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Ka ahu mai te hinu neem i ngā purapura o te rākau neem (Azadirachta indica), he rākau nō Inia me te Tonga o Ahia. Kua whakamahia hei rongoā tuku iho mō ngā tau rau, ā, kua tino rongonui hoki ki ngā kaiahuwhenua kāinga, ki te hunga e rapu ana i ngā tikanga tiaki kiri māori, me te hunga e aro ana ki ngā rongoā mai i te ao tipu.
Ko te tuhinga nei ka kōrero mō te hinu neem, āna mahi, me pēhea te whakamahi haumaru ki ngā tipu me te kiri, me ngā whakatārewa e tika ana kia mahara ki roto.
Ko te hinu neem he hinu huawhenua ka werohia mātāwaru i ngā purapura neem. He kōwhai ki te parauri, he kawa te reka, ā, he kakara karika/whanurewareware tōna. Kua whakamahia mō ngā tau rau hei whakahaere i ngā riha me ngā mate.
Ko te matū kaha tino nui ko te azadirachtin, he momo limonoid e pokanoa ana ki te whakahaere homoni o ngā pepeke, otirā te ecdysone, e whakahaere ana i te huringamōraka me te whakatupuranga. Koinei te take i tino pai ai te hinu neem hei pepehi māori. Kei roto hoki i te hinu ngā waikawa ngako, tae atu ki te waikawa oleic me te waikawa linoleic, me te nimbidin me te nimbin, he matū kua tuhia te kaha whakaora mumura me te ārai kiko ora.
Ka kitea e koe e rua ngā momo matua i roto i ngā toa:
Ko te hinu neem ka werohia mātāwaru (mata) kei roto katoa ngā matū kaha, ā, he pai hoki mō te kari me te tiaki kiri.
Ko te hinu neem hydrophobic kua mā kua tukua kia tukatuka hei tango i te azadirachtin, ā, ka whakamahia i roto i ngā rehu kari maha.
E toru ngā mahi a te hinu neem. Ka mahi i roto i te kari, ki runga i te kiri, me te matenga, ā, mā ngā huinga matū kaha rerekē ia. Anei ngā rangahau e tautoko ana i ia wāhanga.
Ka mahi te hinu neem ki te tini o ngā pepeke noa. Ka pokanoa te Azadirachtin ki te pūnaha homoni o ngā pepeke, ka mutu te tipu o ngā kutukutu, ka aukati hoki i te whakatupuranga o ngā pakeke. E whakau ana te National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC) ka whakaitihia te kai a ngā pepeke, ka mahi hei rātā, ā, ka uaua ake te tipu me te whakatupuranga o ngā pepeke. He pai ki ngā aphid, whitefly, kōpuku, ngāngu, me ngā namu poka.
Ka pania ki ngā rau, ka waiho hei paninga angiangi e puhoi ana te horapa o te koriri mā, te kōwhai kōwhai, me te waikura. Ka ringihia ki roto i te oneone, ka aro ki ngā pepeke e noho ana i te oneone, engari ka waiho ngā kutukutu whenua kia ora.
Kei te pono ngā rangahau mō te neem me te kiri, engari he iti tonu. Ko te nuinga o ngā rangahau he iti noa iho, ā, kāore anō kia mahia ngā whakamātau tangata nui. Ki te pakaru te kiri, kua mumura, he tino tauhohe rānei, whakapā atu ki tō tākuta kiri i mua i te paninga o te hinu neem.
I kitea e tētahi arotake o te tau 2022 i roto i te Cosmetics, ko ngā matū o te neem tae atu ki te nimbidin me te nimbolide, he kaha te mahi ārai kiko ora ki te Cutibacterium acnes, te kitakita matua kei muri i te hakihaki. Ko ngā āhuatanga whakaora mumura o te nimbidin ka whakaitihia pea te whero me te pakapaka e puta mai ana i te hakihaki.
Ko ngā waikawa ngako kei roto i te hinu neem, otirā te waikawa oleic, ka āwhina i te pūnaha ngako o te kiri, ā, ka mau te makuku ki roto, ka pupuri i ngā mea whakapouri ki waho.
Ko te hunga whai hakihaki me te psoriasis, ka kaha ake te iti o te mǎta a me te kiri kiri ina whakamahi ana ratou i te hinu neem. I kitea e tētahi arotake PubMed o te tau 2022 mō ngā whakamahinga kiri o te neem, he āhuatanga ārai kiko ora, whakaora mumura, ārai waikura, me te ārai mate hoki tōna, ā, koinei te take e nui ai te iwi e aro ana ki ngā raruraru kiri.
Ko te kiri kiri (dandruff) ka tino mate i te Malassezia, he rewena kei runga i te matenga, ā, ka aro tika atu ngā matū ārai harore o te neem ki a ia. I kitea e tētahi rangahau haumanu o te tau 2025 i roto i te PMC, ka whakaitihia e te whakapiri rau neem te kiri kiri i ngā taumata katoa o te kino i muri noa iho i te rua wiki o te whakamahi. Ko tētahi rangahau o te tau 2024 i roto i te Scientific Reports, i kaha ake, ka whakaatu i te rite o te neem me te rosemary ki te ketoconazole antifungal kua tohua i roto i ngā whakamātau taiwhanga ki te rewena matua e puta ai te kiri kiri.
Ko ngā mahi ārai kitakita a te neem ka taea hoki te whakamaene i te hakihaki matenga me ngā kōpura kua mumura. Ka tautoko te matenga hauora ake i te makawe katoa, ahakoi kāore anō kia kaha te taunakitanga e āwhina tika ana te neem ki te tipu makawe.
Mō ngā kutu, ka taea e te hinu neem te pokanoa ki te huringa ora mā te pokanoa ki te whakawhānau hua. Ehara ia i te rongoā kotahi. Whakamahia me te heru kutu kikokiko, ā, ki te hiahiatia, he rongoā kua whakaaetia e te FDA.
Kāore te hinu neem e whakauru ki te wai i a ia anō. Me iti noa iho te hopi wai hei whakauru.
Te tunu ngāwari: Whakaranuhia te 1 tīhēte o te hinu neem parakore ki te 1 tīhēte o te hopi rihi ngohengohe, o te hopi kastira rānei. Whakaranuhia ki te 1 kuata o te wai mahana, ringihia ki roto i te pūwete rehu, ā, whakamahia taua rā. Ka pakaru te ranunga i roto i te torutoru haora, nō reira kāore he painga ki te waiho i ngā toe.
Rehu i te ata wawe, i te ahiahi rānei kia karo ai te wera rau me te tiaki i ngā pi. Kōwhai ngā taha e rua o ngā rau. Mō te aukati, rehu ia 7 ki te 14 rā. I te wā he maha ngā riha, haere ia 5 ki te 7 rā.
Tētahi mea hei tiro tuatahi: Whakamātauhia ki te wahi iti i mua i te rehu i ngā tipu taitamariki, i ngā tipu kua whakatō tata nei rānei. Ka kaha ake te ngawari ki ngā tipu kua pakari ake.
Me whakaiti tonu te hinu neem i mua i te paninga ki te kiri. Ka taea e te hinu neem parakore te whakaputa i te whero, te wera, te pakari rānei.
Mō ngā wāhi me ngā koretake: Whakaranuhia te 1 ki te 2 pata hinu neem ki te 1 tīhēte o te hinu kawe pēnei i te jojoba, te aramona reka, te kokonati rānei kua wehea. Pania ki te wahi, ā, waiho kia pō.
Hei hinu kanohi: Ringihia tētahi pata, tokorua rānei ki roto i tō kirioma noa. Kia kotahi, kia rua rānei te whakamahi i te wiki i te tuatahi, ā, tirohia te kaha o te kiri ki te tango i mua i te kaha ake o te whakamahi.
Mō te kiri maroke, mō te tinana rānei: Whakaranuhia te hinu neem ki roto i te kirioma kāore he kakara i te 1 ki te 5% te kaha. He pai mō ngā wāhi maroke, mō ngā wāhi e puta ai te hakihaki ki ngā ringaringa, waewae, te tinana rānei.
T treatment: Whakaranuhia te 5 pata hinu neem ki te 2 punetēpu hinu kokonati, hinu oriwa rānei. Miria ki tō matenga, waiho mō te 30 ki te 60 meneti, ā, horoia ki te hopi.
I roto i tō hopi: Tāpirihia te 10 ki te 15 pata hinu neem ia 3.5 hekere (100 ml) o te hopi hei āwhina i te whakahaere i te kiri kiri.
Mō ngā kutu: Pania te hinu neem kua whakaitihia ki te matenga me ngā makawe, hipoki ki te potae kaukau, waiho mō te 2 haora, herua ki te heru kutu kikokiko, ā, horoia. Whakamahia tēnei i te taha o ngā rongoā kē, ā, whakapā atu ki te tākuta tamariki o tō tamaiti.
Mō te nuinga o te tangata, ae, ina whakamahia tika ana. I kitea e tētahi aromatawai haumaru i roto i te Journal of Ethnopharmacology, he iti te taumate o te hinu purapura neem kāore i tukatukahia, ā, he haumaru te pepehi neem ina whakamahia mā te tiaki. Heoi, e rua, e toru ngā āhuatanga e hiahia ana kia kaha ake te aro:
Whakaitihia i mua i te paninga ki te kiri. Ka taea e te hinu neem parakore te whakaputa i te whero, te wera, te pakari rānei.
Mahia he whakamātau i te wahi o roto o tō ringaringa, ā, tatarihia te 24 haora i mua i te paninga ki ngā wāhi maha atu.
Kia tawhiti atu i ngā karu. Ki te kuhu ki roto, horoia ki te wai tonu.
Kaua e horomia. Ki te kai te tamaiti i te hinu neem, waea atu tonu ki te Poison Control i te 1-800-222-1222.
Kia kaua e whakamahia i te wā hapū. E whakaatu ana ngā rangahau kararehe ka taea e ngā matū neem te pā ki te whakatupuranga me te whakatō.
Rehu ngā tipu i te ata wawe, i te ahiahi rānei kaore ngā pi e kōhiko ana.
Ka oti te rehu kia maroke, kua haumaru hoki ki te taha o ngā kurī me ngā ngeru. Kaua e tukua kia mitimiti ngā mata kua rehu hou.
Ko Wai Hei Kaha ake Te Aroha
Ko te hunga e mate pāwera ana ki ngā nati rākau me kōrero ki tō rata tuatahi, nā te mea ka taea te pā o te mate pāwera. Ko te hunga kua tauhohe ki te rubber, he rite tonu te whakaaro nā te mea ka rite ētahi matū pāwera mai i te hinu tipu. Me pātai te tangata e inu ana i ngā rongoā whakangāwari pūnaha ārai mate ki tō rata i mua i te whakamahi i te hinu neem.
Tirohia te "100% ka werohia mātāwaru", "mata" rānei kei runga i te tapanga. Ko te tikanga tēnā kua mau katoa ngā matū kaha. Kāore he raruraru te kakara kaha pērā i te karika. E tohu ana ia i te nui o te azadirachtin, ā, ko tēnā te mea e hiahiatia ana.
Mō te whakamahi kari, tirohia te hinu neem hydrophobic kua mā kua rēhitatia e te EPA. Ki te whakatipu koe i ngā kai kai, ko te OMRI (Organic Materials Review Institute) kei runga i te tapanga te tikanga kua tutuki i a ia ngā paerewa organic a te USDA.
Rokiroki te hinu neem ki tētahi wahi mātao, pouri hoki. Ka taea e ia te pakari i raro iho i te 65°F, engari ko te torutoru meneti i roto i te oko wai mahana ka hoki anō ki te wai.
Ka puhoi ake te mahi a te hinu neem i te pepehi hangai, i ngā rongoā kiri kua tohua. Koia te mea pono. Engari mō te hunga e hiahia ana ki te kōwhiringa mai i te ao tipu ka taea e ratou te whakamahi i tō rātou kari, kiri, me te matenga, kāore he maha o te whakapā ki ngā matū, ka mau tonu ia ina tika te whakamahi. Whakaitihia, whakamahia tonutia, ā, tukua kia torutoru wiki i mua i te whakatau i ngā hua.
Ka taea e au te whakamahi i te hinu neem ki runga i ngā huawhenua me ngā otaota?
Āe. E whakaaetia ana e te EPA te hinu neem mō ngā hua kai. Rehu kia 24 haora te iti rawa i mua i te kotinga ā, horoia pai ngā hua i mua i te kai.
Kia hia au rehu ai i aku tipu?
Ia 7 ki te 14 rā mō te aukati. Ia 5 ki te 7 rā ki te aro ana koe ki te pepeke kaha, ki te mate harore rānei, kia oti ra ano.
He aha te kaha o te kakara o te hinu neem?
Ko ngā matū kei roto te whanureware i te hinu. Ka ngaro te kakara i roto i te torutoru haora o te paninga.
He haumaru te hinu neem ki te taha o ngā mokai?
He haumaru te rehu kua whakaitihia, kua maroke rawa atu, ki te taha o ngā kurī me ngā ngeru. Kia noho tawhiti ngā mokai i ngā tipu kua rehu hou, ā, kaua e tukua kia kai, kia mitimiti rānei i te hinu neem tika.
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