🔱Siddha Medicine
Seemai Agathi (Wild Agati)
Sesbania sesban
About Seemai Agathi (Wild Agati)
Seemai Agathi (Wild Agati) (Sesbania sesban) is a herb used in the Siddha Medicine tradition to help with Fever, Constipation, Anemia, and Liver Support. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Sesbania herbacea (syn. Sesbania exaltata) is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names bigpod sesbania, Colorado River-hemp, and coffeeweed. It is native to the United States, particularly the southeastern states, where it grows in moist habitat. It can be found elsewhere as an introduced species. It is a woody herb growing to 3 meters or more in height. The leaves are made up of many pairs of oblong leaflets....
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal