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Other names : Silk Cotton tree, Cotton tree, tree cotton, Bombax malabaricum, Salmalia malabarica, Shalmali, Semul, Simul, Mocharasa

Special Precautions of Bombax Ceiba

Benefits and uses of Bombax Ceiba are

Bombax ceiba has risen the interest of scientists and researchers since some of the active constituents and phytochemicals found on this plant are known to exert many beneficial effects. Some of them, as for example apigenin, a well-known anti-cancer agent, or Luteol, a triterpene with many health benefits among which we can mention its anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic, anti-mutagenic, anti-malarial and anti-plasmodial properties.

• Cancer : contains Lupeol. Lupeol has been the subject of many investigations and clinical trials during the last 15 years in order to verify its claimed beneficial properties, among which we have to highlight its immense anti-inflammatory properties, a process known to be directly linked to many types of cancer and a precursor of some tumors. Lupeol has also shown to be able to decrease serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and inhibit the tumorigenicity of prostate cancer (CaP) cells in vivo.
• Rich in many phytochemicals, among the active constituents found in this herb we can mention: Lupeol, steroids, tannins, flavonoids, triterpenoids, saponins, cholesterol, stigmasterol, campesterol and a-amyrin, hydrocarbons, seven flavones: vicenin 2, linarin, saponarin, cosmetin, isovitexin, xanthomicrol, apigenin, cadinane sesquiterpenoids,bombamalones, bombamaloside, isohemigossypol-1-methyl ester, acid lactone, bombaxquinone, lacinilene C, sesquiterpene lactone, naphthoquinone, naphthoquinone, mangiferin, xanthone, anthocyanins.
• anti-helicobacter Pylori properties : Among several Taiwanese folk medicinal plants studied for their anti-helicobacter pylori properties only Paederia scandens, Plumbago zeylanica, Anisomeles indica, Bombax ceiba and Alpinia speciosa and Bombax ceiba demonstrated anti-helicobacter pylori properties.
• Anti-Aging properties : Some studies suggested the potential use of Bombax ceiba for the prevention, reversal or delay of age-related diseases due to the antioxidant effect exerted by this herb.
• Antihelmitic, vermifuge and vermicides properties : In some cases Bombax ceiba leaves exerted Anthelmintic effects, a property that some plants and medicines have to help the body expel helminths or parasitic worms. This use was reported at least in the traditional system of medicine in Southern Punjab of Pakistan, where it was able to fight live parasites (as trematode: Paramphistomum explanatum), collected from buffalo.
• inflammatory bowel disease : As part of polyherbal preparations against inflammatory bowel disease in rats, the aqueous extract of Bombax ceiba showed a certain beneficial effects, suggesting this plant has a protective role on inflammatory bowel disease cases [5].
• Antimicrobial activities : Bombax ceiba also exhibited significant antioxidant and antimicrobial activities in other studies done on this plant.
• antioxidant activities : The antioxidant activities of extracts from Bombax ceiba flowers exerted radical-scavenging activity, oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) and all the extracts possessed remarkable antioxidant capacity compared with ascorbic or gallic acids. The flowers of Bombax ceiba have excellent antioxidant properties and could be the source of natural antioxidants [6,7].
• anti-inflammatory : Bombax ceiba (Bombacaceae) has been used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine for the treatment of inflammatory conditions, diarrhea, fever, chronic inflammation, catarrhal affection, and as a diuretic [6].
• 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. Its spines are used as antifugal.gum is known as "mocharus". Used for healing wounds and to stop bleeding.
• Flowers are astringent and good for skin troubles and haemorrhoids.

Used in Patent medicine

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