Senna Leave

Description :

A small erect shrub, Indian senna attains a height of about 2 to 3 feet. Its stem is pale green, smooth and erect. The spread out branches possess around 4 to 5 pairs of leaves. These leaves are pale yellowish-green in color, elongated spear shaped with pointed apex, about 1 to 2-inch in length and about 0.2 to 0.3-inch in breadth. The plantar surface is shiny green and dorsal surface is yellowish green. The plant has small yellow flowers. The brown pod contains 5 to 7 seeds that are dark brown in color.

Indian senna is native to India, Arab and tropical African countries. It is cultivated in India, Pakistan, Egypt and Sudan. In India, it is found throughout the year in South, mainly the districts of Tinnevelly, Madurai, Tiruchirapally and Mysore. It is commonly known as Indian Senna in English, Sanaya and Hindisana in Hindi, Swarn Patri in Sanskrit, Nat ki Sana and Sonamukhi in Gujarati, Nilavaka and Chinnukki in Malayalam, Nelavrika and Sonamukhi in Kannada and Nilapponnai in Tamil.

                                                                    

Details :
Botanical Name : Cassia Angustifolia

English Names: Senna, Arabian senna

Hindi Name : Senai,Sonai, Sona-mukhi,Senna, indian Senna,Casia Senna,Sana
Arabic Name : Sinaamki, Sanaamkaa, Sanaa, Sanaa Iskandraani, Seenamiiki
Bengali Name : Sonamukhi, Sonpatr
English Name : Senna
German Name : Tinnevelly-Senna,Indische Cassie, Sennespflanze
Kannada Name : Nelavarika, Sonamukhi, Nelavarike, Nelaavare, Nela Avariake
Latin Name : Cassia angustifolia Vahl.
Marathi Name : Sonamukhi
Persian Name : Sana Makki
Punjabi Name : Sannamakhi, Sarnapatta, Sanapati
Sanskrit Name : Svarnapatri, Sanamaki
Urdu Name : Sana Makki, Berge Sana Makki, Berge Sana

Common Name :Senna,Indian Senna, Tinnervelly Senna Cassia Senna
Bengali Name : Sonamukhi, Sonpatr
French Name : Séné
Kashmiri Name : Berge Sana
Sanskrit Name: Markandika, Swarnaptiri

Family : Fabaceae

Part Used : Pods, Stems And Leaves.

  

Medicinal Uses :

• Stimulation of liver for proper secretion of enzymes in the body.
• Purification of blood and anti-toxins
• Restoration of metabolic imbalance that arises due to indigestion
• Treating constipation and indigestion.
• Relief for osteoarthritis, gout and rheumatoid arthritis.
• Expectorant, wound dresser, anti-dysentric, carminative and laxative.
• Purgatives, antipyretics, cathartics, laxatives, vermifuge and diuretics.
• Indian senna decreases pita and allows free movement of vata in the body.
• The herb stimulates liver for proper secretion of enzymes in the body.
• It helps in lowering bowels and increasing the peristaltic movement of the intestines.
• Indian senna purifies blood and restores the metabolic imbalance lost due to indigestion.
• The powder made from crushing leaves and fruit is helpful in treating constipation and indigestion.
• It is useful in relieving people from the condition of osteoarthritis, gout and rheumatoid arthritis.
• The herb is used as an expectorant, wound dresser, antidysentric, carminative and laxative.
• Indian senna is handy in treating loss of appetite, hepatomegaly, spleenomegaly, malaria, skin diseases, jaundice and anemia.
• The herb has purgative, anthchiintic, antipyretic, cathartic, laxative, vermifuge and diuretic properties.

Treating : Loss of appetite,liver and spleen cancer,malaria,skin diseases,jaundice,anemia,Senna leaves

Caution :

Senna contains compounds known as sennosides, which may be cathartic. They irritate the bowel walls, and stimulate evacuation. Frequent use is not recommended as it may become dependent to the system. Patient with spasmodic constipation, inflammatory conditions of the alimentary canal, fever, piles and menorrhagia should not take Senna.