I think you may be confusing NEEM with Tea Tree Oil.


On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:08:37 -0500, "John T. Jarrett"
wrote:

Again, you are confusing two different neem oil products -- the insecticide
concentrates versus the home use oils.

And I have used it in the bath. It cleared up some itchy skin areas (several
months of itchiness on a knee and a shoulder) AND made my hair so soft and
fluffy, more so than any other conditioner I've used since I was a kid, that
I had to get my hair cut! Cleared up the dry skin on my scalp under the band
of my baseball cap, too, so it doesn't itch. I had no idea it would make my
hair so soft! And as a work-at-home dad in his thirties, I really couldn't
care less either...but it did.

And I have terrible gums so I even tried a couple drops rubbed on my teeth
and gums with my fingers. My gums don't hurt for the first time in decades.

It isn't just religious...it does do stuff. Just like Melaleuca the
Australian "Wonder Tree" Oil is over-hyped but does actually do some of the
things they used to talk about all the time.

Regarding my earlier comment arguing with Victoria about whether it was an
insecticide in that it killed insects and I said it was against Aphids in my
yard -- further research has taught me that it doesn't kill softbodied
insects directly; rather, it clogs their nostrils and they suffocate. But,
hey, as long as they are dead, they are still dead!

I've been using it for a month now and see no ill effects on Lady Bugs,
grasshoppers (unfortunately -- though they will not eat a plant sprayed with
it)...

John


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In article 1056264490.991105@yasure, "Valkyrie"
wrote:

"des weges" wrote in message
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biodegradeable and of very low toxicity even used in toothpaste

Why would you need an insecticidal toothpaste?

Just curious,
Val

In India where it is used for religious reasons, it is in shampoo because
it casts away the demons of baldness & makes your hair a shimmering river
like the hair of Shiva, & it is in toothpaste because it scares away the
evil spirits of tooth decay, & it is beauty creams rubbed on the face so
that you can become as beautiful as Radha. Leaves are chewed after
funerals to keep death-spirits from entering the bodies of the living
through the mouth. It is burned as evidence or strewn in doorways to keep
evil spirits away.

Science outside of India indicates it is toxic if injested or rubbed on
the skin, but so far most of the studies have been funded by Indic
interests for religious reasons. Even outside India, fact is, in much of
the world, superstition & religion all too often trumps science, & when
independent science is as lacking as it is at present, any old claim can
fill in.

-paghat the ratgirl

--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
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