Cassia auriculata (Ranawara) is an evergreen shrub that grows in many parts of India and in other parts of Asia. The flower, buds, leaves, stem, root, and unripe fruit are used for treatment, especially in Ayurvedic medicine.

How does it work ?
Cassia auriculata might increase the body's production of insulin.


Uses
Ranawara is a multipurpose plant. The bark can be used for tanning heavy hides and also goat and sheep skins, giving a buff-coloured leather of good quality, which tends to darken on exposure to light. To prevent this the leather is often finished by a tannage using myrobalans from Terminalia chebula Retz. The bark fibre can be made into rope, and a fermented mixture of pounded bark and dissolved molasses serves as an alcoholic beverage in some parts of India. In Sri Lanka the leaves are sometimes used to make tea. Avaram does not reach a volume adequate for timber, but sometimes handles of small tools are made from the wood. It is used for revegetating erodible soils and as a green manure, and also proved very effective in reclaiming sodic soils which have been dressed with gypsum. In times of food scarcity the pods, leaves and flowers are used as a vegetable. Avaram is suited as fodder for goats and cattle and for feeding silkworm, but poisonous substances have been reported. Medicinal uses are numerous. The roots and bark are astringent and are used for gargles, as an alterative, and to cure skin diseases. A decoction of the flowers and the seeds is recommended for diabetes, seeds are used to cure eye diseases. Leaves and fruits serve as anthelmintic. Sometimes avaram is cultivated as an ornamental.

Insufficient Evidence for
Diabetes.
Joint and muscle pain (rheumatism).
Pink eye.
Constipation.
Liver disease.
Urinary tract diseases.
Skin health.
Male infertility.
As an aphrodisiac.
Other conditions.