All you Need to Know about Senna tea
The senna plant which is native to Arabian and North African countries is regarded highly when it comes to colon cleansing and laxative effects. The senna plant can also be found in places that have warm climatic conditions. The senna plant constitutes of sennosides, resins, sugars, flavonoids, anthraquinones and gycosides. The seeds and leaves are the parts that are used for medicinal purposes
Senna tea benefits
The major benefit of senna tea is relieving constipation by stimulating the colon. To do this, senna tea inhibits the muscles that store stool and stimulates them to push the stool. Your bowel movements will be enhanced after about 6 hours of taking senna tea.
Senna tea can also be taken to get rid of intestinal worms. Senna can be taken as an infusion, powder, confection or decoction. Senna tea can be used to relieve a number of ailments. To get the best results from drinking senna tea, be sure to take it in the morning and before bedtime in the right quantities. Senna can be used either in tea form as a liquid extract, capsules, dried root or tablets. To make senna tea, pour hot water over crushed seeds or leaves of senna and steep it for 10 minutes. The crushed seeds or leaves should be about 2 grams or less.
Senna tea should be taken in moderation as taking it in large quantities can cause ailments that include kidney and liver impairment which will later translate to these organs’ failure. People with liver, kidney and heart disease as well as those with anemia and pregnant or nursing women are advised against the use of senna tea. For this reason, you are advised to consult with your doctor or medical practitioner before starting the use of senna tea. Senna tea will only be beneficial to you if you use it in moderation to relief chronic constipation and cleanse the colon. If you are sensitive to senna, you may experience cramps when you take the senna tea. If this happens, you will want to reduce the time you take in steeping your senna tea. In case, the cramps continue even after this, you will have to reduce taking this tea to say one times in a day and if this does not relieve the cramps then you have to forget about taking senna tea.
Some of the side effects associated with the use of senna include fingertips swelling, nausea, rash, the colon getting a dark coloration, body fluids loss, electrolyte imbalance and weight loss. If you experience any of these side effects you need to stop using senna in any form it is available in and in case you have bloody diarrhea or have very long abdominal pains then you need to immediately consult with your doctor.
Taking senna tea for more than seven days can be both addictive and harmful to your health. Long usage of senna tea can lead to conditions like colon cancer.
