🗻Himalayan & Nepali Folk Medicine
Simal (Bombax)
Bombax ceiba
About Simal (Bombax)
Simal (Bombax) (Bombax ceiba) is a herb used in the Himalayan & Nepali Folk Medicine tradition to help with Wound Healing, Fever, Digestive Issues, and Skin Health, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Bombax ceiba, like other trees of the genus Bombax, is commonly known as cotton tree. More specifically, it is sometimes known as Malabar silk-cotton tree; red silk-cotton; red cotton tree; or ambiguously as silk-cotton or kapok, both of which may also refer to Ceiba pentandra.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · bothLeaves · both