May help with

• strong laxative
• constipation

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plant name

1. Alexandria Senna, Khartoum Senna
2. India senna , Tinnevelly senna
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International Latin denomination

1. Cassia senna L. = Cassia acutifolia (Delile) Batka = Senna alexandrina Mill.
2. Cassia angustifolia (Vahl.) Batka = Senna (homeopathic name)

botanical family

Fabaceae subfamily Caesalpinioideae

Description and habitat

• Native to tropical Africa
• Subshrub or shrub about 1 to 1.5 m high, with compound leaves formed by an even number of leaflets
• Numerous yellow flowers of about 3 cm
• The fruit is a flattened pod (follicles), reniform, leathery, green-brown in color, open in two valves releasing few seeds (5 to 10)

History and tradition

• A plant used by Arab doctors from the 9th century, Indian senna was originally from the pre-desert regions of Arabia.
• Alexandria was the historical export port of Alexandria Senna

Parts used

• Fruit pulp (pod)

Dosage forms available

• Leaflet Senna tincture _

Usual dosages

• 2 to 6 cloves in cold maceration, infusion or decoction

Composition

Main components of the plant

• Hétérosides dianthroniques (dianthrones > 3 %) : sennosides A, B, C, D, E, F, et anthraquinones : rhéine, émodine
• Mucilage (2 to 3%)
• Flavonoids  : derivatives of kaempferol
• Naphthalene glycosides: glucosides of tinnevelline , or 6-hydroxymusizine

Main components of buds or young shoots

Main components of essential oil

Properties

Plant properties

• Strong laxative, stimulant laxative
• Can cause colic
• It is associated with aromatic and antispasmodic plants that evacuate gases and relax the intestinal muscles
• Sennosides are dimers (obtained by drying and infusion at 40°) of hydroxyanthracene derivatives

Bud properties

Properties of essential oil

Indications

Indications of the whole plant (phytotherapy)

• Occasional constipation
• Anal fissures (when stools need to be softened)
• No more than 10 days of treatment so as not to weaken the muscles of the colon

Indications of the bud (gemmotherapy)

Specific indications of essential oil (aromatherapy)

Known or suspected mode of action

• Sennosides reach the colon through their sugars, activity after contact with the intestinal flora which reduces anthraquinones to anthrones, which stimulate motricity by a direct action, reduce the absorption of sodium, increase the secretion of potassium, and the passage of water in the intestinal lumen
• By causing contractions that lead to the emission of a stool 10 to 12 hours after ingestion
• Sennosides and mucilages also retain water in the colon, helping to soften stools
• The mucilages dissolve more or less and swell on contact with water to form gels or colloidal solutions

Usual formulations

Regulations

• French Pharmacopoeia list A (leaflet, fruit) of Cassia senna and Cassia angustifolia

Possible side effects and precautions for use

• Not in pregnant women
• Not in case of chronic constipation

Bibliographic references

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