Soap Pod
acacia concinna

"Som Poy" & "Som Kon" are the names of Thai of soap-pod (Acacia concinna DC.). The plant is a prickly, scandent vine shrub occurring in Asia's tropical jungles. Thai people believe it to be an auspicious plant that brings luck and happiness. The pods of "Som Poy" are used in Thai tradition and festivals such as Buddhist "Songkran", celebration where the plant is put in holy water to wash out bad luck.

Formation of soap suds due to saponin and its pleasant oriental odor may be the properties of the pod that makes its suitable for its use as a natural body scrub & shampoo. . A paste prepared from the ground pods is a mild natural treatment for skin diseases and dandruff.

The pods are also powdered, perfumed, and sold in the market as 'soap pod nut' powder. A decoction of the soap pod relieves biliousness and acts as a purgative. It is used to remove dandruff and to improve hair appearance. The main constituents of compounds are fatty acids such as palmitic and linoleic acid with rather high amount of furfural and 5-methyl-2-furfural.
Some esters such as methyl salicylate, methyl palmitate and isopropyl palmitate were also identified as well as linalool oxide. The occurrence of these compounds may contribute to the aroma of "Som Poy".

A mild natural body and hair soap containing a generaous amount of natural palmitic and linoleic acid

 Som Poy Soap-pod nut powder(Acacia concinna DC.) 1 package.
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