[[File:Senna.jpg|thumb|300px250px|left|Senna]]Other Names : Alexandrian Senna, aden senna, Alexandrinische Senna, Casse, Cassia acutifolia, Cassia angustifolia, Cassia lanceolata, cassia marilandica, Cassia senna, Fan Xie Ye, Fan-Hsieh-Yeh, Indian Senna, Khartoum Senna, Sen, Sena Alejandrina, Séné, Séné d'Alexandrie, Senna alexandrina, Séné d'Egypte, Séne d’Inde, Séné de Tinnevelly, Senna alexandrina, Sennae Folium, Sennae Fructus, Sennosides, Tinnevelly Senna, True Senna, wild senna, locust plant, Sonapata, Açlik Otu, Esuriet foenum, Hunger Grass, Ayol Senna
*Medicinal part: Leaves and pods
*The leaves and pods of the senna plant contain compounds called anthraquinones[[anthraquinone]]s, which are powerful laxatives.
==Special Precautions of Senna==
*Senna should not be used for more than seven consecutive days unless under a doctor's supervision. It should not be used to get a daily bowel movement.
*Irritable bowel disease.
*Losing weight.
==Used in Patent medicine==
* [[Kayam Churna]]
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[[Category:herbal medicine]]
[[Category:Ayurveda]]
[[Category:Laxative]]
[[Category:Purgative]]