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Cochlospermum

Golden Silk tree, White Silk Cotton tree
Samagh, Kateera (Unani)
Tanaku (Siddha)
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Cochlospermum religiosum
Illustrations of Indian Botany Supplement, Wight, 1831

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Cochlospermum religiosum
(Photo by PEAK99) (Wikimedia)

Botanical name:
Cochlospermum gossypium (syn. C. religiosum)

Parts used:
Gum

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Sweet

Uses:
1. Cool the Lungs, Stops Cough:

-Cough, Hoarseness

2. Clears Heat and Damp:
-diarrhea, dysentery
-burning urine, gonorrhea
-also for Heat of the Blood and Yin-deficient Heat

3. Strengthens Qi, Benefits Yin:
-sexual debility, general debility
-nourishes Semen
-widely used as a corrective of harsh and irritant medicines


Dose:
Powder: 1–3 grams

Substitute:
It is a cheaper substitute for Gum Tragacanth in India and Unani Medicine; Tragacanth may be used in its place.

Main Combinations:
1. Sexual stimulant, with Orchis (Satyrion) and Asparagus root

Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used:

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