cascara sagrada

cascara sa·gra·da

C0137500 (sə-grä′də)n. The dried bark of the cascara buckthorn, having laxative properties. Its use in laxatives was banned in the United States in 2002.

[American Spanish cáscara sagrada : Spanish cáscara, bark; see cascara buckthorn + Spanish sagrada, sacred.]

cascara sagrada

(səˈɡrɑːdə) n (Pharmacology) the dried bark of the cascara buckthorn, used as a stimulant and laxative. Often shortened to: cascara [Spanish, literally: sacred bark]

cascar′a sa•gra′da

(səˈgreɪ də, -ˈgrɑ-)
n. 1. cascara. 2. the bark of the cascara, used as a laxative. [1880–85; < Sp: literally, sacred bark]

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Noun

cascara sagrada - dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxativecascara, chittam bark, chittem barkbearberry, bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus - shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagradabark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants

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cascara sagrada

cascara sagrada

Small Tree 15-30ft (5-10m.) Dried bark helps you go to the bathroom by stimulating natural rhythmic contractions of bowel (peristalsis) Tones and exercises the bowel muscle. In other words, it helps push stuff through you and gets it moving, while strengthening colon muscles. Intensely bitter flavor that will numb your taste buds and stay with you for hours. Bark must be dried for a year before using or else it’s too strong and you will be vomiting and spewing from both ends. Leaves shiny on top, dull below. Flowers have 5 greenish yellow petals. Fruit starts bright red at first, quickly maturing deep purple or black, and containing a yellow pulp, and two or three hard, smooth, olive-green or black seeds. Fruit can also be eaten raw or cooked with laxative effect. Found in moist areas. Do not use if you have Crohns, irritable bowel, colitis, hemorrhoids, appendicitis or kidney problems.

Cascara Sagrada

the bark of the North American spe-cies of the cascara buckthorn (Rhamnus purshiana). It is usedin dried form or in the form of a processed medicinal preparationas a mild laxative. Cascara sagrada is not used in medicine in theUSSR.

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cascara

[kas-kar´ah] (Sp.) bark.cascara sagra´da dried bark of the shrub Rhamnus purshiana, used as a cathartic.

cas·car·a sa·gra·da

the dried bark of Rhamnus purshiana (family Rhamnaceae); used as a laxative. Synonym(s): cascara

cascara sagrada

(sə-grä′də)n. The dried bark of the cascara buckthorn, having laxative properties. Its use in laxatives was banned in the United States in 2002.

cascara sagrada

Herbal medicine
A deciduous tree, the bark of which contains anthraquinone glycosides; it is a widely and long-used laxative. It is also used by herbalists as a gastric tonic.

Toxicity
Cascara should not be used in pregnant women.

cas·car·a sa·gra·da

(kas-kar'ă să-grā'dă) An herbal remedy made from the bark of Rhamnus purshiana; a strong purgative laxative.
Synonym(s): sacred bark.

cascara sagrada

The ‘sacred bark’ of the cascara buckthorn tree Rhamnus purshiana formerly popular as a strong laxative, but now seldom recommended.

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noun dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative

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