TEMPLE TREE (FRANGIPANI) – SOLUTION FOR ASTHMA PROBLEMS

PLUMERIA ACUMINATE AIT
Frangipani or temple tree is also known as PLUMERIA ACUMINATE AIT is a medium-sized deciduous tree, with crooked trunk and fleshy branches with milky latex. The leaves are large, stiff and shiny forming a crown. The bark is papery smooth. The flowers are numerous and very fragrant. The fruit is a double cylindrical follicie. The seeds are numerous and winged. The flowers are used in wreath-making and is often offered as an offering to the deities in the temples.

Medicinal Use of Temple Tree:

  • Lower down fevers.
  • Prevents or cures asthma.
  • Cure sores.
  • Ease rheumatic pains and swellings.

Ways to Use Frangipani:

  • The bark in decoction is used to bring down fever and prevent or cure asthma. The leaves and bark have the same property.
  • The decoction of the root is used for sores.
  • The milky latex extracted from the plant mixed with coconut oil is used to massage the joints in rheumatic pains.
  • Heated leaves are applied as a poultice over swellings.

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