Senna Alata | Cassia Alata is a very important medicinal plant with amazing medicinal uses and health benefits. Traditionally, it has been used for treating insect bites, ringworm, wounds, as a laxative, hypertension, skin diseases, decoction of the leaves are used for cough and to get rid of intestinal worms.
The benefits of the Cassia Alata are:
It has anti-fungal properties and anti-microbial.
Both ethanol extract and water extract got by boiling the cassia alata leaves in water has amazing anti-fungal properties and anti-microbial properties making them very effective for treating skin diseases. It is very effective against ringworm as it has anti dermatophyte properties which are the main causes of ringworm. It is also particularly effective against Cadidia Albicans, Microsporum Canis, and Trichyophyton Mentagraphytes. You can read the study that proves it here.
It has anti-inflammatory & antioxidant properties
Cassia alata has wonderful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Applying a poultice of the leaves on the affected area helps bring down the inflammation effectively. In fact, cassia alata showed the most anti-inflammatory properties against four other herb extracts it was tested along with, you can read the study here.
It has antipyretic properties
Cassia Alata has wonderful fever-reducing properties and the water extract can be used for reducing high body temperature. The water extract can also be used for treating malaria fever as it has anti-malarial properties too.
It has anthelmintic properties
Generally, all cassia plants have the ability to expel worms and especially cassia alata is very powerful. The water extract of cassia alata leaf can be taken for expelling worms and has been traditionally used for it for many years.
It provides anti-diabetic properties
Cassia alata has blood sugar lowering properties and this action is believed to be because it inhibits carbohydrate digestion. Slowing carbohydrate digestion leads to the slow release of sugar thus it greatly helps diabetic patients.
It contains anti-tumor properties
An isolate extracted from cassia alata has wonderful anti-tumor properties and has been proven to be very effective against colon canceroma, bladder carcinoma, and colorectal carcinoma. The extract isolated from cassia alata is named f61 and amazingly it does not cause any harm to non-cancerous cells. You can read about it here.
It contains ovicidal and larvicidal properties
Cassia alata has both ovicidal and larvidal properties and is used for getting rid of nematodes of sheep and goats. The water extract can be used safely for getting rid of parasites.
Cassia Alata serves as a laxative
Cassia leaf extract got by boiling the leaves in water has been traditionally used for treating constipation. This traditional use has been backed by research
