English Name : Senna
Indonesian Name : Senna
Botanical Name : Cassia angustifolia
Simplisia Name : Sennae Folium
Botanical Part Used : Leaves
Specification : –
Test Method : –
Ratio Botanical : 10:01
Indication : Laxative, slimming

Cassia angustifolia is the main ingredient of most laxative preparations. it popularly known as senna, is a valuable plant drug in ayurvedic and modern system of medicine for the treatment of constipation. The pods and leaves of senna as well as the pharmaceutical preparations containing sennosides A and B are widely used in medicine because of their laxative properties. In medicinal herbs, it is used for antibacterial, hemorrhoids, constipation, abdominal pain and vomiting.

Active Constituens :
Sennosides, Anthranoid glycosides, aloe-emodin, mucilago, flavonoid, clisofanat acid, sennakrol, sennapikrin, kakartomanit, ß-sitosterol.