Yes, all the time. Sometimes there are old lady types who says that they need some leaves to undo some sort of a curse on some child of their’s (which does not make any sense to me). While sometimes people ask for it because they say they have some sort of an ailment.
But the strangest request that I ever got, was from a person who said that someone in his family had passed away. So he needed some neem leaves, which they will soak in the water that will be used to wash the dead body…
Listening to this, I without any hesitation gave that man a big bunch. However few days later, I caught that same person - Who was this time trying to steal them from over the wall. Anyway, I asked him: Who in your family died this time??? To which he embarrassingly admitted that he actually had a skin rash (in a private place) which was just not going away.
I of course then instantly understood what his problem was. Apparently, he was too scared to go to the doctor for it - As then it would become known how he got that rash… So desperately trying to cure himself of some STD, he was trying this approach.
Neem tree in it’s natural form is only a mild fungucide (meaning that it has some anti-fungus properties). But in no way will it ever cure anything like genital herpes… Anyway, since that day, I now never give Neem tree leaves to anyone - As I have started to suspect that everyone who asks for it, must in reality have some sort of STD that they are trying to cure on their own (thereby avoiding much embarrassment in front of their doctor).