What's the difference between henna and senna?

Henna


Definition:

  • (n.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.
  • (n.) The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or dyestuff made from them.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The tuberculostatic activity of the herb henna (Lawsonia inermis Linn.)
  • (2) Flanked by lawns and monuments, this is the site of Delhi’s passeggiata , and at sunset, candy floss and ice-cream sellers, bubble blowers and henna artists set up stall.
  • (3) cardinal (cd), dark red brown (drb), Henna-recessive (Hnr), purple (pr), Punch2 (Pu2), Punch-Grape (PuGr), and scarlet (st).
  • (4) But at school, I spent my time hiding my hennaed hands, not telling people I was eating curry at home, being very shy about being Muslim.” Only when she went to Oxford did she start to wear a headscarf.
  • (5) For the family, the mutilation is sometimes cause for celebration, with the daughter’s hands painted with henna.
  • (6) Hamaha, known as "Red Beard" because of his hennaed hair, added: "And it's only just started."
  • (7) You only need to look around to see why their work is needed so urgently,” said Henna Rai from Upstanding Neighbourhoods.
  • (8) The courtyard will become a mini-farm in the opening weeks and an ice rink over the winter, while upstairs in the classrooms there are courses on Hebrew lettering and henna body-painting, kosher cooking classes and lessons in Krav Maga – the lethal martial art taught to the Israeli Defence Force.
  • (9) And for a few months more it will be at its best - filled with bird lovers, blacksmiths and children with henna-stained fingers playing in the alleys.
  • (10) It is also useful in showing Mrs Organ Morgan's general shop with its jumble of "custard, buckets, henna, rat-traps, shrimp-nets, sugar, stamps, confetti, paraffin, hatchets, whistles" – all neatly assembled from Blake's sources.
  • (11) He arrived in Dadaab on a donkey cart in 1992, at the age of seven, with his mother and father: a thin, wizened man with hennaed hair and light eyes called Idris.
  • (12) Poisoning by a mixture of henna dye and para-phenylenediamine dyes led to the hospitalization of 31 Sudanese children between 1984 and 1989.
  • (13) It is possible that similar cases may be occurring unrecognized where henna is traditionally used.
  • (14) Pteridine analyses in double mutants combining pr with one of three other eye color mutants sepia, Henna-recessive3, and prune2, suggest that the metabolic block in pr occurs prior to sepiapterin biosynthesis.
  • (15) Compared to the wild type, the Punch2 mutant has diminished levels of both pteridines, whereas Henna-recessive3 lacks completely tetrahydropterin and has increased levels of tetrahydrobiopterin, as expected according to their biochemical lesions.
  • (16) Bi Kidude also made and applied wanja , a black cosmetic which, combined with henna, is used to paint elaborate designs on the arms and legs of young women.

Senna


Definition:

  • (n.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. acutifolia, C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine.
  • (n.) The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Stimulation of peristalsis or a decrease of intraluminal pressure has been described manometrically after intraluminal administration of laxatives including senna.
  • (2) The number and frequency of the side-effects reported in the senna treatment week were very much higher (p less than 0.001) than in the lactulose week.
  • (3) However, a fat-free diet reduced the PG production drastically in the colonic lumen both in senna-free rats and in senna-treated rats.
  • (4) Several contributions of this senna symposium bring complementary information of utmost interest.
  • (5) These results agree with recent observations on the effects of senna in rats and mice, and do not support earlier claims that myenteric neurons are killed by anthraquinone purgatives.
  • (6) The results suggest that neither dimethicone nor senna improves the visibility of abdominal organs in ultrasound examination.
  • (7) Pharmacological research on senna started at the beginning of this century.
  • (8) Hamilton added: “It’s a very humbling experience to equal Ayrton Senna [with three wins] who meant so much to me and still does.
  • (9) In order to investigate the toxic effects of long-term treatment with anthraquinone laxatives, rats were fed either chocolate alone, or chocolate adulterated with senna or danthron (1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone) for 5 months.
  • (10) In addition, in a high-risk group for colorectal cancer, 31 persons received PEG or senna preparation and their REP was not significantly different from that of 23 examined without these preparations.
  • (11) He won a Bafta for his 2011 study of the Formula One star Ayrton Senna.
  • (12) Satisfactory cleansing results were achieved with Bisacodyl as well as with Senna (98.3 vs. 95%).
  • (13) Was he referring to their general relationship or something more specific, namely the start of the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix when Senna took out Prost?
  • (14) The day before endoscopy either Bisacodyl or extractum Sennae was given to 120 patients.
  • (15) The senna was administrated as ground senna pods mixed with milk chocolate.
  • (16) No peristaltic response was stimulated in the rectum, either with activated senna or with rheinanthrone.
  • (17) Hamilton’s promise to take a page out of his idol Ayrton Senna’s book – he later described this as “a joke” but it was no such thing at the time – lent a frisson to the first corner.
  • (18) Oral administration of senna pod extract (7-5-90 mg kg-1) produced a dose-dependent increase in the number of soft faeces excreted by normal rats.
  • (19) Senna, containing only dianthrones as active substances, is still in the center of scientific research and merits this special attention.
  • (20) The effectiveness and acceptability of three colon cleansing regimens for colonoscopy were compared in a prospective study in 271 patients stratified as in- and out-patients and randomly assigned to either I) a diet and Senna laxative (X-prep), combined with a saline enema (n = 88); II) 41 of a polyethylene glycol electrolyte lavage solution (Golytely) (n = 90); or III) a combined regimen of Cascara-Salax laxative (PicoSalax) and 1.51 Golytely (n = 93).

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