Sentences with phrase «cascara sagrada for»
Digestive Issues For bloating and gas: ginger, fennel, licorice root, Swedish bitters For constipation: rhubarb root (relaxes the muscles), catnip, valerian, cascara sagrada For IBS: lemon balm, chamomile, turmeric
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Rhubarb root capsules, whether from turkey rhubarb (Rheum palmatum) or garden rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum), can be taken for short term relief of constipation and come often mixed with other laxative herbs, such as cascara sagrada, senna, aloe vera, barberry and slippery elm.
Cascara sagrada liquid extract is typically taken in 2 - 5 mL doses three times a day for no more than a week.
Cascara sagrada is a laxative ingredient that is sometimes used as a replacement for senna.
«Herbs to use include diuretics like cleavers and dandelion for the kidneys, bitters like golden seal, and laxatives like cascara sagrada and yellow dock for the digestive system, diaphoretics like cayenne and yarrow for the skin and expectorants like comfrey and licorice for the lungs.»
Other herbs with diuretic properties are celery and parsley, while stonebreaker and cascara sagrada are also great for preventing gallstones.
Considered a food for the pancreas, as is Cascara Sagrada, it is a food to build the peristaltic muscles in the intestines.