Cassia Tora Seeds
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Our offering Cassia Tora Linn is extremely useful in terms of its medicinal properties. It has got a high ranking not only in Ayurveda but is used and taken widely in various other cultures and countries. The seeds, ground with sour buttermilk, are used to ease the irritation of itchy eruptions. Seeds are sometimes employed as a substitute for coffee and also in adulterating it. In India the seeds are used in dyeing and along with indigo.
Common name
Pawad, foetid cassia, andadasi-nga-dadakkel, balatong-aso
Scientific Name
Cassia tora linn
Herb description
A stout, erect, smooth and rank-smelling herbHalf-woody annual which is one meter or less in heightThe leaves are 8 to 12 centimeters long and pinnately compound with 6 leafletsThe leaves are furnished with glands on the main rachis between the leafletsThe leaflets are obovate to oblong-obovate and 2 to 5 centimeters longThe flowers are crowded, in pairs, in the axils of the upper leavesThe pods are slender, up to 15 centimeters long, and 3 to 4 millimeters thickThe seeds are flattened in the same direction as the pod
Chemical composition
The leaves have the following percentage composition: water72.2 percent; petroleum ether extract9.75 per cent; ether extract0.86 per cent; absolute alcohol extract1.63 per cent; watery extract, 20 per centThese solutions are precipitated by hydrochloric acidThe precipitate has a close analogy to chrysophanic acidEmodin C15H10O5) is trioxymethyllanthraquinone and chrysophanic acid dioxymethyllanthraquinoneDistinguished by its insolubility in benzeneThe seeds contain phytosterine and glucosenine
Usage
As a remedy for ringworm and scabiesIn the form of paste, with limejuice, for ringwormPrescribed in the form of decoction for children while teethingAs a poultice or hasten suppurationAs a mild purgative or as a cure for coughsFor dysentery and ophthalmia
Chemical Composition
The leaves have the following percentage composition: water, 72.2 percent; petroleum ether extract, 9.75 per cent; ether extract, 0.86 per cent; absolute alcohol extract, 1.63 per cent; watery extract, 20 per cent. The ethereal extract and the alcoholic extract contain a glucoside substance of a yellow color insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol and in water solutions of potash, in which cases it assumes a blood-red color. These solutions are precipitated by hydrochloric acid. The precipitate has a close analogy to chrysophanic acid,. Emodin(C15H10O5)is trioxymethyllanthraquinone and chrysophanic acid dioxymethyllanthraquinone.The medicinal properties of the plant are due to the presence of emodin.Chrysophanic acid is most of its properties, but may be distinguished by its insolubility in benzene, and greater solubility in ether alcohol.The seeds contain phytosterine and glucosenine.
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