1. Names:

Sanskrit:	Svarnapatri		Enlarge photo
English:	Senna
Botanical:	Cassia augustifolia, Cassia acutifolia, Cassia angustifolia
Hindi:	Hindisanakapat
Telugu:	Shonamakhi
Common names:	Shonpat, Bhumivalli, Senna, Indian senna, Tinnervelly senna, cassia senna, Senna, Rajavriksha, Fan xia ye, American senna, locust plant, wild senna
Family name:	Leguminosae,Caesalpinaceae

2. Parts used:

• Pods
• Stems
• Leaves

3. Properties and Action According to Indigenous Medical Systems:

• Rasa: Bitter and spicy.
• Veerya: Ushna.

4. Uses:

• It is Purgative.
• It enhances the peristaltic movements of the colon.
• It is useful in habitual costiveness [constipation].
• It is used as expectorant, wound dresser.
• It is antidysentric, carminative and laxative.
• Good herb for inflammatory skin conditions, hypertension, obesity.
• It is anthchiiintic, antipyretic, alterative, cathartic, laxative, vermifuge, diuretic by nature.

5. Names due to Physical properties:

• Swarna pushpi :The plant with yellow flowers.

6. Names due to Medical properties:

• Baddamochani: Clears constipation.

7. Reference:

Vasthu guna deepika, Vasthu guna prakashika, Chakradatta, Susrutam, Basabarajeezam, Bhavaprakashika, Vangacena, Charakasamhita, Vagvatamu, Hareetasamhita, Srijanakalpavalli.

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