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Botanical Name: Cascara sagrada/Rhumnus purshianus
Source: Trade
Cascara is used for:
Blood Conditions
Gastrointestinal Conditions
- acts principally on the large intestine
- digestive complaints
- dyspepsia
- stimulant to the whole digestive system
- habitual chronic constipation
- improves bowel tone
- intestinal gas
- promotes gastric digestion
- stimulates the appetite
Liver Conditions
- enlarged liver
- liver and gall bladder complaints
Other
- suitable for delicate and elderly people
Other Uses:
- Used in veterinarian practice as a mild purgative for dogs with chronic constipation
Action:
- bitter [applied to bitter tasting drugs which act on the mucous membranes of the mouth and stomach to increase appetite and promote digestion]
- laxative [an agent promoting evacuation of the bowels; a mild purgative]
- stimulant [an agent that excites or quickens the functional activity of the tissues giving more energy]
- stomachic [an agent that strengthens, stimulates or tones the stomach]
- tonic [an agent that tones, strengthens and invigorates organs or the entire organism giving a feeling of well-being]
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