Latin, Cassia acutifolia, C. aethiopica, C. lanceolata, C. lenitiva, C. obovata, C. officinalis, C. senna, Senna acutifolia, S. alexandrina ;
English, Alexandrian senna, False senna, Nubian Senna;
French, Sene;
German, Sennesblatter;
Urdu, Sanaa, Barg-i-Sanaa ; Sanaa-i-makki.
The Senna plants are low, perennial, bushy shrubs, 2 to 4 feet
high. The leaves are 1 inch long, alternate, pinnate, yellowish,
green, short-petioled, lanceolate, with a sessile gland above the
base of the petiole, entire, finely-pubescent or nearly smooth. The
long pale-yellow flowers are in terminal racemes. The kind used in
homoeopathic practice is known as the Alexandrian senna. It has a
faint, sickly odour, with a slightly bitter, sweetish and nauseous
taste.
Found in :-
Native of Arabic and tropical Africa. (Hijaz, Sindh, Madrass, Gujrat.)
Introduced into homoeopathic practice :-- |
By ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. VIII. 599.)
The dried leaves.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Senna, in coarse powder | 100 gm
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Distilled water, a sufficient quantity in this proportion | 500 Cc.
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Strong alcohol, a sufficient quantity in this proportion | 537 Cc.
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x to contain one part of tincture,
four parts distilled water,
five parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
(b) Triturations: 1x and higher.
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