Botanical Index No. 935

Sicklepod

senna tora

Medicinal Actions

Alterative, Alexeteric, Antibacterial, Antigenotoxic, Antioxidant, Antiperoxidant, Antiplasmodial, Antiseptic, Antistaphylococcic, Antiviral, Astringent, Bradycardic, Depurative, Diuretic, Fungicide, Hepatoprotective, Hypocholesterolemic, Hypotensive, Insecticide, Laxative, Lipolytic, Mutagenic, Oxytocic, Piscicide, Toxic, Uterocontractant

Primary Conditions Treated

Acarifuge Abortifacient Aperient Bitter Vermifuge Arthrosis Bacteria Boil Cancer Cardiopathy Cataract Cheloid Conjunctivosis Constipation Cornea Cough Dentition Dermatosis Dysentery Eczema Enterosis Escherichia Fatigue Fever Fracture Fungus Furuncle Glaucoma Gout Headache Hepatosis Herpes High Blood Pressure High Cholesterol Impetigo Induration Infection Inflammation Itch Leprosy Lethargy Malaria Mycosis Obesity Ophthalmia Pain Plague Proctosis Psoriasis Ringworm Salmonella Scabies Sciatica Snakebite Sore Spermatorrhea Stomachache Swelling Ticks Vertigo Virus Water Retention Worm Wound Fugue

General Dosage

1–3 g powdered seed; 5–15 ml seed tea.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 2b, 2c, 2d. Commission E and other sources report interaction of anthranoid laxatives. Anthranoid-containing laxatives can be habit-forming. Some contain compounds suspected of being cytotoxic, genotoxic, mutagenic, and even tumorigenic. Epidemiological studies in Germany reveal that abusers of anthranoid laxatives have a three times higher rate of colon carcinoma.

!