bet you've never heard of the family Caesalpinioideae: it is a phylogenetically ancient family of plants. Do not be fooled by the name, do not grow "on this side of the Alps", rather they are all tropical and subtropical plants: their name is dedicated to Andrea Cesalpino, a scientist from the fifteenth century, considered the first modern taxonomy.
addition to understanding many species of ornamental trees and beautiful fragrant (such as the Judas tree), this family includes some plants are very important for healthy natural and instinctive. These fruits have two things in common: to act as a regulator of intestinal transit and to be able to keep long.
The three most popular fruits are: carob, tamarind and Cassia .
lesser known ones are: the black, the Karanj (or Hong), the courbaril (or guapinol or jatoba), the Guamuchil (or tamarind Manila) and detar (or vow).
The carob : in Sicily and Puglia in the carob trees are found everywhere, although in Italy the fruit pulp is shamefully only used as fodder for animals. The tree can reach 18 meters in height and is very durable. The maturation of the fruit lasts ten months and the season when you can usually find the new collection is autumn. His estate antidiarrhoeal is probably due to the high pectin content. There are many varieties and at the time of purchase I suggest you choose the pods thicker, fleshy and tender, a carob good quality gives the impression of containing drops of honey when you bite. Store in a cool, especially protection against insects.
Tamarind : we must distinguish between two varieties, one that sweet and sour. Tamarind is a sweet variety that was selected from tamarind classic, that is the acid. The laxative properties of tamarind sweet and bland, but that the tamarind acid is stronger, but also by the stronger flavor then he eats a lot less. Its origin is African, but it's especially popular in the Indian subcontinent. The sweet variety, in fact, is cultivated in Thailand. The laxative properties of tamarind is due to the high content of organic acids, especially tartaric acid.
The Cassia: The best known are the species Cassia fistula and Cassia Angustifolia. The laxative effect and cleansing the liver of these plants is due to the synergy of many constituents, including anthraquinone glycosides, also known as sennosides. Other plant laxatives such as aloe, rhubarb, buckthorn, cascara the dock and contain anthraquinone compounds similar to that of Cassia.
The main effects of sennosides on the human gut are increased secretion of fluid and increase intestinal motility. The physiological mechanisms that produce these effects have not yet been fully elucidated: there would be a phenomenon of interaction and activation of intestinal immune cells in the colon, as well as an osmotic phenomenon on the intestinal wall and production of prostaglandins, and ending have involved the liver and kidneys. All this Ambaradan to say that the case does go to the bathroom, and after that it feels much better!
But there is a fundamental difference between the Cassia Fistula and Cassia Angustifolia:
- The Cassia Angustifolia (also known as Cassia original Alexandrina, Egypt) is a small shrub from whose leaves through a process of extraction do not know, we get the Seine, a powder used in virtually all laxative preparations in the market. Senna should be considered a real drug and like all drugs must comply with the prescribed dose, take into consideration the contraindications (ileus, pregnancy, lactation) and the side effects caused by overdose (abdominal colic, diarrhea, severe alterations of electrolyte under and acid-base, pseudomelanosi colon): the assumption must therefore be strictly under the supervision of a physician or a qualified herbalist.
- The Cassia Fistula , however, is a tree 10 meters high, widespread throughout South Asia. She has beautiful yellow flowers, so that in English is called the Golden Shower Tree. And 'the national flower of Thailand and the state of Kerala in India, and in its regions of origin, its therapeutic use is attested by thousands of years, especially in the Ayurvedic tradition. The fruit of this tree is a cylindrical pods, about two feet long, made out of a thin brown bark and wood in many small round strip coated with a black and soft pulp, and between these washers are seeds which are very similar to those of the carob. At the time of ripening fruits, this tree looks like a huge chandelier hung with many long candles. The instinctive use of this plant is to eat the meat raw black contained in the pod, after opening with the help of your teeth or with a nutcracker, and being careful to spit out the blades and round seeds. Such as carob and tamarind, Cassia does not contain much moisture, so it keeps for a long, cool and not subject to temperature changes (such as a basement).
As a natural result, his employment is governed by our instinct food, even if it could be considered a food like the others: indeed, Cassia Fistula is the only fruit that does not trigger a process of assimilation. When you taste it, see that there will be days when the pulp of this fruit is as sweet plum jam, licorice like aroma, smooth as chocolate and can eat a lot. Other days, however, the pulp will have a smell so foul and bitter taste so that you can not swallow even a washer. It 's a natural mechanism that has the intent to protect you from the side effects mentioned earlier in the case of the Seine. And it is a mechanism very fine and precise enough to force us to eat a bit 'more than it should and has a burst of diarrhea and intestinal colic.
Despite its potential side effects, Cassia Fistula is a fruit that should never force anyone to miss you begin a detox diet or adopting a radical change in food, because it helps remove toxins and makes the symptoms of detoxification much less unpleasant and dangerous, regardless of whether or not a problem of constipation. Cassia Fistula of eating the morning before breakfast, about ten o'clock, for example, the effects will be felt after about six hours, that is, towards four in the afternoon, be sure to have a bath at your fingertips!
Another species of Cassia, Cassia Fistula similar to but much less laxative, and the case Javanica, to eat like any other fruit.
The Cassia Fistula in rods (or sticks) can be bought in herbal medicine: we need to specially order it and have it come in a short time, enclosed in foil packs in a vacuum.
If you want to buy to match the case or the sweet tamarind, here are the addresses of some German companies who ship in Italy: Orkos , Bioinsel , Passion4fruit , Fairfruit , Tropenkost and Veggies' Delight.
What I most Trust is the Orkos , because the other only speak German!
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