Innovation Detail

Innovation Description

The traditional knowledge holder has suggested treatment for eye swelling.
Disease symptoms: Redness in the eye or inner eyelid, swollen conjunctiva, more tears than usual, thick yellow discharge those crusts over the eyelashes, especially after sleep, green or white discharge from the eye, itchy eyes, burning eyes, blurred vision.
Ingredients: Bakri ka doodh (Goat milk), Neem ka patta (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.).
Preparation: Use as such goat milk and Neem leaf.
Dosage/ Application: Pour goat milk in the eye and bind the leaf till one week. The effect of the medicine is observed after 2 days.
Ingredients' availability: The ingredient is available in nearby places. Goat milk is available locally.



Suggested Reading(s):


Schumacher, M., Cerella, C., Reuter, S., Dicato, M., & Diederich, M. (2011). Anti-inflammatory, pro-apoptotic, and anti-proliferative effects of a methanolic neem (Azadirachta indica) leaf extract are mediated via modulation of the nuclear factor-?B pathway. Genes & Nutrition, 6(2), 149-160.


de Assis, P. O. A., Guerra, G. C. B., de Souza Araújo, D. F., de Araújo Júnior, R. F., Machado, T. A. D. G., de Araujo, A. A., ... & do Egypto, R. D. C. R. (2016). Intestinal anti-inflammatory activity of goat milk and goat yoghurt in the acetic acid model of rat colitis. International Dairy Journal, 56, 45-54.