Salmalia, Silk Cotton tree

Salmali (Stem-bark), Mocha (Ayurveda)
Na ga se sar; Pad ma ge sar (Tibetan)
Mochras (Unani)

Illustrations of Indian Botany, Wight, 1840

Bombax ceiba
Blanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875)

Fresh flower
(Photo by Tlong Zhuhai, edited) (Wikimedia)

Dried Flower (Adam, 2017)

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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
-all Hot disorders of the Lungs, Heart, Liver, Bile disorders (Tibet)
-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: