WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.
Physician's Materia Medica on Senna
SENNASENNA
The leaves of CASSIA ACUTIFOLIA, Delile and C. ANGUSIFOLIA, Vahl. Laxative, particularly increasing peristalsis, and so apt to cause griping unless combined with a carminative. One of the best remedies we have for chronic constipation.1
The leaves of CASSIA ACUTIFOLIA, Delile and C. ANGUSIFOLIA, Vahl. Laxative, particularly increasing peristalsis, and so apt to cause griping unless combined with a carminative. One of the best remedies we have for chronic constipation.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.