Description
RED SILK COTTON TREE, BOMBAX CEIBA/ BOMBAX MALABARICA
Silk cotton tree is a type of native cotton tree with large red flowers. The genus name Salmalia is derived from the sanskrit name shaalmali.
It is also known as the Indian Kapok tree as it has fine silky kapok like fibres growing around its seeds. These are said to be inferior to kapok, which comes from Ceiba pentandra but nonetheless are used for stuffing and to put on burns to prevent blistering and help prevent scarring. The name Bombax means silk worm and malabarica from Malabar.
Bombax Malabarica helps to cure the following common problems:
- Wounds
- Loose Motion
- Burns
- Impotence.
- Tumours
- Acid Reflux
- Urinary disorder
- Seminal disorders
- Blood purification
- Leucorrhoea
- Over bleeding in menstruation
- Acne, skin blemish and pigmentation
- Wounds
- Weakness
- Improve breast milk
- Cold and cough
