Henna Powder

Botanical Name : LAWSONIA INERMIS Family Name: LYTHRACEAE Common Name: HENNA, AL-KHANNA, AL-HENNA, JAMAICA MIGNONETTE, MEHNDI, MENDEE, EGYPTIAN PRIVET, SMOOTH LAWSONIA Part Used: FLOWERS, POWDERED LEAVES, FRUIT Habitat : Scarcely in dry decidious forests, widely cultivated as a hedge plant. Uses : The roots are bitter , refrigerant, depurative, diuretic, emmenagouge, abortifacient and trichogenous and is useful in burning sensation, leprosy skin diseases and amenorrhoea. It is used in pre mature graying of hair. Henna is widely used for drawing tatoos, arts and designs. Leaves are useful in wounds ulcers strangury cough, bronchitis, dysentery etc. The fruit is thought to have emmenagogue