English names:
Sickle senna, sickle pod, coffee weed, tavara.
Description:
Annual shrubby weed, 30-90 cm. in height. Leaves alternate, pinnate, with 3 pairs of obovate leaflets. Inflorescence in axillary raceme, shorter than the leaf; flowers yellow: 1-3. Pod slender, very long, curved. Seeds numerous, dark-brown, shining.
Flowering period:
April - May.
Distribution:
Grows wild on roadsides and field margins in the midlands and mountains.
Parts used:
Seeds of ripe fruit. The mature fruit is usually collected at the end of autumn. The seeds are separated from the dried fruit and roasted before use.
Chemical composition:
The whole plant contains anthraglucosides that on hydrolysis yield emodin and glucose, chrysophanol and rhein. The seeds yield a fatty oil consisting of oleic, linolic, palmitic and lignoceric acids and sitosterol.
Therapeutic uses:
The raw seeds are utilized as a laxative, in a dose of 10 to 15g per day. The torrefied seeds are effective for insomnia, headache, constipation, oliguria, cough, ophthalmia, dacryoliths, amblyopia, ocular congestion and hypertension. The daily dose is 5 to 10g in the form of a decoction, powder or pills. The alcoholic or vinegar maceration of pounded fresh leaves is used externally to treat eczema and dermatomycosis.
Source: Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (Institute of Materia Medica - HANOI - WHO/WPRO, 1990, 444 p.)
Sickle senna, sickle pod, coffee weed, tavara.
Description:
Annual shrubby weed, 30-90 cm. in height. Leaves alternate, pinnate, with 3 pairs of obovate leaflets. Inflorescence in axillary raceme, shorter than the leaf; flowers yellow: 1-3. Pod slender, very long, curved. Seeds numerous, dark-brown, shining.
Flowering period:
April - May.
Distribution:
Grows wild on roadsides and field margins in the midlands and mountains.
Parts used:
Seeds of ripe fruit. The mature fruit is usually collected at the end of autumn. The seeds are separated from the dried fruit and roasted before use.
Chemical composition:
The whole plant contains anthraglucosides that on hydrolysis yield emodin and glucose, chrysophanol and rhein. The seeds yield a fatty oil consisting of oleic, linolic, palmitic and lignoceric acids and sitosterol.
Therapeutic uses:
The raw seeds are utilized as a laxative, in a dose of 10 to 15g per day. The torrefied seeds are effective for insomnia, headache, constipation, oliguria, cough, ophthalmia, dacryoliths, amblyopia, ocular congestion and hypertension. The daily dose is 5 to 10g in the form of a decoction, powder or pills. The alcoholic or vinegar maceration of pounded fresh leaves is used externally to treat eczema and dermatomycosis.
Source: Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (Institute of Materia Medica - HANOI - WHO/WPRO, 1990, 444 p.)
Here's the comment that would reiterate previous coment from Darby.
ReplyDeleteFound the article, actually googling to find information on green microloans.
I would also support the idea of taking the 'green' further than energy discourse (working myself with sustainable wild medicinal plants collection practices), into food production, agriculture, etc.
And, thank you for the post!