Herb in Thai notifiable formulas
Senna Garrettiana Heartwood
แสมสาร · Samae San
Senna garrettiana (Craib) H. S. Irwin & Barneby
- Family
- Part used
- heartwood
- Crude drug
- Sennae Garrettianae Lignum Senna Garrettiana Heartwood
- In the announcement
- Used in 7 notifiable formulas (3 as capsules)
Thai Herbal Pharmacopoeia (THP)
Constituents and quality criteria of Senna Garrettiana Heartwood
Summarised from the Laxative Senna Garrettiana Heartwood monograph of the Thai Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Department of Medical Sciences, the standard used to test the dried heartwood.
The pharmacopoeia sets no minimum marker content for this herb. Use the raw material quality criteria below for acceptance testing.
Constituents
Senna Garrettiana Heartwood contains anthraquinones (e.g., aloe-emodin, cassialoin, chrysophanol, emodin) and stilbenes (e.g., cassigarols, piceatannol).
Raw material quality criteria
| Foreign matter | Not more than 2.0% w/w |
| Loss on drying | Not more than 8.0% w/w |
| Total ash | Not more than 9.0% w/w |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 3.0% w/w |
| Ethanol-soluble extractive | Not less than 6.0% w/w |
Storage: Senna Garrettiana Heartwood shall be kept in well-closed containers, protected from light, and stored in a dry place.
Source: Thai Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Department of Medical Sciences (online edition, accessed 21 October 2026)Read the full THP monograph
Formulas using Senna Garrettiana Heartwood
7 formulas containing Senna Garrettiana Heartwood
Select a formula to see its ingredients and indications. Formula names and indications are a reference translation; the Thai announcement is the legal text.
- Ya Prasa Wan Nang Kham Wild turmeric postpartum formula for lochiaExpels postpartum lochia; helps the uterus return to its normal state (mot luk khao u) in women after childbirth (sold only at licensed premises)
- Ya Bamrung Lohit Blood-nourishing formulaBlood tonic (bamrung lohit)
- Ya Kasai Sen Formula for body aches and back painRelieves body aches and pains, back pain and lower back pain
- Ya Prasa Wan Nang Kham Wild turmeric postpartum formula for lochiaExpels postpartum lochia; helps the uterus return to its normal state (mot luk khao u) in women after childbirth (sold only at licensed premises)
- Ya Bamrung Lohit Blood-nourishing formulaBlood tonic (bamrung lohit)
- Ya Kasai Sen Formula for body aches and back painRelieves body aches and pains, back pain and lower back pain
- Ya Kasai Sen Formula for body aches and back painRelieves body aches and pains, back pain and lower back pain
Development potential
Develop Senna Garrettiana Heartwood into a product with the TIBD group
In notifiable formulas7 formulasused in multi-herb formulas
THP raw-material criteria5 testsfor acceptance testing before production
Marker with a minimum contentNot setquality is checked with the raw-material criteria
Three ways forward 1Notify a listed formula2Adapt it through detailed notification3Develop a Category B herbal medicine or Category C health productSee the development pathway
K-API · manufacturing in the group
Extract and manufacture at K-API
The TIBD group plant licensed by the Thai FDA to manufacture herbal products, so extraction and production stay within the group.
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