Narrow-leaved Cassia (Senna angustifolia)

狭叶决明xiá yè jué míngXiayejueming

Senna angustifolia · Plant

Senna, standing in for Senna angustifolia
This photo shows Senna, not Senna angustifolia: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contains anthraquinones; may cause severe diarrhea; avoid long-term use; contraindicated during pregnancy and intestinal obstruction.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Narrow-leaved Cassia for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Constipation SyndromeInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Narrow-leaved Cassia does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntifungalBenefit LaxativeBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Senna angustifolia and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.

  • Benefit Antifungal0 records
  • Benefit Laxative0 records
  • Benefit Skin0 records
  • Constipation Syndrome0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records