cascara sagrada from good'natural?

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natural whole herb (bark) rhamnus pursshiana)relief constipation

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Cascara sagrada, Spanish for "sacred bark," comes from the American buckthorn tree native to the western coast of North America, from California to British Columbia, and as far inland as Montana. The Spanish priests of California may have learned about it from the Indians.

In any event, this laxative was not widely adopted until the nineteenth century. A member of the same genus, R. frangula, is the European buckthorn tree, which had been used at least since 1650.

Cascara sagrada is one of the few herbs approved as an over-the-counter drug by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The portion of the plant used is the bark.

Active Ingredients

The main ingredients are anthraquinones.

Emodin and aloe-emodin have also been identified, along with a number of nonlaxative ingredients.

Uses

Cascara sagrada is used as a laxative. The anthraquinones stimulate the bowel, leading to evacuation after approximately six to ten hours.

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