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Malaysian Herbs-Tea Tree –(44 ) டீ மரம்

History and extraction http://www.sidhhaherbs.blogspot.com Tea Tree – டீ மரம்  Melaleuca alternifolia The  indigenous   Bundjalung people  of eastern Australia use “tea trees” as a  traditional  medicine  by inhaling the  oils from the crushed leaves to treat coughs and  colds .  They also sprinkle leaves on wounds, after which a  poultice  is applied. In addition, tea tree leaves are soaked to make an  infusion  to treat sore throats or  skin  ailments. Use of the oil itself, as opposed to the unextracted plant material, did not become common practice until researcher Arthur Penfold published the first reports of its  antimicrobial   activity in  a series of papers in the 1920s and 1930s. In evaluating the antimicrobial activity of  M. alternifolia , tea tree oil was rated as 11 times more active than  phenol . Tea tree oil is toxic when swallowed and it should ...

Malaysian Herbs-(43) Polyalthia Longifolia நெட்டிலிங்கம்

http://www.sidhhaherbs.blogspot.com POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA             நெட்டிலிங்கம் Polyalthia longifolia's common names include False Ashoka , the Buddha Tree, the Indian mast tree, and the Indian Fir tree. Its names in other languages include  Ashoka  or  Devadaru  in  Sanskrit ,  Debdaru  in  Bengali  and  Hindi ,  Asopalav  ( Gujarati ),  Glodogan tiang  ( Indonesian ), Devdar in Marathi and  Nettilinkam  in  Tamil , and  araNamaram : അരണമരം ( Malayalam ). There are two important traditions associated with the tree in India (presumably in its full, untrimmed, form with spreading branches), one being of  Sita  taking shelter in the shade of Ashoka when in captivity (found in the  Ramayana ) and another that of the Ashoka tree requiring a kick from a beautiful woman on spring festival day before it would bloom (in the  Malavikagnimitra , for ex...