Area
Sanaa is found in the wild in the desert and semi-desert regions of Africa (Sudan, Nubia and the Red Sea) and in southern Arabia. It is grown as an annual plant in Central Asia and the Caucasus. The sharp leaf is also referred to as African, Egyptian, or Alexandrian, as it is exported through the port of Alexandria.
Botanical description of the plant
The sharp (spear) leaf belongs to the family Caesalpiniaceae - Caesalpiniaceae. Both shrubs are semi-shrub up to 1 m tall. The stem is branched, the branches at the bottom grow on the ground. The leaf is a complex with double feathers, consisting of 4-8 pairs of petals, arranged in a row with a stem band. The flowers are gathered in clusters. The flower is curved, the corolla is 5, the main part is united, the corolla is 5, not united, yellow, the father is 10, all free, the maternal node is one-chambered, located at the top. Fruit - flat, round ovoid, sometimes slightly curved, greenish-brown and multi-seeded pods. Seeds yellow or green, almost rectangular, reticulate, 6-7 mm long. It blooms from late June to autumn. Fruits ripen from September.
Medicinal properties
The sharp-leaved sage leaf contains 6.17% of the fruit, 2.70% of the fruit, and the fruit contains up to 6% of the anthracene product (sennozid A, gnnozid V, sennozid C, sennozid O, rein, aloe, emodin, and others). In addition to anthracene, sano leaves contain flavonoids as well as salicylates and other organic acids and resins. The fruit does not contain resin. Sano drugs do not work as an exile. The resins in the leaves are soluble in alcohol and boiling water, these resins have the property of irritating the intestines. Therefore, the prepared tincture should be cooled and filtered after the resin has settled. Sometimes the resin in the leaves is dissolved in alcohol, and then the drug is prepared. Medicinal products. Leaf tincture, complex sano tincture (Vienna drink), dry extract (released in tablet form), senadexin, senade, glaxena, leaf powder - complex licorice (chuchukmiya) powder, sano leaf and fruit are included in the complex preparation. As the fruit does not contain resin, it has a much milder effect. Tea used as a sano surgi and used in hemorrhoids is part of the collection.
Growing technology
The plant grows well in light-loving, open and sunny places. Grows well in hot places, resistant to high temperatures. For normal plant growth, the maximum temperature should not be less than 7-9 0S. Propagated by seeds. Seeds are sown in spring. Organic fertilizers are used as feed (1 m / sq 1-1.5 kg of fertilizer).
