CASSIA SENNA. ORD. XXV. Lomentacee. 445 
as Senna seldom operates without much griping, its frequent use 
is a proof how much most part of practitioners are guided by 
imitation and habit.”’? Senna however, when infused in a large 
proportion of water, as a dram of the leaves to four ounces of 
water, rarely occasions much pain of the bowels, and to those 
who do not object to the bulkiness of the dose, may be found to 
_ answer all the purposes of a common cathartic. For covering the 
taste of Senna, Dr. Cullen recommends coriander seeds; but for 
preventing its griping, he thinks the warmer aromatics, as carda- 
moms or ginger, would be more effectual. The formule given of 
the Senna by the Colleges, are those of an infusion, a powder, a 
tincture, and anelectuary. Its dose in substance is from a scruple 
to a dram. 
wn. G. i 537. 
The leaves of Colutea arborescens, (Common Bladder Senna) are purgative, and 
may be substituted for those of Senna, according to Bartholin. Med. Dan. Domest, 
p- 126. Ed, 4. This is the more worthy of notice, as it is graally cultivated for 
ornament in this country. 
(a mPa = 
CASSIA FISTULA. : PURGING CASSIA, 
SYNONYMA. Cassia fistularis. Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. Cassia 
Fistula Alexandrina. Bauh. Pin. p. 403. Rait Hist. p. 1746. 
Commel. Hort. Amstel. t. 1. p. 215. tab. 110. Cassia Fistula. . 
Rumph. Herb. Amb. t. 2. p, 85. tab. 21. Cassia Fistula Chaiarx- 
ambar vocata. Alpinus de plant. Hgypti. p. 3. ic. p. 7. Conna. 
Hort. Malab. T. i. p. 37. tab. 21. Cassia solutiva. Grac. ‘Arom. 
l.1.c.29. Tlai Xiem. Flor. Cochin. 
Class Decandria. Ord. Monogynia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 514. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5. Anthere supreme 9 
steriles; infima 3 rostrate, Legumen. 
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