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The Californian Buckthorn (Rhamnus purshianus), known more commonly as Cascara Sagrada

---Cascara Sagrada is a mild laxative, acting principally on the large intestine. Cascara Sagrada has been historically known to increase the peristaltic action of the colon.

If a cold virus is caught early, Taking cascara can greatly reduce one's normal cold duration by hepling to rid the virus from the colon, where many diseases begin.

---One of the strongest herbs known to man. Bitter in taste. Even more so than Golden Seal. A non-habit forming herb that is safe for constipation children.

---Cascara operates within 7-12 hours and is suggested to be taken before meals or upon retiring. Have a 'Moving Experience' safely and painlessly.

It is considered suitable for delicate and elderly persons, and may with advantage be given in chronic constipation, being generally administered in the form of the fluid extract.

It acts also as a stomach tonic and bitter, in small doses, promoting gastric digestion and appetite.

In veterinary practice, Cascara Sagrada is also much used and is probably the best mild purgative remedy for dogs with chronic constipation, as the dose does not require to be increased by repetition and the tone of the bowels is improved by the drug.

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Here is what I have on buckthorn, Suzi did I get this from you?

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Buckthorn Bark

Constituents: Buckthorn contains chemicals (anthraquinones) that are

too

dramatic for most people, and should be considered only a last-

resort treatment

for constipation.

Uses: Buckthorn is a potent laxative, so powerful that authorities

advise using

it only as a last resort when other, gentler laxatives have failed.

Buckthorn

became popular in herbal healing in Europe around the 13th century.

At the time,

they had few effective medicines to offer. And they believed the key

to curing

disease lay in purging the body. Not surprisingly, powerful

laxatives were

widely prescribed. Buckthorn was a favorite because it produced

quick, reliable

and dramatic results. It didn't cure any disease, but it did leave

people with

intestinal cramps. Through the ages, herbalists have also

recommended Buckthorn

for jaundice, hemorrhoids, gout, arthritis, and menstruation

promotion.

Buckthorn also has a long history as a cancer treatment. In America

it was an

ingredient in the popular but highly controversial Hoxsey Cancer

Formula.

Buckthorn doesn't treat jaundice or arthritis, and it's more likely

to aggravate

hemorrhoids than help them. Its laxative action is so

powerful, it's considered a purgative. It's an ingredient in the

over-the-counter laxative Movicol. Before resorting to Buckthorn,

eat a diet

high in fiber, drink more fluids, and exercise more. If that doesn't

provide

relief, try a bulk-forming laxative such as psyllium, and if that

doesn't help,

try a gentler relative of Buckthorn, Cascara Sagrada. Buckthorn does

have an

anti-tumor effect, according to research published in the Journal of

the

National Cancer Institute, but further studies must be conducted

before the herb

can be used to treat cancer. The leaves, bruised and applied to a

wound, will

stop the bleeding. The juice of the berries is used to make

Buckthorn syrup, a

powerful laxative. This medicine was official until 1867 but has

fallen into

disuse because its action is so severe. It is still used as a

laxative for

animals. Purging is not a method employed by modern medical

herbalists; however,

a homeopathic medicine made from Rhamnus catharticus is available.

Buckthorn

can still be used as an ointment to treat warts and pruritus.

Miscellaneous: In Germany, physicians prescribe an infusion

containing 1/2

teaspoon each of dried buckthorn bark, fennel seed, and chamomile

flowers

steeped in 1 cup of boiling water for 10 minutes. Drink before

bedtime. You'll

find the taste initially sweet, then bitter. Bark is used for dye

after aging

for one year. Cultural controls that have been used for management

include

cutting, mowing, girdling, excavation, burning, and " underplanting. "

Repeated

cutting reduces plant vigor. Mowing maintains open areas by

preventing seedling

establishment. Glossy buckthorn girdled with a two- to three-

centimeter-wide

saw-cut, completely through the bark at the base, does not resprout.

Girdling

may be done at any time of the year. A five-second flame torch

application

around the stem kills stems less than 4.5 centimeters in diameter.

Seedlings or

small plants may be hand-pulled or removed with a grubbing hoe.

Larger plants

may be pulled out with heavy equipment. Excavation often disturbs

roots

of adjacent plants, or creates open soil readily colonized by new

seedlings.

This technique may be most useful to control invasion at low

densities, or along

trails, roads and woodland edges. Buckthorn is said to be under the

dominion of

Saturn.

Caution: Dangerous to eat; cathartic. If you use Buckthorn, be sure

it's dried

for at least one year, and do not use for more than 2 weeks at a

time, as the

bowel may become dependent on it.

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