250 leaves Candlestick Cassia Senna alata Candelabra Tree Medicinal plant ceylon

The Candlestick Cassia Plant (Senna Alata), also known as Candelabra Plant, and Christmas Candles, is a show-stopping plant noted for its gorgeous blooms and unique foliage. The leaves are often used as an extract to serve a variety of purposes. Due to its long and prolific blooms, these plants are very popular with bees and butterflies.

Traditional uses 

• In Indian medicine, decoction of flowers, leaves, bark and wood are used for treating skin diseases such as itching, pruritus, eczema and constipation.
• In Philippines, leaves are used to cure skin diseases such as itches and ringworm.
• In India, plant is used to cure poisonous bites and venereal eruptions.
• Sap of leaves is anti-herpetic.
• Flowers and leaves are asthma, bronchitis and dyspnoea.
• The decoction made from flowers and leaves are used as a good wash for eczema.
• Root decoction is useful for tympanitis.
• Wood decoction is used for treating urticaria, liver problems, loss of appetite and rhinitis.
• Leaves are used to treat skin diseases such as pityriasis versicolor pityriasis.
• Root infusion is used for treating rheumatism and also used as a strong laxative.
• The leaves decoction is used for laxative purposes.
• The decoction made from dried leaves is used as abortifacient.
• In Southwestern Nigeria, it is used for treating sickle cell anemia, hypertension and diabetes.
• In Nigeria and other African countries, leaves are used to cure constipation.
• In Ghana, leaves are used as tea for intestinal worm infestation and leaf decoction is used for gonorrhea.
• In Congo, root decoction is used for gonorrhea.
• In Gabo and Togo, leaves are used on skin and combined with palm oil for dermatitis.
• Externally, it is used for ringworm, herpes circinatus and tinea imbricate.
• In Peninsular Malaysia, leaves juice are combined with lime for ringworm infestations.
• It is used for treating burns, ring worm, liver spots and fungal of the skin.
• It is used as an aid for hypertension, coughs, colds, acne, venomous bites and impetigo.

How to Eat        

•  Leaves and flowers are cooked.
• An inflorescence could be boiled with chilli.
• Fresh leaves and flowers are consumed as vegetables or curries in Myanmar.
• In Peninsular Malaysia, young shoots are cooked and consumed as vegetable.
• Toasted leaves with Glycine beans are made into a drink similar to coffee.
• In Philippines, young immature pods are consumed raw or steamed in small quantities.
• Young pods are eaten as vegetable.