NEEM as birth control

Why do I want to know more about Neem? It just seems to be one of those plants that is useful for a wide variety of purposes—gardening, pet care, personal care, health supplement, and yes, birth control for men and women!

The difficulty right now is finding enough information on it’s use as a birth control. There have been studies performed in India (where the Neem tree is native to) that suggested strongly it’s pregnancy prevention, particularly as a spermacide for women and as oral contraception for men. However, orally, it needs time to become fully effective, and the effects can be reversed by no longer taking it.

==Sister Zeus mentions in her Neem page that an oral dose would be 2 Neem leaf capsules 3 times daily before meals, allowing a month for full effectiveness.==

One frustration I’ve run into while trying to find Neem products available in the US, is the vast difference in prices for bottles of neem leaf capsules—which has me wondering about quality control. Will these products be truly worth the expenditure? Because remember, the guy needs to take these multiple times every single day. A month’s supply (or less!) for $10 might be doable, but is that product going to be the type of quality I would risk an unwanted pregnancy on? And $30-$40 for a single bottle….maybe the quality is excellent, but can I really afford that?

As far as neem oil goes, most of the products available in the US specify strictly external use—often pesticidal purposes or for skin conditions. These may have other ingredients that would be dangerous inside a vagina! A FOOD GRADE NEEM OIL would be something to look for—though it is probably available in India, I have not had any luck finding any in the US. At least, not a product that I am 100% certain is food grade.

You can order and grow your own neem tree, but I’m sure it would take multiple specimens and much time before you could harvest anything. Try Neem Tree Farms or Bhatia Nurseries.

So until I move to India or otherwise get my hands on more info & products, my desire for Neem goes unfulfilled…