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Bombax Ceiba |
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Bombacaceae |
| Common Name :
Red Silk Cotton Tree, Cotton Tree, Indian Bombax, Kapok
Part Used : Roots, Gum, Bark, Flowers, Seeds.
Habitat : It is found in eastern-himalayan regions, abundant in assam and
west bengal.
Product offered : Leaves, Flowers, Seeds
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| Uses : The roots are sweet, cooling, stimulant, restorative, astringent, alternative, aphrodisiac, demulcent, emetic and tonic. It is used in the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, menorrhagia, styptic and for wounds.
The gum is cooling, astringent, stimulant, aphrodisiac, tonic and demulcent in nature. It is useful in dysentery, hemoptysis, pulmonary tuberculosis, influenza, burning sensation, menorrhagia and enteritis.
Bark is mucilaginous, demulcent, emetic and tonic. Used for healing wounds and to stop bleeding.
Flowers are astringent and good for skin troubles and haemorrhoids.
Seeds are useful in treating gonorrhea and chronic cystitis.
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| Bambusa Arundinacea : |
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Botanical Name : Bambusa Arundinacea
Family Name : Gramineae
Common Name : Bamboo
Part Used : Bamboo Leaves, Bamboo Exudate, Banshalochan, Tabasheer.
Habitat : Through out india, in areas upto 2100 m elevation.
Product offered : Leaves,Seeds,Exudates
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| Uses : The leaves are sweet, astringent, cooling, emmenagougue, ophthalmic, vulnerary, constipating and febrifuge. Bamboo leaves contain the highest protein levels, stems have less. The bamboo resin (Tabasheer, Banshalochan) is the siliceous secretion found in the internodes of the stems of various species of Bamboo. It occurs in fragments of masses, and is translucent or transparent and bluish white color. It is astringent, acrid, sweet, cooling, expectorant, constipating, cardiotonic, haemostatic, aphrodisiac and diuretic.
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