Senna

Health Benefits of Senna

Senna leaves are better cooked or boiled for their water than taking it powdered. When cooked, Meccan senna leaves can be mixed with some sweet violet flowers and seedless red raisins. Modern studies have confirmed senna’s utility for alleviating severe and chronic constipation including that of children and cancer patients.

The German Standard License for senna tea indicates its use for constipation and for conditions in which easy bowel evacuation with soft stools is desirable, as does the British Herbal Compendium. The World Health Organization approves senna leaf tea for short-term use in occasional constipation. However, when taken on a regular basis, senna herb may cause liver damage, so exercise caution. Senna might also aggravate the symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). It is a mild laxative, and helps in cleansing the yellow and black bile, angina of the heart, black jaundice, hepatitis, herpes simplex, cracking of the skin, migraine headache, hair loss, head louse, scabies, pimples, itch, epilepsy and muscle tension.

Health Benefits - Senna leaves can be used or consumed for the treatment of the following diseases : angina of the heart, black jaundice, cracking of the skin, cleanse yellow bile and black bile, epilepsy, hair loss, hepatitis, herpes simplex, itch, lice, migraine headache, scabies, acne, mild laxative, muscle tension.