HEALTH BENEFITS OF PONNAVARAI

Ponnavarai is a medicinal herb having lots of curative properties. Botanical name of this herb is senna occidentalis or cassia occidentalis. It belongs to the family of fabaceace. Cassia occidentalis or senna occidentalis is a perennial shrub that grows in tropical and temperate climates. It is mostly found in rainy season in between the plants, roadsides, waste lands all over TamilNadu in India.

This plant grows up to height of 3 feet. Its flowers are yellow in color. Other names of this herb are coffee senna, stinking weed, kasundi, mogdad coffee, etc. Seeds of this shrub are commonly used as an adulterant in coffee. The whole plants, seeds, leaves roots has lot of nutrients like apigenin, amodiene, emodin, quercetin, amino acids, volatile oil, oleic acid, tannin, linoleic acid, minerals like magnesium, calsium, iron, etc.

The leaves of this herb is very effective in treating obesity and constipation.

• Take a hand full of leaves, wash it and the cut into small pieces. 
• Add green gram dhal or red gram dhal, cumin seeds, pepper, green chilli, tomato, small onion.
• Make this into gravy and add some ghee for seasoning.
• Have this gravy twice a week for two months to reduce your body weight. You will get unbelievable results. 
• While taking this herb as a food, you will have a free motion for 2 to 3 times a day.

 Cure for jaundice

• Take same amount ponnavarai leaves and keezhanelli leaves and 9 peppercorns.
• Grind these together into paste.
• Eat this paste as the size of big amla, every morning and evening for 5 to 7 days. 
• This will cure jaundice fully without any side effects. 

 (OR)

• Take a hand full of this leaves and add one glass of water to it.
• Allow it to boil and make it into half.
• Strain this mixture and add a pinch of salt and pepper powder to it and then have this mixture weekly twice. 

Cure for liver diseases

• Take 30 grams of roots of ponnavarai plant.
• Cut it into small pieces and add 3 glasses of water. 
• Allow it boil and make it into half and strain this mixture.
• Take 50 ml of this mixture with honey, every morning in empty stomach for 5 to 7 day for liver diseases. 

Coffee made out of seeds of this plant will help to cure digestive problems, liver problems and prevents type 2 diabetes.

Note: Pregnant and lactating mothers should avoid having this without consultation.