Senna leaves and senna pods have a long history of use in traditional healing practices for their beneficial properties. They’re occasionally utilized for their mild laxative actions, of which the leaf is considered more powerful than the pods.

Senna encourages bowel movement by inhibiting the smooth muscles that retain stool and stimulating the smooth muscles that push stool through the intestine. The herb doesn't work unless the sennosides in the herb are transformed into rheinanthrones by beneficial bacteria in the colon.

Native to tropical Africa and cultivated in  Egypt and Sudan, senna is a member of the pea family with long, spreading branches and yellow flowers which ripen into oblong, flat fruits.

Botanical name: Cassia angustifolia Vahl

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