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Salmalia, Silk Cotton tree

Salmali (Stem-bark), Mocha (Ayurveda)
Na Ga Se Sar; Pad Ma Ge Sar (Tibetan)
Mochras (Unani)

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Picture
Illustrations of Indian Botany, Wight, 1840

Picture
Flower (Adam, 2017)


Botanical name:
Salmalia malabarica (syn. Bombax ceiba, B. malabaricum, Gossampinus malabarica)

Parts used:
Root, Bark, Fruit, Flower, Bark

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry

Uses:
FRUIT
-chronic inflammations of the Kidneys and Bladder
-Kidney stones

FLOWER
-clear Heat
-Dysentery; Rectal Prolapse; Leukorrhea, metrorrhagia
-applied to skin conditions

LEAF:
-clears Heat and Inflammation

STEM BARK:
-Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding; Heat-type bleeding, Dysentery with Blood
-Burning feeling
-Ulcers
-paste is applied to skin conditions: acne, boils, eruptions

SEED:
-Chicken Pox, Small Pox
-chronic Cystitis and Heat diseases of the Urinary system

GUM:
-Stops Leakage: Spermatorrhea, Premature Ejaculation, Diarrhea, Dysentery
-Stops Bleeding: Hemoptysis, Bleeding Piles, Uterine Bleeding, Menorrhagia
-Often used as a single medicine for these complaints

ROOT:
-increases Qi: low vitality, debility
-aphrodisiac (with cow milk) (Ayurveda).


DOSE:
Stem Bark: 5–10 grams in powder; Flower, Root-bark: 3–5 grams of the powder

CORRECTIVE:
Gum: Cinnamon

SUBSTITUTE:
Gum: Catechu; Gum Arabic

Main Combinations:
1. Diarrhea, the Gum, with Licorice (Ayurveda; Charaka, Sushruta)
2. Hemorrhage from Heat, the Gum, with White Sandalwood. (Ayurveda, Charaka)
3. Seminal Debility, Premature Ejaculation, the Gum with Poppy seed, Asparagus root, Mastic (Unani)

Major Formulas:
Aloeswood 8 (Tibetan Medicine)
Aloeswood 31 (Tibetan Medicine)
Aloeswood 35 (Tibetan Medicine)
Eleven Holders of Life (Srog dzin dcu gcig) (Tibetan Medicine)


Cautions:

Main Preparations used:

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