THE SENNA LEAVES AND PODS COMPANY

Senna pods are the dried nearly ripe fruits of Cassia acutifoliaDelile (Alexandrian senna pods) and of Cassia angustifoliaVahl (Indian senna pods), belonging to family Leguminosae.

A senna pod is a dried fruit of a senna plant. Senna pods are used as a purgative and laxative. Senna pods, a herbal laxative, are used as a treatment for constipation. Dried senna pods can be brewed into a tea and used as a purgative and laxative

The pods are collected from the same plants from which leaves are collected. Hence, the cultivation procedure does not need any special description. During harvesting, both pods and leaves are collected and dried.

During sifting, the pods are separated and manually segregated into different qualities. The superior quality contains only entire pods without any foreign organic matter, while lower qualities are admixed with broken pods and leaves, piece of stems and foreign organic matter. The inferior quality of drug are normally used for preparation of galenicals