Cochlospermum

Golden Silk tree, White Silk Cotton tree
Samagh, Kateera (Unani)
Tanaku (Siddha)
Picture Cochlospermum religiosum
Illustrations of Indian Botany Supplement, Wight, 1831

Picture Cochlospermum religiosum
(Photo by PEAK99) (Wikimedia)

Botanical name:


Cochlospermum gossypium (syn. C. religiosum)

Parts used:


Gum

Temperature & Taste:


Cool, dry. Sweet

Uses:


1. Cool the Lungs, Stops Cough:
-Cough, Hoarseness

2. Clears Heat and Damp:
-diarrhea, dysentery
-burning urine, gonorrhea
-also for Heat of the Blood and Yin-deficient Heat

3. Strengthens Qi, Benefits Yin:
-sexual debility, general debility
-nourishes Semen
-widely used as a corrective of harsh and irritant medicines


Dose:


Powder: 1–3 grams

Substitute:


It is a cheaper substitute for Gum Tragacanth in India and Unani Medicine; Tragacanth may be used in its place.

Main Combinations:


1. Sexual stimulant, with Orchis (Satyrion) and Asparagus root

Cautions:


None noted

Main Preparations used: