Senna leaves for weight loss

2023 Author: Alfred Shackley | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-21 13:14

Many people who want to lose weight and, in general, bring their health back to normal, are often interested in how to take herbal teas with a fat burning effect. In particular, how is senna used for losing weight and what results can be achieved with it in the future. Senna may also be referred to as "cassia" under another name.

Operating principle

Senna is a small shrub that can grow up to a meter in height. The inflorescences are colored bright yellow. Usually senna leaves are used in the pharmacy industry, much less often - fruits that look like brown-green beans. There are 350 known plant species, but the most popular is Meccan cassia.

Senna has a fat burning and laxative effect. Substances contributing to this are found in the leaves of the plant, and their concentration increases during the period when it bears fruit. Cassia contains the following components:

• laxative anthraquinones
• salicylic, stearic and linoleic acids;

• phytosterols that slow down the absorption of cholesterol;

  various resinous compounds

  glycosides

All of them interact to normalize the bowel function, improving its peristalsis, through a laxative and choleretic effect. In addition, senna leaves can have a beneficial effect on liver activity.

After taking, the effect is noticed, as a rule, after 5-7 hours. Senna, when ingested, stimulates the active work of the intestines and at the same time does not allow the absorption of fats.

Forms of issue

Senna is taken in tablets, granules, decoctions, in the form of infusion or tea. Often, in tablet form, a plant can be mixed with a small amount of dried fruits, which has an additional positive effect on the body, saturating it with vitamins and useful microelements.

Advantages and disadvantages of Senna for weight loss

Advantages:

1. Fast and noticeable effect. Within a week after application, you can get rid of 3-5 kilograms of excess weight, which is especially important before the start of summer vacation;
2. No chemical additives. It is an environmentally friendly product, like most other herbs sold in the pharmacy. This also applies to the tablet form of release;
3. A relatively small list of contraindications.

The only and most important disadvantage of senna is its pronounced laxative effect. Therefore, it is undesirable to carry out the reception while traveling.

Weight Loss Hay Recipes

Senna is taken at bedtime, as it begins to exert its laxative effect 5-7 hours after consumption. The duration of the course is about one week. Then addiction can begin.

There are many different weight loss recipes that contain this herb. Below you can see the most popular and effective ones.

Herbal collection with hay

Required Ingredients:

• senna leaves - 1 tbsp. l.;
• fresh parsley - 1 tbsp. l.;
• nettle - 1 tbsp. l.;
• peppermint - ½ tbsp. l.;
• dill seeds - ½ tbsp. l.;
• dandelion medicinal - 1 tbsp. l.

Stir the indicated ingredients and pour one tablespoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water. Leave for at least 3 hours in a warm place. After that, strain the infusion through cheesecloth and drink the resulting broth in small sips.

Senna with honey

You will need:

1. dried apricots - 200 g;
2. prunes - 200 g;
3. senna herb - 1 pack;
4. honey - 200 g.

Stir the plant with dried fruits, and then pass through a meat grinder. If the honey is too thick, melt it in a water bath and combine with the mixture. Take a teaspoon after dinner for one to two weeks.

Meccan cassia with rose hips and raisins

Ingredients:

• senna - 1 pack;
• white raisins - 250 g;
• rosehip syrup - 2 cups.

Separately, pour a liter of boiling water over the senna and raisins, then let it brew for an hour. Then mix with rosehip syrup and refrigerate. Take the resulting mixture before bed in the amount of 100 g.

Contraindications

1. period of breastfeeding;
2. diarrhea, acute intestinal and gastrointestinal tract diseases;
3. individual intolerance of the plant itself and its components.