Latin name： Cassia occidentalis L.

Family： 豆科  Fabaceae

Part Used： Stems and leaves , seeds

Properties： Stem and leaves: taste bitter, cold in nature; Seeds: taste sweet ,bitter, cool in nature

Actions：Stem and leaves: depurating lung and liver, promoting urination, freeing the stool, dispersing swelling and resolving toxin; Seeds: clearing the liver and harmonize stomach, freeing the stool and detoxifying

Usage：Stem, Leaves: dyspnea and cough, bloody stranguria, constipation, headache, conjunctival congestion, furunculosis and swelling, bites by snakes and insects; Seeds: swelling pain induced by conjunctival congestion, dizziness and distention of head, dyspepsia, gastralgia, stomachache, dysentery, constipation