all provisions  shop as people are becoming more and more health conscious.

Neem Flower Chutney:

Dried Neem Flowers   ----- 2 tablespoons

Urad dhal                      -----  2 tbsn

Red chilli                       -----  2

Tamarind paste           -----  1 tsp

Salt to taste.

1.       Dry fry neem flowers to pacca roast.

2.       Dry fry urad dhal.

3.       Fry chilli with ½ tsp oil

4.       Powder urad dhal first.

5.       Add chilli and neem flowers.

6.       Finally add tamarind paste and salt with one tablespoon of water and grind well.

7.       Season the chutney with mustard and use it as a first course with rice.

Neem Flower Rasam

1. Take one teaspoon of tamarind paste and adding salt  make it a solution with 2 cups of water.

2. Add one teaspoon of rasam powder and allow it to boil well till the raw smell of tamarind goes off.

3. Close the stove and keep the rasam aside.

4. In a small kadai, pour 2 tsp of oil, allow one tsp of mustard to splitter, then add 2 tbsn of dried neem flowers. Fry the neem flowers to almost dark brown. Fume will come when fried well.

5. Pour the fried neem flowers into the rasam adding a handful of curry leaves.

6. Remember, the fried neem flowers should be added to the rasam only after removing the rasam from the stove. The rasam should not boil with fried neem leaves as it will give a bitter taste then.

Neem Flower Rice

Simplest way to consume neem flowers is to have it just with rice.

Take hot cooked rice.

Fry neem flowers and a tsp of jeera in a tsp of ghee and add it to the rice with a pinch of salt.

Mix well and eat as a first course. This is the best way of consuming neem flowers.