Bauhinia Variegata tree bears attractive flowers in different shades like purple, rose, white and red while white and red bauhinia variegate contain the most medicinal benefits. The bark of this tree contains tannin, sugar and brown colour gummy fluid. This bark contains many medicinal benefits. It can clear ulcers, wounds and protects skin from infection.
Benefits
Tooth-ache: Burn the small branches or twigs of the tree and clean teeth with the ash.
Heal wounds: Bauhinia fruit seeds can come to your rescue to heal the wounds fast. They help wipe out the infecting bacteria too. By adding vinegar to the seeds grind them to fine paste and apply on the infected area. On regular application the infection as well as the wound disappears. The decoction of Bauhinia bark is also useful in alleviating many skin diseases.
Stomatitis: The bark of this tree and flowers of Pomegranate, add these two to water and boil. Keep rinsing your mouth with this water frequently to cure the sores or ulcers in the mouth. If you can get 50g of the inside part of the bark (white one) and boil in half litre of water and rinse your mouth, you can get rid of any ulcer that had been troubling you for long even after medication.
Blood Sugar: It has been found out that there is presence of insulin like protein in the leaves of Bauhinia Variegata that keep the levels of insulin under control in diabetic patients.
Multi nodular TB: You can use any method that suits you.
Dyspepsia: Drink about 20g of the root boiled in water.
Bloating of stomach: 3g of Khurasani Ajwain and Bauhinia root powder and mix. Take this mixture twice a day. This will give relief from bloating and gas problems.
Chronic constipation: Eat Bauhinia flower jam daily to get rid of constipation. Otherwise take 2- 5g of flower powder add equal amount of sugar and eat it.
Bleeding piles: To cure these 2½g flower buds powder, same amount of mishri or sugar candy and eat by mixing butter or eat jam made of flower buds twice a day i.e. morning and evening
Cough: One can get relief from cough by taking the extract of the flower bud, 20ml twice daily.
Benefits of white Bauhinia: - Often we get headache due to pollution or by eating fruits with pesticide residue. Boil 20g of leaves of bauhinia in 400ml of water. Reduce it less than half, filter and then drink.
Thyroid and tonsils: - Boil 20g of bark in 400ml of water until it is reduced to ¼ and then filter and drink. The above are the few of the benefits of Bauhinia Variegata. Before using any method do consult your doctor.
By Nibhanapudi Suguna
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