What are the benefits of senna leaves and lotus leaves?

In our lives, we encounter many people using senna leaves and lotus leaves, but we know relatively little about these two plants. What role do these two plants play in our lives? For people suffering from constipation, the benefit of drinking some senna is that it can solve the constipation problem and promote gastrointestinal motility. Lotus leaves have many benefits. For people with high blood pressure and diabetes, drinking them has many benefits to the human body. Below we will introduce to you in detail the specific effects of these two plants.

Senna is a common laxative, used to treat constipation due to heat accumulation and abdominal distension due to accumulation of body fluids. In hospitals, it is often used as a bowel cleanser before intestinal examinations, or to relieve constipation for some patients with acute constipation. Many people believe that senna is a natural medicine that is safe and reliable. In addition, it is inexpensive and easy to take, so many people buy senna to treat constipation or lose weight. However, in recent years, adverse reactions to senna have repeatedly occurred, the most common of which are: toxic side effects on the gastrointestinal system: the sennosides contained in senna can inhibit the large intestine's absorption of water, causing a sharp increase in intestinal contents. At the same time, it can also increase the tension of the large intestine, causing abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, etc. In severe cases, it can induce upper gastrointestinal bleeding, manifested as upper abdominal pain, vomiting of coffee-like liquid or tarry stools. Therefore, people with gastric ulcers or a history of gastrointestinal bleeding should not use senna leaves.

Severe hypotension: Elderly patients may experience headaches and frequent vomiting after taking senna leaves, and their blood pressure may rise or fall sharply, or even go into shock in severe cases. At present, there have been cases in clinical practice where taking senna leaves induced hypotension, and the patients died after unsuccessful rescue efforts. This should be taken seriously.

Addiction: Many patients experience immediate results with a small dose when they first start using senna. However, as the duration of use increases, they often need to increase the dose to see results. After stopping the use of senna, not only will the constipation become more severe, but withdrawal symptoms will also occur, manifested as irritability, insomnia, anxiety, general discomfort and even pain.

Senna leaves and lotus leaves have many benefits for our body, and the effect is very good for our body. We hope our introduction can be helpful to this plant. However, these should be used in moderation, not too much or too little each time. I hope these can be helpful to our lives. It is very necessary to understand them.