Sesbania grandiflora Red Wisteria, Swamp PeaPo so cha  པོ་སོ་ཆ  (Fruits, Tibetan)Agasti, Agatya, Muni, Munidrum (Ayurveda)Agatti (Siddha) Sesbania grandifloraBlanco, Flora de Filipinas. (1875) Sesbania grandiflora(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Sesbania grandiflora (syn. Agati grandiflora) Parts used: Whole Plant; bark; fruit; flowers Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. Bitter Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:-Fever, Intermittent Fever (whole plant, fresh leaf)-bark infusion for early stages of Eruptive Fevers (including Small Pox)-Diarrhea, Dysentery (bark)2. Clears Phlegm-Heat, Stops Cough:-Catarrh-Cough, Bronchitis from heat (leaf juice with honey)-Glandular swelling, tumors (pods)-flowers, whole plant, or root juice with Honey have been used for cough3. Clears Liver Heat, Benefits Eyesight:-Liver heat with Headache, sore eyes-flowers prepared with ghee for night-blindness4. Clears Wind-Heat, Stops Spasms:-Headache-Anxiety-Convulsions, Epilepsy (leaf)-Hypertension (plant, Philippines)5. Emetic:-large doses of the bark promote emesis-in Tibet the fruit is said to be the best emetic6. Benefits Semen:-the flowers are used for ‘Faults of the Semen’ in Ayurveda7. Externally:-decoction of the bark is used to treat cuts and wounds-root paste applied to swellings, scabies, skin eruptions and rheumatism-leaf poultice applied to bruises-leaf is chewed to clear heat and swelling of the mouth-Leprosy-StomatitisSEEDS:Promotes MenstruationBARK:Indigestion, debility Dose: Juice of the whole plant: 10–20 mls.Standard decoction of the whole plant: 50–100 mls. Substitute:…

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