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We are here, and in the summer we will have more practice than lectures. Who has problems with the knee and ankle joints? Very good. You must practice every day, and you should drink neem tea every day. Everyone knows what neem is. Who doesn't know what neem? They must be coming from another planet. Neem is a big tree, like you have here—what do you call this?—cherry trees, big cherry trees, or bigger than that, like an oak tree. It grows in India on flat land, not in the high mountains. The tree itself is very bitter; everything is very bitter. The fruits are sweet when they're ripe. They are like small wild cherries, but the seeds are also very bitter. We get oil from the seeds. It is a green tree, not pink. And we call that neem tree "Neem Nārāyaṇa." Nārāyaṇa is God Viṣṇu. It means the neem tree has as many qualities as God Viṣṇu has. Because the tree of neem has as many qualities as the Lord Viṣṇu. Everything that comes from the neem has a medicinal value. Nowadays you will find neem in many, many forms: toothpaste, cream, soap, capsules, and so on. To sit in the daytime under the neem tree is a kind of healing process. And you know, all who visited Jadan Āshram, we have about 1,000 neem trees. They grow wide. And Jadan Āshram is one of the places that you can call a pollution-free zone on this Earth. And now we have begun to get these organic neem leaves and neem bark. You have neem powder available here. You can get neem powder from here. You can buy neem powder from here. If you have many pimples on your face or on the body, you make a mask from the neem powder. For three days, every day, leave it on the face for one or two hours. You will have the most beautiful, natural skin—what you call painting, what you call makeup, cosmetics. It will restore the original color of your skin. If there is a wound that is very difficult to heal, you put the neem powder paste on it, or the powder of the neem bark. In three or four days it will be completely healed. If you feel an allergy in the body and itching, you take a neem bath. In your bathtub, put five tablespoons of neem powder. If you have a skin allergy or you are allergic, then put a tablespoon of neem powder in the bath water and take a neem bath. And generally, every time you have a bath, you can put one or two tablespoons of neem powder in your bath. It will be very, very good. Once a week, put this neem powder in the palm of your hand on your head and all your hair, leave it for one hour, and then wash it. Your hair will have a beautiful color, not green. And your hair will have life inside. Now, from the same powder, you can, or you should—everyone should—drink one cup of tea or two cups every day, morning before anything. In one cup of boiled water, you put just a little because it's bitter, about two fingers' worth. Or a quarter teaspoon for four cups. Put it in boiling water, leave it for a while, then let the water cool down. When it's drinkable and warm, you just drink it. You can filter it; you need not filter it. Many, many kinds of allergies, especially what you have now in Europe a lot in the summer from the flower dust allergy. I think that allergy will be cured if you begin now to drink your neem tea. It improves the immune system in the body. And it is the biggest prevention against diabetes. And it does control diabetes. And people who have problems with the stomach, digestion, gastric problems—neem is also a divine blessing for them. Some people always have a bad smell from the mouth or a bad taste. After drinking neem tea, you will have a beautiful taste in the mouth. A little bitter, but also very nice in taste. And after a few weeks, you will have a very good taste all the time, and there will be no bad smell coming from the mouth. If you have weak eyesight, it will improve your eyesight. People who have hair that is falling out, or very bad quality of hair, and very weak nails—they will become strong. Neem strengthens hair and nails. It is the biggest or one of the best preventions against cancer. One of the best preventives against cancer is neem, which has a very big effect on the purification of the blood. It supports the function of the kidneys. And it removes gallbladder stones. So, what not? So, I told you only a few benefits, but neem has thousands of benefits. If you are in a garden, you have some of these little creatures which destroy your flowers, your vegetables, and your fruits. Then, in one liter of water, put three tablespoons of neem powder, or in two liters, and a little tobacco, 25 grams, and leave this water for ten days. And then take a quarter of this water, a quarter liter, mix it with one liter of water, and you spray every day on your flowers; they will be very healthy and very good. You know, in some bathrooms, there is not good work, and what you call, there is a water-collecting siphon, and there comes a bad smell out. You put one teaspoon of powder inside; it's okay. Or you boil it, make it like a tea, and put it inside hot water. The best purification and cleaning for your commode, for the toilet, instead of putting some chemical, you put one tablespoon of powder inside. Leave it all day there; you go to your office, you come back in the evening, you just flush it, very good. In the kitchen, if you have any problem with the ants, then you spray this neem water, and ants will make their other residence. If you have ants in the kitchen, spray it with neem, and the ants will move away. So, there are many, many things that neem has good quality for. People who cannot do a Śaṅkha Prakṣālana should use, for one week, they should drink three or four times a day neem tea. Those people who cannot do Śaṅkha Prakṣālana should, for one week, drink neem tea three or four times a day. Those who cannot practice Śaṅkha Prakṣālana should, for seven days, every day, three or four times, drink the tea. People who have some allergy should drink neem tea. Those suffering from allergies should also drink it. Those who suffer from allergies should regularly drink neem tea. So, therefore, neem is very, very useful for us. Neem is very useful for them and is very, very useful to us.