Agathi - Sesbania grandiflora

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(Papilionoideae)

(Sesbania grandiflora (L) Poiret)

Agathi -Sesbania grandiflora , a kind of tree which has been planted as a supporting tree for betel plants to creep.This can grown all over Tamil Nadu. Spinach,flowers,finches are cooked and eaten. The leaf , flower,root, bark are rich in medicinal values.

Commonly used as a body heat remover, spinach as laxative and root as tonic for body strength

1. Eat spinach or flowers once a week to get rid of bodyheat, constipation due to wandering in the sun. Bile occurs due to drinking coffee, tea will cure.

2. Drinking kudineer of Agathi bark and root bark (Agathipattai kudineer) will cure fever, thirst, hand and foot burning, chest irritation, soles palm irritation, dysuria,urinary track infection and chickenpox.

Kudineer: Extracting nutrients from the raw materials(not from the powders of raw materials) by boiling it in 4 glasses of water until it comes down to 1 glass.This extracted liquid is called kudineer.

3. Mix 1 liter of leaf extract and sesame oil,boil until perfect consistency and then add powders of musk turmeric(20g), sambarani (20g),kichilik tuber(20g),vilamichcham root (20g) before distillation and strain it (which is called Agathi Thailam) . Apply it once a week on the scalp while bath to get rid of headache due to bile.Also eyes get cool.