Indian Senna (Senai ki Patti) : Relief from Constipation with leaves

Other common names are Senna Leaf, Tinnevelly Senna. Indian Senna mainly contains dried leaflets of Senna Plant (Cassia Angustifolia Vahl) belonging to the family Leguminosae.  Dried Nearly ripe fruits are also used.  Senna was known to physicians from ancient time and was part of Unani medicines.

Mostly two type of Senna is cultivated. One is Indian Senna and other is Alexandrian Senna. Indian Senna is cultivated and collected in India, as name suggests and Alexandrian Senna grow in middle and upper Nile territories, tropical Africa, specially Sudan.

Purgative property of Senna is due to its two anthraquinone glycosides known as Sennoside A and Sennoside B.

Uses of Senna:

Senna has purgative property. Senna and its preparations are used as purgative in habitual constipations. The anthraquinone glycosides present in the Senna are absorbed first in intestine, and then release aglycone part from it. These anthroquinones irritate and stimulate the colon, thus produce laxative effect. These also decrease absorption of water in intestine and result in soft and bulky faeces.

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