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Hi all,

When I researched the ingredients in Raja's cup I wasn't able to find

one ingredient. I e-mailed the company that makes it for the

botanical. They finally sent it to me.When researching Auyrevdia

herbs remember there common name may be in Sanskrit or Hindi- which

makes for a harder search. June

 

 

Latin Name Cassia occidentalis Linn. (Caesalpiniaceae)

English Names Coffee-Senna, Foetid Cassia, Negro-Coffee, Rubbish

Cassia, Stinking Weed

Sanskrit Names Kasamarda, Arimarda, Kasari

Hindi Names Badikasondi, Chakunda, Kasonda

 

Distribution:

Found throughout India up to an altitude of 1,500 m.

 

Habit:

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.

 

Phytochemistry:

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. (Kirtikar & Basu,

II, 861; Budhiraja & Garg, loc. cit.; Watt & Breyer- Brandwijk, 572;

Stewart, 62; Haines, Pt III, 305; Feng et al , J Pharm Pharmacol,

1962, 14, 556; Durand et al, ibid, 1962, 14, 562; Dixit & Tripathi,

Curr Sci, 1975, 44, 279; Farooq et al, J Amer Oil Chem Soc, 1956, 33,

21; Lal & Gupta, Experientia, 1974, 30, 850; 1973, 29, 141; Shah &

Shinde, Indian J Pharm, 1967, 29, 342; Kim et al, J agric Fd Chem,

1971, 19, 198; Rizvi et al, Phytochemistry, 1971, 10, 670; Rai &

Shok, loc.cit.; Gupta & Mukherjee, Indian J Chem, 1973, 11, 505;

1975, 13, 1152).

 

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 (Kirtikar & Basu, II, 861; Budhiraja & Garg, loc.

cit.; Watt & Breyer- Brandwijk, 572; Stewart, 62; Haines, Pt III,

305; Feng et al, J Pharm Pharmacol, 1962, 14, 556; Durand et al,

ibid, 1962, 14, 562).

 

Clinical studies:

 

Toxicity:

 

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.