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  • मृदुरॆचनी
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  • मधुगन्धः
  • मधुच्छदा
  • मधुदूतः
  • मधुपर्णिका
  • मधुपर्णी
  • मधुरॆणुः
  • मधुरसा
  • मधुरा
  • मधुलिका
  • मधूली
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    • Name - मार्कण्डिका

    Botanical name - Cassia angustifolia

    Description - A short, low-growing shrub, with whitish stem, leases stipulate, paripinnate, with pale yellowish leaflets, frequently bordered and usually more abruptly pointed; large yellow flowers borne in axillary racemes; pods narrowly elliptical or reniform, 8-seeded.

    Chemical Constituents- Sennosides A and B are the laxative principles. Fruit contain oxymethyl anthraquinone. Leaves contain calcium oxalate, flavanols, isorhamnetin, kaempferol, rhein and emodin. Some essential oil is also present.

    Use - The drug is a purgative. The fruits are also used as purgative. Traditional use: Leaf and Fruit : used as laxative, cathartic, vermifuge and purgative, Modern Use -Standardised tablets useful against constipation in patients in post partum period; no effect on breast fed baby if taken by mother.