ranawara

Vernacular Name: Sinhala: Ranawara; Eng: Tanner�s cassia,Tam: Avarai, Avirai,




Propagation: By seeds.
Parts Used: Roots, bark, leaves, flowers, seeds.
Chemical Constituents: Emodin, chiysophanol, rubiadin.
Uses: The roots are astringent, cooling, alterative. depruative and alexeteric, and are useful in skin diseases, leprosy, tumours, asthma and urethrorrhoea. The bark is astringent and alternative, and a decoction of this is used as enemas and gargles. The leaves are depurative and anthelmintic, and are recommended for leprosy, skin diseases and ulcers. The flowers are used in diabetes, urethrorrhoea, nocturnal emissions and pharyngopathy. The seeds are astringent. Sour, cooling, constipating, depurative, aphrodisiac, anthehnintic, tinea stomachic and alexeteric, and are useful in diabetes, chyluria, ophthalmia, dysentery, sided diarrhoea, swellings, abdominal disorders, leprosy, skin diseases, worm infestations and
chronic purulent conjunctivitis.