Senna:
English name: FOLIUM SENNAE.
Alias: laxative leaf.
Taste: sweet, bitter, cold, with a small poison.
Catalog: to the large intestine meridian.
Attacks: Diarrhea, heat and stagnation, laxative, diuretic. Used for heat stagnation, constipation and abdominal pain, edema and distension.
Use and dosage: 2~6g, into the decoction should be after the next, or boiling water infusion.
Resource Distribution: Guangdong, Yunnan, Hainan Provinces have contained cultivation.
Contraindications
1, the body is weak and pregnant women should not take.
2. "Drinking tablets new reference": cold diarrhea is contraindicated.
3. It is not suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach.
Note:
1. Excessive amount of Senna to diarrhea effect varies from person to person, some people take 10 grams, and there is no laxative effect, and no adverse reactions. However, some people take 10 grams to cause gastrointestinal hemorrhage, manifested as abdominal pain, black stools. Therefore, the regular dosage should be tried in small doses first, and gradually increase the dosage. Excessive dosage may cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and dizziness, unsteady walking, facial numbness. Generally used for slow diarrhea not more than 2 grams, severe diarrhea not more than 6 grams.
2. The medicine is not the right evidence Senna is cold, diarrhea at the same time can hurt the positive gas, so the body is weak, fluid loss and long-term constipation should not be used in the lower part of the precipitation. Clinically, some elderly patients have been taking senna leaf diarrhea, although a moment of abdominal gas, but is not a cure, and will increase the gas yin deficiency, is not conducive to resolving the symptoms of constipation from the root. At this time should be matched with Cistanches, lock Yang, Yan Ma Ren, Di Huang and other kidney tonic, nourishing yin, moistening down the products, with a small amount of Senna slow down, and gradually withdraw Senna.
3. It is contraindicated for women during lactation, menstruation and pregnancy. Too large a dose, there are nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and other side effects. Or aggravate the existing intestinal inflammation (especially when the dosage is large).