CASSIATORA

Plant Name: CASSIATORA

English Name: Foetid cassia, The Sickle Senna, Wild Senna

Local Name:

• CHAKVAD, COFFEE POD,


• FOETID CASSIA,


• TORA, TOVARA,


• SICKLE POD, SICKLE SENNA,

Hindi: Charota,Chakvad,Chakavat.
Sanskrit: Taga Chakramarda, Dadrughra, Dadmari
Bengali: Chakunda
Canarese: Gandutogache
Gujrati: Kawaria
Malyalam: Chakramandrakam,takara
Marathi: Takala
Tamil: Tagarai
Telugu: Chinnakasinda

Family: CAESALPINACEAE, Leguminosae

Uses:
It has a beneficial effect on the liver and has been used for high blood pressure, which or may not be related to the effect you read about. The seeds are an excellent laxative and are used also for headache and dizziness. It is Aperient, Germicide, Mucilaginous & Laxative. It is used as a coffee substitute and has a maturant and anodyne action. Useful in treating skin diseases like ring worm and itch and psoriasis. According to Ayurveda the leaves and seeds are acrid, laxative , antiperiodic, anthelmintic, ophthalmic, liver tonic, cardiotonic and expectorant. The leaves and seeds are useful in leprosy, ringworm, flatulence, colic, dyspepsia, constipation, cough, bronchitis, cardiac disorders.