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Cascara
Common Name | Cascara |
Genus / Species | Rhamnus purshiana |
Part Used | Aged bark |
Energetics | Cold, bitter |
Meridians | Spleen, stomach, liver, colon |
Active Constituents | Anthraquinone glycosides (8%), mainly cascarosides A, B and D Essential oil Anthracenes Glycosides Aloins Resins |
Medicinal Uses | Cathartic due to emodin (in laxative terms, it has a strength of 3 relative to the strongest - senna - which has a strength of 1). Decongests liver Laxative Stomachic |