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Botanical Name :
Cassia occidentalis
Sanskrit name :
Kasamarda, Arimarda, Kasari
English Name : Coffee Senna, Foetid Cassia, Negro Coffee, Rubbish
Cassia, Stinking Weed
Plant Parts Used :
Fruits & Bark
Description of
Cassia occidentalis
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C.occidentalis is an erect, annual herb or undershrub. The leaves are
lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, the leaflets, 3-paired, membranous,
glaucous, ovate or lanceolate; the flowers, yellow, in short racemes;
the pods, recurved, glabrous and compressed; the seeds, dark olive
green, ovoid, compressed, hard, smooth and shining.
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Principal Constituents:
The seeds yield an oil. They also contain 1, 8-dihydroxy-2-
methylanthraquinone, 1, 4, 5-trihydroxy-7-methoxy-3- methylanthraquinone,
physcion, its glucoside, rhein, aloe-emodin, chrysophanol, its
glycoside, N-methylmorpholine, glucosides of campesterol and ß-sitosterol,
and a galactomannan.
Pharmacology:
The seed powder is externally applied in cutaneous diseases and
eruptions. The extracts showed positive response on guinea pig-ileum,
rat-uterus, rabbit-heart, and a depressor-effect on the blood-pressure
of dogs.
Indications:
The seed is bitter and has tonic, febrifugal and purgative properties.
It is considered to be a blood tonic and excellent diuretic. The seeds
are useful in cough and whooping cough, convulsions and in heart
diseases.
Herbal Extract packing:
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