Herb in Thai notifiable formulas
Senegalia Rugata Pod
ส้มป่อย · Som Poi
Senegalia rugat a (Lam.) Britton & Rose Acacia concinna (Willd.) DC.
- Family
- Part used
- pod
- Crude drug
- Alexandria Senna Leaf, Indian Senna Leaf, Senna Leaf Senegaliae Rugatae Fructus
- In the announcement
- Used in 11 notifiable formulas (3 as capsules)
Thai Herbal Pharmacopoeia (THP)
Constituents and quality criteria of Senegalia Rugata Pod
Summarised from the Senegalia Rugata Pod monograph of the Thai Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Department of Medical Sciences, the standard used to test the dried ripe pod.
The pharmacopoeia sets no minimum marker content for this herb. Use the raw material quality criteria below for acceptance testing.
Constituents
Senegalia Rugata Pod contains triterpenoids (e.g., lupeol) and triterpenoid saponins. It also contains terpenoids, fatty acids, etc. Description of the plan t (Fig. 1) Woody climber or scandent shrub, rarely small tree, 3 to 6 m tall; stem and branch spiny, velutinous to tomentose, glabrescent, without glandular hairs. Stipule cordate, 3 to 8 mm long, 1 to 6 mm wide, caducous. Leaves bipinnate, spirally arranged, rachis 6 to 16 cm long; petiole 1.2 to 5.2 cm long, with gland at 0.4 to 2.7 cm above base; pinnae (4–)5 to 10 pairs, (1.5–)2 to 9 cm long, with glands at junctions of 1- to 3-distal pairs; leaflets 10 to 35 pairs per pinna, opposite, sessile, narrowly oblong, 0.3 to 1.2 cm long, 0.8 to 3(–4.8) mm wide, apex asymmetrically rounded to sharply acute, mucronate-apiculate, always bent forwards, base asymmetrically truncate, margin mostly ciliate, both surfaces glabrous to sericeous,.
The formulas use both the pod and the leaf; the criteria on this page are for the pod.
Raw material quality criteria
| Foreign matter | Not more than 2.0% w/w |
| Loss on drying | Not more than 7.0% w/w |
| Total ash | Not more than 5.0% w/w |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 34.0% w/w |
| Ethanol-soluble extractive | Not less than 19.0% w/w |
Storage: Senegalia Rugata Pod 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 Senegalia Rugata Pod
11 formulas containing Senegalia Rugata Pod
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 Thai Di Kluea Farang Epsom salt laxative formula for constipationRelieves constipation
- Ya Fai Ha Kong Five-fires postpartum formula for lochiaExpels postpartum lochia during postpartum confinement by the fire (ruean fai), helps the uterus return to its normal state (mot luk khao u)
- Tamrap Samunphrai Chuai Rabai Herbal laxative formulaHelps with bowel movements
- Ya Phai Lohit Formula for scanty menstruation with clotsRelieves menstruation that is lighter than normal, with clots or lumps (sold only at licensed premises)
- Ya Fai Ha Kong Five-fires postpartum formula for lochiaExpels postpartum lochia during postpartum confinement by the fire (ruean fai), helps the uterus return to its normal state (mot luk khao u)
- Ya Fai Ha Kong Five-fires postpartum formula for lochiaExpels postpartum lochia during postpartum confinement by the fire (ruean fai), helps the uterus return to its normal state (mot luk khao u)
- Ya Kae Ai Khap Samha Formula for cough and phlegmRelieves cough, expels phlegm
- Ya Prakhop Herbal compress for aches and muscle tensionApplied as a compress to reduce pain; helps relax muscles, tendons and joints
- Ya Thai Phayat Phrommakit Traditional deworming formulaExpels intestinal worms (anthelmintic) (sold only at licensed premises)
- Ya Thai Khai Phit Khai Kan Purgative formula for toxic fever (khai phit, khai kan)Purges toxic fever (khai phit) and kan fever (khai kan)
- Tamrap Samunphrai Chuai Rabai Herbal laxative formulaHelps with bowel movements
Development potential
Develop Senegalia Rugata Pod into a product with the TIBD group
In notifiable formulas11 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
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