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==News about Ringworm Bush (Akapulko)== | ==News about Ringworm Bush (Akapulko)== | ||
'''Yellow, pretty fellow''' | |||
*Source:https://sundayfarmer.wordpress.com/tag/candle-bush/ | |||
:(hiraman, sunday farmer) | |||
I had given up on it, reduced as it was to a stump. After almost two years it surprised me as I chanced upon five of them brightening up my farm. My candle bush plant was blooming—the flowers erect on the branch. As if yellow candles have been lighted; illuminating the neighbouring plants. Drifting over those bright, neon yellow flowers were black bumble bees. A great contrast—black against yellow. By the time I could capture it on my mobile the bumble bee had flown away. | |||
Beside bumble bees the candle bush attracts pollinators like larvae of suphur butterflies. | |||
You’re likely to find candle bush growing wild. I was introduced to them, having seen on the narrow garden patch between railway tracks. Intrigued by the bright yellow flowers I had planted one in my farm. I have yet to come across anyone growing it in a garden or a park. | |||
A native of Mexico, Candle Bush belongs to the Gulmohur family. In Hindi it is called “Dadmurdan”, mainly because its leaf has anti-fungal properties. Also called ringworm bush its leaf is used for treating ringworm and other fungal infections of the skin. The leaves are ground in a mortar to obtain a kind of “green cotton wool”. This is mixed with the same amount of vegetable oil and rubbed on the affected area two or three times a day. A fresh preparation is made every day. It works due to its active ingredients chrysophanic acid. | |||
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'''AKAPULKO SOAP''' | '''AKAPULKO SOAP''' | ||
*Source:http://jrichsimon.tumblr.com/post/55693139806/akapulko-soap | *Source:http://jrichsimon.tumblr.com/post/55693139806/akapulko-soap | ||