{"id":1361,"date":"2013-02-01T03:17:29","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T03:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2013-02-01T03:17:29","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T03:17:29","slug":"senna-cassia-angustifolia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1361","title":{"rendered":"Senna ~ Cassia angustifolia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Senna<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wosfa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/cassia-angustifolia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"162\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Cassia angustifolia<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Fabaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: leaves<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: India<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: anthraquinone glycosides (emodin, sennosides), naphthalene glycosides<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: bitter, sweet, cooling<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: stimulant laxative, cholagogue, peristaltic<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: vasorelaxant<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: constipation<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: hemorrhoids, anal fissures<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: decoction: 1 heaping tsp\/cup water; 1:5 tincture: 20-60 gtt qd-qid; powder: 0.5-2 g qd<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: extended periods of time: will deplete electrolytes, and thereby increasing constipation and disturb cardiac rhythm; concurrent use of cardiac glycosides; pregnancy; lactation; damaged kidneys or kidney inflammation; children under 12<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: vomiting, intestinal spasms, bloody diarrhea<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth; <\/span>Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Encyclopedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senna Latin name: Cassia angustifolia Family: Fabaceae Part used: leaves Habitat: India Main constituents: anthraquinone glycosides (emodin, sennosides), naphthalene glycosides Energetics: bitter, sweet, cooling Main herbal actions: stimulant laxative, cholagogue, peristaltic Minor herbal actions: vasorelaxant Main medicinal uses: constipation Minor medicinal uses: hemorrhoids, anal fissures Preparations: decoction: 1 heaping tsp\/cup &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,39,40,326,37,36,324,312,32,361,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aryuvedic-herbs","category-bitter","category-cholagogue","category-constipation","category-cooling","category-energetics-taste","category-module-2","category-peristaltic","category-properties","category-stimluant-laxative","category-sweet","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1362,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1361\/revisions\/1362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}