Senna leaves

Senna leaves are better cooked or boiled for their water than taking it powdered. When cooked, Meccan senna leaves can be mixed with some sweet violet flowers and seedless red raisins. Modern studies have confirmed senna’s utility for alleviating severe and chronic constipation including that of children and cancer patients. The German Standard License for senna leaf tea indicates its use for constipation and for conditions in which easy bowel evacuation with soft stools is desirable, as does the British Herbal Compendium. The World Health Organization approves senna leaf for short-term use in occasional constipation. However, when taken on a regular basis, senna may cause liver damage, so exercise caution. It is a mild laxative, and helps in cleansing the yellow and black bile, angina of the heart, black jaundice, hepatitis, herpes simplex, cracking of the skin, migraine headache, hair loss, head louse, scabies, pimples, itch, epilepsy and muscle tension.