neem birthcontrol for men
Posted by ShtzAmazing on Sep 28, 2010 · Member since Jul 2009 · 4 posts
i was wondering if anyone used neem for birthcontrol and if it works or not?
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i was wondering if anyone used neem for birthcontrol and if it works or not?
I mainly replying to bump this thread because I want to hear someone's real life experience.
I love neem (and my neem tree) and I've read there have been encouraging (amazing) results when it was tested as a male birth control on Indian troops. This quote is posted in many places, but I couldn't find he original study:
"In another study, members of the Indian Army were tested with neem's birth control effects. Twenty married men took daily oral doses of several drops of neem seed oil in gelatin capsules. To become 100 percent effective, the effect took six weeks, but it remained effective during the entire year of the trial, and was only reversed six weeks after a man no longer took the capsules. The men experienced no adverse side effects and retained their normal capabilities and desires. No women became pregnant during this period. This product is now offered in stores under the name Sensal."
It can be used as birth control for women, as a spermicidal and anti-microbial cream that has also been shown to help prevent STDs.
That being said, I wouldn't recommend experimenting with it independently because neem oil taken internally can be toxic.
I mainly replying to bump this thread because I want to hear someone's real life experience.
I love neem (and my neem tree) and I've read there have been encouraging (amazing) results when it was tested as a male birth control on Indian troops. This quote is posted in many places, but I couldn't find he original study:
"In another study, members of the Indian Army were tested with neem's birth control effects. Twenty married men took daily oral doses of several drops of neem seed oil in gelatin capsules. To become 100 percent effective, the effect took six weeks, but it remained effective during the entire year of the trial, and was only reversed six weeks after a man no longer took the capsules. The men experienced no adverse side effects and retained their normal capabilities and desires. No women became pregnant during this period. This product is now offered in stores under the name Sensal."
It can be used as birth control for women, as a spermicidal and anti-microbial cream that has also been shown to help prevent STDs.
That being said, I wouldn't recommend experimenting with it independently because neem oil taken internally can be toxic.
NO WAY!!
That is awesome! Can you point me towards the study you read on the subject?
Question: Is it available in the US?
Question 2: How long has it been used a birth control?
Question 3: Is there any info on long-term possible side effects?
I simply must read up on this more. I have a boyfriend, and I'd like him to pick up some of the slack in this dept.
yay, male birth control!
1. Sadly, no.
2.from the Neem Foundation:"Neem has been shown to be a powerful, relatively inexpensive birth control agent for both men and women. In the first century B.C., Charaka, the Indian physician, gave a detailed method for using neem for contraception. Cotton soaked in neem oil was kept in the vagina for fifteen minutes before intercourse. This killed the sperm."
3.There have been lots of studies and centuries of anecdotal evidence, but I don't know the answer. As far a I can tell it's a matter of degree; neem oil taken orally can be toxic, but likely not in the small doses necessarily for use as birth control.
I've gotten into the habit of Googling neem + whatever ails me or friends and there is usually some pertinent information. Neem:the divine tree seems to be the go-to book on it, but it's too pricey for me.
Yay male birth control indeed and yay neem. There is a lot of information about it online, unfortunately much of it is the same few articles repeated ad nauseam. This link has a brief overview of the tree and a bullet point list of it's purported uses: http://forestry.about.com/cs/treeid/a/neem_tree_2.htm and this one actually cites its sources: http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/neem
Those links are just from me poking around for a few minutes. You may have more luck.
...just noticed this bit http://www.neemfoundation.org/ : "Neem oil based vaginal creams and suppositories are extremely popular in India. Nonirritating and easy to use, they are almost 100 percent effective. When tested against human sperm, neem extract (sodium nimbidinate) at 1,000mg was able to kill all sperm in five minutes and required only 30 minutes at a lower, 250 mg level. It is suggested that these creams and suppositories also prevent vaginal and sexually transmitted diseases."
thank you--this is all very interesting! I was wondering if this was the drug that was rumored to be going before the FDA soon...