Neem Flowers - a special gift of Nature in Spring
A food as your medicine
There is a saying, if you don't consider food as your medicine, then medicine will be your food some day. Nature is amazing to have remedy of all the health problems and it knows when to give what. Neem flowers are a special springtime gift of Nature having a lovely jasmine-like scent and we have quite a few Neem plants in the front, so the entire area is full of fragrance during this time. However, apart from the fragrance they have a nice use - you can eat them as food and offer numerous health benefits. The difficult part is in procuring them, but slowly people have realized the potential of this nature's gift and taking of that advantage, many street side vendors now sell them at heft price.
And if you want them at the convenience from your home, you can buy online as well, but look at the price - 20gm costs ₹53.42 - ₹2.67 per gram is way above the price of any other normal vegetable, but then this indicates the demand of it.
I have got these special big tools ( bamboo sticks) for the purpose of getting flowers, so I decided to procure some fresh neem flowers from our garden - all free.
It took a couple of hours, to get a full of bag of clusters of flowers, discarding the leaves, but it was worth it.
Then at home, the lady took care of extracting only the leaves from these clusters, not a very difficult job.
We put them under the sun to dry it so that it can be kept for long time and consumed, however, I was surprised to see the kids loving to consume them, once they understood the benefit of it. There are a varieties of dishes that can be prepared using it - they certainly taste a bit bitter, but then that's the law of nature, right - The bitter the taste, the better it is for our health. On the first occasion, the lady made pakodas using these and they finished fast. You can just simply fry it with onion and mustard oil, it tastes amazing. When we were kids, we were being told that, if we eat this seven times in a year during this season, we will be free of all diseases for the entire year and that is how we loved it. Now we can't do the same - we have to convince the kids with all the knowledge and only after that they accept. But I am glad, they are learning these valuable lessons of life that is not taught in text books. Tell a teen that consuming neem flowers will improve their hair quality and cleanse all pimples (they will find the evidence from google instantly) and you will see what happens next.
However, there is a caution - it is very important to consume them in moderation and not a lot daily - specially for pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers - they may have adverse effects.
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In pur area, people use the datun daily but used to chew tye fresh neem leaves in the month chaitra, just to avoid diseases. BTW u seems shed lot of weight in these day...looking very fit and handsome.....back to 90's
Yes, Neem datun is pretty good, using another natural medicine, which is causing weight loss, will write on that.
Well I wouldn't want medicine to be my food so I'll go ahead and have some of the neem 😂 kids eating neem flowers because they help with pimples, I never thought they’d like something so bitter. My mother is so good with the plant herbs, I've taken some neem before, raw with nothing but water, not easy but worth it, it did the job
That's a bit harsh :)
Yes it was, but I was so sick and my mom said that's going to make it work, actually after one week one eye became very red and blurry, I thought I was going to lose sight then everything got better after two to three weeks. It really was harsh 😂
Neem leaves are medicinal. My mum use it to treat fever and malaria
Yes, it offers lot of benefits, people who are diabetic, eat them daily.
If I'm not wrong, neem oil is good also for parasites in animals... My vet made me buy it for this
Yes, that's correct.
Neem leaves are really good
I have an aunt who planted herbs at her backyard
Even without falling sick, she takes them often so she will be more healthy
She’s old and healthy today
If we live by the principles of nature, we will be always healthy.
We have few neem tree. Those are beneficial plants. And a lot of flowers are seen in this tree. Those are macro sized but looks beautiful
Wow! I have never known that Neem's flowers can be this useful.
In my country, we use the leaves for medicine and the timber for making charcoal
Try once, put it in fries.
That is pretty cool. I have never heard of these before. They sound like a real superfood!
They are super food, removing all kind of toxins from our body. Neem offers a lot of health benefits.
Very cool!
Hello dear friend @sanjeevm, good afternoon.
It's true, nature can heal almost any condition. You just need to know the attributes of each plant. I appreciate you sharing this information with us.
Have a great day.
Really?
I’m shocked that people can actually order Neem flowers online
Feels like this leaf is very beneficial
I’ll make findings about it…
Yes, there is only one opportunity to eat these flowers in spring, but leaves can be consumed round the year.
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STOPGreat post friend, thanks for educating on natural medicines, they are vital for a good life
nice. what if we eat neem leaves like that only is there a benefit of eating neem leaves? thanks.
Yes, Neem leaves are very good diabetic people, normal people should take only 2-3 leaves.
A great educational post. I've heard a lot about neem and their medicinal properties.
Thanks for sharing! 😄
This is so true. If we don’t eat right to take care of our health, it’s only a matter of time before we start using alternative sources.
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That price in dollars, how much would it be more or less, friend, because I imagine that it must be a little expensive for some people to be able to pay to have those Neem flowers. In addition, having the luck of having it in your home is an extra value to obtain all the possible benefits of them in health and well-being, both for you and for your entire family.
Great friend, all the benefits that can be obtained from these flowers. At the same time, I will try to find more information and if they can be obtained here in my country (Venezuela), to take advantage of everything they can contribute to improving our health.
Nice. We have also started collecting Neem flowers from the tree at our house. We get the flowers that fall down. Clearing the dust and separating only the flowers is a big task. The ones that fall down are mostly the matured flowers.
I did not know this, good learning. Clearing the dust is definitely a big task, what if we wash in water ? Probably they will loose some of the medicinal value ?
naeem is one the best plant specially in hot weather. it has several benefits.
We must take full advantage of all the gifts that nature offers us to keep our body healthy and free of disease, my friend. The most important thing is that you know how to optimize them very well so that the flowers are not damaged and you obtain the best possible benefits.
Wow this is so interesting! I have certainly heard of neem before and have some neem oil for my hair. I used to live in a tropical place where there were neem trees and people used the fruits for insect repellant. I had no idea that the flowers were useful too, but it totally makes sense. Thanks so much for sharing this detailed blog post.
You are really doing a very great job my friend because I am so sure that it must not have been an easy task actually
I like that saying.. very good. 😉👌
I also didn't know anything about this plant until now..