In some old individual trees of neem, a type of liquid oozes out from the surface of the main trunk in spurts or sometimes for years together on regular or irregular intervals. This is called the liquor or toddy of Neem. This juice is sweet in taste, bitter in smell, unpleasant and very thick in consistency. When the actual oozing takes place, this act on the part of the tree may become accompanied with a pleasing and gurgling sound even!
Neem toddy is however considered to be a choice and costly medicine. This has proved to be very useful in a successful treating of ulcers of all types, ringworm, eczema-both the dry and the weeping type, old abscesses, boils and wounds. It cleanses the blood. In all vitiations of blood, a drinking of this juice is known to be effective. Such a drinking for months together or even upto an year is seen to be helpful in the several kinds of leprosy.
This is also useful in treating the fever of consumptive disease and reducing the sense of burning that accompanies fever. Much reputation vouchsafed by practising physicians of Ayurveda exists as regards its efficacy in all long standing ailments such as leprosy and other skin diseases, consumption, chronic indigestion, atonic dyspepsia (indigestion due to failure in peristalsis or the rhythmic contraction of the intestine walls) and general debility.
But the medicine itself is not easy to procure and it is also highly advisable to be rather careful in prescribing the dosage of its drinking. The generally advised dosage is one to four tolas for an adult.Neem toddy is sweet in taste and its smell is bitter and unpleasant. Its consistency is quite thick. Naturally this is a rare medicine.
It is very useful in skin diseases—itches, boils, pustules, pus oozing wounds, ulcers and gangrenes. It keeps the blood very clean and healthy; its use in all morbidities of blood is highly recommended. In vata rakta and other kushta diseases drinking this toddy months together or even an year, will confer great benefits. This is useful in the thirst that accompanies the consumptive fever and indigestion.
This is seen to be a great service in chronic and long standing leprosy and other skin diseases, consumption and atonic dispepsia (indigestion due to feebc peristabsis of the intestinal walls). The dosage is one to four tolas for an adult.
The resin of neem is boiled in water and sugar is added to it and taken internally. Dosage is five grams, once a day for a week. This is a folk medicine in Royalseema of Andhra Pradesh for correcting ailments of the kidney.