NEEM (Azadirachta indica), KARANJA (Pongamia Aloe barbadensis

Synergistic activity of cold pressed seed oils from Indian,
NEEM (Azadirachta indica), KARANJA (Pongamia
glabra) and ALOE VERA Gel (Aloe barbadensis) in a
cosmeceutical moisturizer
Rita Ferraz Oliveira, Luísa Barreiros, Agostinho Cruz, Ana Isabel Oliveira, Alberto C.P. Dias,
Cláudia Pinho, Sara Fernandes, Nuno M. Santos, Joaquim Morgado
Introduction:
Traditional Medicine
WHO
“The health practices, approaches, knowledge and
beliefs incorporating plant, animal and mineral-based
medicines, spiritual therapies, manual techniques
and exercises, applied singularly or in combination to
treat, diagnose and prevent illnesses or maintain
well-being."
Ayurveda
Approach of
enumerating bodily
substances in the
framework of the
five classical
elements
(panchabhuta )
earth, water, fire,
air and aether.
Treatment & drugs:
Ayurveda stresses the
use of plantbased
medicines and
treatments.
Propagated by sage
Bharadwaja. Discipline
of the ”Upaveda”
supplement or
appendix of “Rigveda”
or the “Atharvaveda”
oldest known
ayurvedic texts are the
“Su!ruta Sa"hit#” and
the “Charaka
Sa"hit#”.
Ayurveda stresses a
balance of three
elemental substances
(Dosha), analogous to
classical Humorism V#yu / v#ta (air &
space – "wind"), pitta
(fire & water – "bile")
and kapha (water &
earth – "phlegm").
The whole is better than part:
Pharmaceutical
Industry
Isolate key
ingredients to cure
Purified compounds
at times show
harmful side effects
Herbalists and the
Traditional Healers
(viz ayurveda practitioner)
Whole Plant as
System Medicine
Other ingredients in the same herb
buffers, synergists, or
counterbalances the side effects
of powerful key ingredients