Tanner's Cassia (Avarampoo) Soap Benefits

Author: Balaji Shankar, Sep 17, 2024

Avarampoo Soap Benefits

Executive Summary (Key Takeaways)

Avarampoo, nourishes the skin because of its anti-bacterial property. Smoothens wrinkles and improves skin tautness because of its anti-oxidant property. Heals wounds because of its anti-inflammatory property. It has a mild exfoliating effect so it can help in sebum balancing of the skin. It is very useful in managing oily skin. There are claims that avarampoo helps in de-pigmentation

In this article we will study the benefits of avarampoo soap.

Avarampoo as medicine

Avarampoo is called avartaki or tarwar in North India and is known by the botanical name Senna auriculata  as well as Cassia auriculata. Its Tamil name is Avaram Poo which means the flower of the avaarai plant. The plant's root, stem, bark, leaves and flowers are all useful as medicine.[1]

"Almost all the parts of the plant, such as flowers, leaves, seeds, barks, and roots have been reported for their medicinal uses. Traditionally, it has been used in the treatment of diabetes, asthma, rheumatism, dysentery, skin disease, and metabolic disorders." - [2]

The flowers & buds are plucked, sorted, cleaned and shade dried to produce dry flowers. These are then ground to produce avarampoo powder. This powder has many anti-glycemic properties (lowering blood sugar) and some of my friends who add this powder to their morning tea, report that it helps in maintaining blood sugar levels. This was also established in a study in Pondichery India [3]

Avarampoo Soap

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f we add avarampoo or avarampoo powder (the ground buds and flowers) to a soap during the soap making process we call it avarampoo soap.

The flowers of the senna auriculata plant have been used for skin care from ancient times..

“ஆவாரை பூத்திருக்கச் சாவாரைக் கண்டதுண்டோ?” is the ancient Tamil proverb which means “Who will die when Avarai is flowering?” implying it is a plant of immortality.

Avarampoo Contents

Avarampoo flowers have scientifically established anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. This is due to the rich contents of the avarampoo flower :

Terpenoids , Flavonoids, Alkaloids, Reducing Sugars, Steroid, Glycoside, Phenol, Anthraquinones, Saponin & Tannin [4]

For a comprehensive discussion on avarampoo benefits we refer the reader to https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366044158_A_Pharmacological_review_on_Cassia_Auriculata

Avarampoo is also a natural anti-oxidant [5]

Avarampoo Soap Benefits

When avarampoo flower powder is added to cold process hand made soap, it passes on most of its benefits through the soap to the user.

Such benefits include

• Avarampoo, nourishes the skin because of its anti-bacterial property.
• Smoothens wrinkles and improves skin tautness because of its anti-oxidant property.
• Heals wounds because of its anti-inflammatory property.
• It has a mild exfoliating effect so it can help in sebum balancing of the skin.
• It is very useful in managing oily skin.
• There are claims that avarampoo helps in de-pigmentation and de-tan but I am not able to find any scientific study on that.

Caution

The addition of avarampoo powder will reduce the TFM of avarampoo soap. So if you have dry skin then you may feel drier after using avarampoo soap. Therefore, unless the soap contains natural moisturizers like shea butter, it may not be advisable for people with dry skin.

Conclusion

Avarampoo soap has many benefits for the soap including nourishing, anti-aging, wound healing, mildly exfoliating, sebum balancing, managing oily skin, improving complexion among others.

At Doodle Soapery we make the finest natual handmade soaps with avarampoo, shea butter and aloe vera gel. However, this is only made on order and costs 125 rupees for 100 grams.

References

[1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351102489
[2] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34504420/
[3] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332972981
[4] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366044158_A_Pharmacological_review_on_Cassia_Auriculata
[5] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6632689_Antioxidant_activity_of_Cassia_auriculata_flowers
[6] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332218345852