Botanical Name : Cassia Angustifolia

English Name : Senna Pods

Hindi Name : Senai

Known as

Senna alexandrina, Senna cassia, Alexandrian Senna, Khartoum Senna, and Tinnevelly Senna.

Introduction

Senna, a small, scrubby plant that grows has been used for centuries as a natural laxative. extracts of the leaves and pods are used by pharmaceutical manufacturers .

Constituents

Rhein-dianthrone diglycosides, dianthrone diglycosides, monoanthraquinone glycosides and aglyca, hydroxyanthracene glycosides, calculated as sennosides B (Mr 863) Albumen, mucilage, starch, volatile oil, resin, salts of potassium and calcium, and a principle resembling cathartin.

Parts Used

Seed pods

Typical Preparations

As a tea, in capsules, within herbal preparations and sometimes in esoteric food dishes