Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.11-03-2021

Coffee senna

Plant

English

Coffee senna, Antbush, Coffeeweed, Digutiyara, Fedegoso, Fetid cassia, Mogdad coffee, Negro-coffee, Senna coffee, Septicweed, Stephanie coffee, Stinkingweed, Stinkweed, Stypticweed

Latin

Senna occidentalis (L.) Link., Cassia occidentalis Linn., Senna occidentalis (L.) H. IRWIN & BARNEBY, Cassia occidentalis

Plantparts

Aerial part, Entire plant, Flower, foliage, Fruit, Leaf, Plant, Root, Seed, Unspecified, Whole plant

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

100-day cough, abdominal discomfort, abdominal pain, Abdominal trouble, Ache, Aches, Acute coryza, Acute viral nasopharyngitis, Affections of the liver, Ague, Aids digestion, Allergic diseases, Allergies, Allergy, Anaemia, Analgesic, Anemia, Anodyne, Antalgic, Anthelmintic, Anthelmintics, Anti-allergic, Anti-anemic, Anti-asthmatic, Anti-Bronchitic, Anticonvulsant, Anti-diabetic, Antidiabetic activity, Anti-eczemic, Anti-edemic, Anti-epileptic, Anti-fatigue, Antifebrile, Anti-flu, Antifungal, Antifungal Agent, Anti-gout, Anti-helminthic, Antihelminthics, Antihelmintic, Anti-hemorrhoidal, Anti-hepatitic, Anti-hypertensive, Anti-inflammatory, antiinflammatory agent, antiinflammatory agent in liver diseases, Antimalarial, Antimicrobial, anti-microbial action, Antimicrobial Agent, Anti-neuralgic, Antiobesity, Anti-obesity medication, Anti-Paludic, Anti-pyretic, Anti-Rheumatic, Anti-Tubercular, aperient, apoplectic stroke, Apoplexy, Arterial hypertension, arthritis, Asthenia of liver, asthma, bad digestion, Bellyache, Bellypain, benificial effect on the digestion, biliary disorders, Bilious affection, Bilious Fever, Biliousness, Bilious remittent fever, blood building, blood cleanser, blood cleansing, Blood formation, Bloodforming, Blood purifier, Body ache, Body Aches, body pain, body pains, Bone break, Bone fracture, Bone fractures, Broken bone, Broken bones, Bronchial catarrh, Bronchitis, Bronquite, Bruise, Bruises, burn, burns, Carminative, Carminativum, catharic, Cathartic, Cephalagia, Cephalalgia, Cerebrovascular accident, Chest Pain, Chest Pains, Children's fever, chill, Chills, cholagogic, Cholagogue, Chronic pain, Cleanses the blood, Clears gas, Clyster, cold, Colds, common cold, complaints of the stomach, Constipation, Consumption, Contusion, contusions, Convulsion, Convulsions, corpulence, Costive, Costiveness, Cough, Coughing, Coughs, Cutaneous conditions, Cutaneous Eruptions, Dengue, Dengue fever, depurant, Depurative, dermatological, dermatological complaints, Dermatosis, diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, Disdorders of the bile, disease of the gall, disease of the liver, disease of the stomach, disorders of the liver, dispel worms, dispepsia, diuretic, dropsy, Dyschezia, dyspepsia, Dyssynergic defaecation, Eczema, edema, Emetic, enema, epilepsy, eruption, erysipelas, Eupeptic, excema, exhaustion, Expellant of bile, expel worms, faintness, Fart, Fatigue, Fatness, Febrifugal, febrifuge, Febrile response, feebleness, fever, Fever in Children, feverish condition, Fevers, Fits, Flatulence, flatulency, Flatus, Flu, fluid accumulation, fracture, fractures, Fungicide, Fungitoxic, fungus, Gall complaints, Gas, Gastralgia, Gastropathy, General inflammation, General inflammations, Good for digestion, gout, Gripe, Grippe, haematopoiesis, Haemorrhoids, headache, Headaches, Head colds, head pains, helmint, hematopoiesis, Hemorrhoid, Hemorrhoids, hepatic disease, Hepatic disorders, hepatic problems, Hepatitis, Herbal tonic, hidrotic, high blood pressure, Hydropsy, hypertension, Hyper tensive, Ignis sacer, improves digestion, Indigestion, Induce sweating, induce vomiting, Infant's trush, inflammation, inflammation in general, inflammation of the liver, inflammation of the lungs, Inflammation of the pharynx, inflammations, Inflammations in general, influenza, injuries, injury, intestinal gas, Kidney stone, Kidney stone disease, Kidney Stones, Languidness, Languor, Lassitude, Laxative, Leishmaniasis, Leishmaniosis, Listlessness, Liver ailments, liver complaints, liver diseases, Liver disorders, liver inflammation, Liverishness, liver problems, loss of blood, Lowers bloodpressure, Lung inflammation, malaria, malarial fever, Marsh fever, measles, Morbilli, movements of the bowel, MTB, Nephrolith, Nerve pains, neuralgia, obesity, oedema, Pain, painful disorders, pain in the chest, painkiller, pain relief, pain relieving, Pains, pains in general, pain stilling, Pertussis, pharyngitis, Phthisis, Phthisis pulmonalis, Phthysis, Piles, pneumonia, pneumonitis, Poor digestion, Promotes digestion, purgative, purify blood, purify the blood, Pyretic, Pyrexia, Rash, Rashes, Red measles, reduce blood pressure, reduce fevers, reduce high bloodpressure, relieves fevers, Renal calculus, Renal stones, Restores the blood, Rheumatic arthralgia, Rheumatic disorder, rheumatism, Rubeola, Scabies, scorch, scorpion bite, scorpion bites, Scorpion sting, Scorpion Stings, Seven-year itch, Sexual diseases, Sexually transmitted disease, Sexually transmitted infections, skin disease, Skin diseases, skin disorders, skin eruption, Skin Eruptions, Skin itching (scabies), skin problems in general, skin rashes, Slimming, snakebite, Snake bites, social disease, soothes headaches, sores, St. Anthony's fire, St Anthony's fire, stimulates digestion, Stomach ache, Stomach aches, Stomach aliment, stomach complaints, Stomach disease, stomach disorders, Stomach pain, stomach pains, stomach problems, Stomach trouble, Stones in kidney, Stroke, strokes, sudorific, sugar diabetis, sweat-inducing, TB, the flue, the rose, Throat affections, throat complaints, Throat Conditions, Throat problems, throat trouble, Thrush, Tiredness, to cleanse the blood, To lose weight, Tonic, Traumatic injury, treatment for worms, treatment of allergies, trush, Tuberculosis, Urolithiasis, Used in the treatment of anaemia, Used in the treatment of anemia, Used in the treatment of cough, Used in the treatment of liver disorders, Used in the treatment of snake bites, venereal disease, venereal diseases, Vermicide, vermifugal, vermifuge, vomitive, Warming digestive, weakness, weariness, Weight loss, Whooping cough, wind, worm, worms, Wound, wound care, Wounds, wound treatment

Women's diseases

absent menstruation, delayed menstruation, Erratic periods, Irregular cycles, irregular menstruation, irregular period, Irregular periods, Late periods, menstrual complaints, menstrual disorder, menstrual disorders, Metritis, missed period, Regulate menstruation, Uterine inflammation

Foods

coffee substitute, Substitute for coffee, used as a coffee additive

Other uses

Bed bugs, Cimicidae, driving out bedbugs, vermin

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical used by Ribeirinhos in the North Araguaia microregion, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Phytomedical used in Northeastern Brazil, Phytomedical used on Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Phytomedical use in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in Nepal, Phytomedical use in Nicaragua, Phytomedical use in the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana), Used in Bangladesh

Ingredients

 Aloe emodin, anthraquinone, Anthraquinone pigments, anthrone, Apigenin, Calcium, Campesterol, Chrysoeriol, Chrysophanic acid, Copper, emodin, essential oil, fat, fatty acid, flavonoid glycoside, Gamma sitosterol, glucose, iron, Lignoceric acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, magnesium, manganese, mannitol, mucilage, Natural rubber, Oleic acid, Palmitic acid, Polysaccharide, potassium, protein, Quercetin, rhein, Sitosterol, sodium, Tannic acid, tannin, zinc

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn2204

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