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Neem Oil Can Help Fight Many Skin Conditions Naturally

Neem Oil Can Help Fight Many Skin Conditions Naturally

Skin conditions can become a very challenging part of people's lives. Our skin is in constant contact with different fabric, substances, dust and allergens that can make living with a skin condition extremely uncomfortable. The pharmaceutical industry offers different remedies, however, many of them ...

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Birth Control: How Neem Can Make Birth Control Better and Safer

Birth Control: How Neem Can Make Birth Control Better and Safer

Birth control in the modern age is more than an effective method to control pregnancy and prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). It's also a viable tool for population control, especially in impoverished areas where resources are scarce and the population can't afford contraceptive methods, many of which have ...

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NSAIDs Have Many Troublesome Side Effects, Neem Doesn’t

NSAIDs Have Many Troublesome Side Effects, Neem Doesn’t

Known more commonly as pain relievers, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, are some of the most readily available and consumed medication worldwide. According to Harvard Medical School, estimates suggest that about 15% of the US population takes NSAIDs regularly (including both over the counter and ...

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Soap: Natural is Way Better Than Toxic Unknown Ingredients

Soap: Natural is Way Better Than Toxic Unknown Ingredients

Soap is not something that we put much thought into - we usually just buy the cheapest, or the brand who’s advertising campaign is stuck in our head. However, the number of dangerous ingredients in a product that we use to clean ourselves on a daily basis would shock many people. Substances like Dioxane ...

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Ayurvedic Medicine and the Power of The Neem Tree

Ayurvedic Medicine and the Power of The Neem Tree

Ayurveda is a 5,000-year-old system of natural healing. First originating in the Vedic culture of India, many consider it to be the oldest healing science. As alternative health practices become more common Ayurvedic medicine is increasingly enjoying a major worldwide resurgence and continues to be practiced ...

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Antibacterial Clothing: Toxic for Humans and the Environment

Antibacterial Clothing: Toxic for Humans and the Environment

Imagine if your workout clothes repelled smell. Great, right? The idea is, but the actual substances used to give clothes antibacterial properties might pose a risk to your health and the environment. Luckily, recent studies prove that natural extracts such as Neem can provide the same antibacterial protection without ...

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Improve Oral Health with Neem

Improve Oral Health with Neem

Neem is known as the "village pharmacy" in India due to its many applications and its ability to treat a number of conditions. Oral care is something that many people struggle with due to a variety of factors visit arcsfl.com. Taking care of our teeth and gums is not always the easiest thing, plus many traditional ...

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How Neem Helps you Defeat Acne and Have Healthier Skin

How Neem Helps you Defeat Acne and Have Healthier Skin

While most people have to deal with acne at some point in their lives, the causes and treatments of this disease are still a mystery to many acne sufferers who frequently turn to a variety of remedies looking for that miraculous "instant cure". These products often contain ingredients that can harm the skin and make ...

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Digestion Problems? Neem Solves Them

Digestion Problems? Neem Solves Them

All around the world more people than ever are suffering from digestion problems. This is in part because we live in incredibly stressful environments which lead to a number of health issues, but also due to the fact that the modern food industry is mostly composed of processed foods, with cheap ingredients, which ...

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Malaria: A Global Human Threat That Neem Can Fight

Malaria: A Global Human Threat That Neem Can Fight

In 2016, nearly half of the world’s population was at risk of malaria. There were 216 million cases of malaria in 2016, leading to 445 000 deaths. This dangerous disease remains the major killer in children under 5 years old, taking the life of a child every two minutes. According to the WHO, the regions of ...

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Influenza Virus: Can Neem Fight This Epidemic Threat?

Influenza Virus: Can Neem Fight This Epidemic Threat?

Influenza, commonly known as "the flu", is an infectious disease that can spread easily and attack a wide range of the world's population. Symptoms can be mild to severe and include fever, a sore throat, muscle pains, headache, coughing, a runny nose and feeling tired. While mostly harmless, it can become more ...

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How To Avoid Chemicals in Beauty Products

How To Avoid Chemicals in Beauty Products

Have you ever considered that the many chemicals contained in your beauty and personal care products might have severe effects on your health? According to Ecowatch, there are around 84,000 chemicals on the market, and although we come into contact with many of these chemicals every day, merely 1% of them have been ...

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Treat Dandruff Naturally With Neem

Treat Dandruff Naturally With Neem

Have you ever found yourself scratching your scalp to try and relieve the itch and found white flakes all over your scalp, head and shoulders? Then you are probably suffering from dandruff. What is dandruff? Dandruff is a skin condition that mainly affects the scalp, causing itchiness and flaking. Your skin starts ...

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Neem’s Role in Curing Huntington’s Disease

Neem’s Role in Curing Huntington’s Disease

Huntington's disease affects more than 10 million people around the world. The United States National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke defines Huntington’s Disease as an inherited disorder that causes degeneration of brain cells and neurons in motor control regions of the brain and other areas. ...

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Neem’s potential as a Biofuel

Neem’s potential as a Biofuel

From oil spills that cause the devastation of entire ecosystems, to deforestation, and even air pollution, fossil fuels have caused many damages to our planet. Even though sustainable alternatives like biofuel exist, fossil fuels are still the most frequently used combustibles. As the primary source of CO2, they are ...

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Boosting Neem Through Traditional Medicine Departments

Boosting Neem Through Traditional Medicine Departments

Have you ever heard about a Ministry of Health creating a Department of Traditional Medicine?   If  you have never heard about  anything like this, here's what you need to know:  many countries around the world have started to recognize the value of traditional medicinal practices and created national Departments ...

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Biophilic Design: Healing Through Nature

Biophilic Design: Healing Through Nature

Have you heard about the architecture of life? Biophilic design, an emerging trend in architecture, implies a new way of designing our daily architecture through the inclusion of nature into our urban environment with the aim of reducing stress, enhancing creativity, improving well-being and expediting healing.  ...

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Synthetic Pesticides and the Brain

Synthetic Pesticides and the Brain

Despite recommendation from its own scientists, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has chosen to approve chlorpyrifos, a synthetic chemical used in pesticides across the United States that is linked to brain damage in children and sold under the name Losban by Dow Chemical. In November, the EPA released a ...

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Nimbolide: Fighting Breast Cancer

Nimbolide: Fighting Breast Cancer

Neem’s saccharides and limonoids, found in the bark, leaves, and seeds, have been shown to reduce the size of tumors. The neem tree has been utilized as a cancer treatment in India for centuries, though the science behind the mechanism has yet to be fully understood! When breast cancer patients chew neem leaves or ...

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Feeding the Global Population

Feeding the Global Population

In 1804, mankind reached its first major milestone: 1 billion people. Since then, the global population has grown exponentially. In the last 20 years, we have grown from just under 6 billion to 7.5 billion people. By 2056, the global population is expected to reach 10 billion, requiring a 70% increase in food ...

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The Organic Revolution in Cuba

The Organic Revolution in Cuba

Neem has played an important role in Cuba’s transition towards sustainable agriculture. Forced to turn to organic farming for self-sufficiency in the late 1990s, after losing over 1.3 million tons of synthetic fertilizer imports annually, Cuba had to rely on natural alternatives like neem for crop care and protection ...

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