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Senna alata is an important medicinal tree, as well as an ornamental flowering plant in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.It also known as emperor's candlesticks, [1] candle bush, [2] candelabra bush, Christmas candles, [3] empress candle plant, ringworm shrub, [3] or candletree.
The active ingredients are viburnin (a substance or more probably a mixture of compounds) and tannins. Tannins can cause stomach upset. The leaves when infused have antipyretic properties. The fruits have been used as purgatives against constipation. The tincture has been used lately in herbal medicine as a remedy for depression.
A dodecapharmacum is a medicine of twelve ingredients. [1] The best known was the Apostles' Ointment (Latin: Apostolorum unguentum), or Ointment of Venus (Latin: unguentum Veneris) which was an ointment attributed to Avicenna (d.1037) made of twelve ingredients.
The active ingredients exist in the volatile oil, made from the leaves of the sambong, which have mostly camphor and limonene, but also has traces of borneol, saponin, sesquiterpene, and tannin. [1] [3] Sambong is available as a tea, and may be purchased commercially.
Zam-Buk is a patent medicine which was produced by the Zam-Buk Company of Leeds, England, founded by Charles Edward Fulford.It was first sold by his Bile Beans company in 1902, [1] as a herbal balm and antiseptic ointment; the use of a complementary Zam-Buk soap was recommended to augment the treatment.
Plants can reach a height of 2 m (7 ft) (more commonly 1.5 m (5 ft)), and have ovate leaves up to 18 cm (7 in) long. The bell-shaped flowers are dull purple tinged yellow-green toward the base and are faintly scented. The fruits are berries, which are green, ripening to a shiny black, and approximately 1.5 cm (0.6 in) in diameter.
Cinnamomum malabatrum, young leaves, Kerala, India. Malabathrum, malabathron, or malobathrum is the name used in classical and medieval texts for certain cinnamon-like aromatic plant leaves and an ointment prepared from those leaves.
Its alternate leaves are small, 5–9 centimetres (2– 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long and 4–7 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –3 in) broad, lobed, juicy green when new. [6] The young branches have longitudinal ridges. Cascading clusters of white flowers drooping from the branches give the plant its two common names. The flowers have a faint sweet, sugary scent.