CASSIA (SIAMESE)
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Other Generic Names: Cassod and Thai copper rod
Botanical Name: Cassia siamea
Family: Leguminosae
Part: Leaves
Indications:
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Used as bitter tonic with appetizing, aperitive and tranquilizing effects.
Cassod leaves treat constipation, insomnia, and whites.
Chemical Constituents:
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Chromones called, barakol (tranquilizer), and another derivative called, anthraquinones (laxative), cassiamin, flavonoids and siameanin
Ethnobotanic Use:
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Flowers, young leaves and stems are used as food in Thai cuisine, with laxative properties.
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CATECHU (BLACK) or CUTCH
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Other Generic Names: catechu acacia, cutch, gambir
Botanical Name: Acacia catechu (L. f.) Willd.
Family: Mimosaceae
Part: Gum from heartwood
Product Form: Block
Description
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Black catechu or cutch is derived from decocting chopped heartwood of catechu trees for hours until the gum turns dark brown and viscid.
Uses:
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1. Internally, as astringent, antidiarrheic and antidysenteric;
2. Externally, apply cutch solution on fresh wounds as astringent and cure of Hong Kong Foot.
3. Industrially, used in tanneries as natural dye for reddish brown color.
Chemical Constituents:
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Catechutannic acid (25-33%) and acacatechin (10-12%)
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CAT'S WHISKER
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Other Generic Names: Java Tea, Kidney Tea Plant
Botanical Name: Orthosiphon Stamineus Benth.
Family: Labiatae
Part: Leaves
Taste: Insipid, not bitter
Indication/Use:
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1. Drink as anti-hypertensive and antidiabetic tea because it is glucolytic.
2. As diuretic, uricosuric, lithotriptic, urisolvent, uratolytic, and antihydropic;
3. As antiblenorrhagic; and
4. As cure for renopathy and lumbago.
Cats whisker treats and cures calculus in kidney, kidney diseases, urinary bladder diseases, and back pain.
Because of its high potassium contents, Cats Whisker is diuretic. It can also prevent gout by eliminating uric acid and urate from the body.
Drinking cats whisker tea regularly can lower sugar in blood and blood pressure levels.
Chemical constituents:
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essential oil (0.65%), orthosiphonin, glycoside, fixed oils, sitosterol, alpha- and beta-linoleic acids, and rich in potassium.
By: Bangkok Crude Drugs Import and Export Co., Ltd., Thailand
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