Cassia Fistula Indian Laburnum, Purging Cassia, Cassia SolutivaAmaltas (Unani)Amaltas (Hindi)Arag-vadha (Sanskrit)Carakkonrai Puli (Siddha)Dong ga དོང་ག (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800 CASSIA FISTULA1, 2. Grooves and ridges on one side of the fruit.3, Short stout pedicle. 3 (lower), Shows the cross partitionsand several seeds. 4, Round disk (portion) covered with pulp.5, Shiny seed. Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919 Cassia Fistula (Adam, 2019) Botanical name: Cassia fistula (syn. C. rhombifolia) Parts used: Fruit Pulp; also root-bark, seed, leaf Temperature & Taste: Fruit Pulp: Neutral/slightly Warm, moist. Sweet“I! is moderate in Hotness and Coldness but it is also Moist”. (Avicenna)Root-Bark: Warm, dry Classifications: 2B ATTENUATERS.   2E LENITIVE.   2G. CLEANSINGTCM:B. Clears Heat Uses: 1. Purges Bile:-gentle and safe laxative; safe for children and during pregnancy-purges Bile primarily, also “evacuates the burnt Bile and Phlegm”. (Avicenna)-very good to cleanse the Bowels and Blood after Fever or Heat disease-clear Heat and Bile from the skin; Hot, inflamed and itchy skin conditions-used where Bile and Heat causes Bleeding-used to help promote Menstruation, and promote Labor-“It cleanses the Liver and is useful in Jaundice and Hepatalgia”. (Avicenna)2. Externally:-Arthritis, Gout, Rheumatism (india)-“Purging cassia is painted…

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