Description

Cassia Angustifolia * Botanical Name : Cassia Angustifolia * Family Name : Caesalpinaceae * Common Name : Senna, Indian Senna, Tinnervelly Senna, Cassia Senna. * Part Used : Pods, Stems And Leaves. * Habitat : Cultivated in dry lands of southern & western india, and indegenous to arabia. * Product offered : Leaves, Fruit, Pod Uses : It is recognised by British and US pharmacopoeias. It is useful in habitual costiveness. It lowers bowels, increases peristaltic movements of the colon by its local action upon the intestinal wall. It is used as expectorant, wound dresser, antidysentric, carminative and laxative. Useful in loss of appetite, hepatomegaly, spleenomegaly, indigestion, malaria, skin diseases, jaundice and anaemia. Leaves are made into a paste, and applied to various skin diseases. Active Ingredient : Calcium Sennosides *0%, Calcium Sennosides *0% & Calcium Sennosides *0% Common Name : Senna, Indian Senna, Tinnervelly Senna, Cassia Senna Chemical Constituents and Components : Main chemical components are anthraquinone glycosides, sennosides, rhein, aloe-amine, kaempferein, iso-rhein, kaempferol, isormamnetin, myricyl alcohol, mucilage and flavonoids. Action : 1. It specifically influences large intestinal motility and show purgative action. 2. It influences both colon motility as well as colon secretion. 3. It shows good intestinal mucosa tolerance. 4. It significantly decreases net water and Na+ absorption and enhanced net K+ secretion. Curing Diseases: 1. It is used in the treatment of constipation and act as purgative and laxative. 2. It is useful in indigestion, loss of appetite and obesity. 3. It is useful in hepatomegaly, spleenomegaly, jaundice and anaemia. 4. It is also useful in acne, ringworm affection and for inflammatory skin conditions. Research Information : Cassia angustifolia extract is uaed as enema after abdominal operation. It regulates disordered funtion of gastrointestional tract abdominal operations.