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Silk-cotton (semal) flowers are listed among flowers said to increase vata and kapha, calm pitta and blood, and expel worms from the belly.

हिन्दी: सेमल का पेड़ · मराठी: सांबरी

हिन्दी: कटेरी, शाल्मली वृक्ष, सेमर का वृक्ष, कंटाई, विकंकत वृक्ष · मराठी: रिंगणी, कारी, श्वेत रिंगणी, फणस

हिन्दी: शाल्मलीकन्द · मराठी: शाल्मलीकन्द, बाग

Sprouts and roots of palasha and shalmali ground in milk with sugar are applied to relieve heat and pain in pox; other very sweet drugs are applied the same way.

The sprouts and roots of palasha and shalmali are ground in milk with sugar and applied to relieve the heat and pain of pox; other very sweet drugs may be applied likewise.

Enemas prepared from water boiled with the slimy drug group, such as shleshmataka (lisoda), shalmali, vidari, jujube and nagabala, with ghee, milk and pastes, called slimy enemas.

Enemas prepared from water boiled with the slimy group, such as shleshmataka (lisoda), shalmali, vidari, jujube and nagabala, with ghee, milk and pastes, are called slimy (picchila) enemas.