Cascara Sagrada

by John Henry Clarke — A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

Rhamnus Purshiana. (California.) N. O. Rhamnaceæ. Extract of bark.

Clinical

Constipation / Rheumatism

Characteristics

I mention this well-known purgative because it has been found empirically curative in cases of subacute and chronic rheumatism with constipation. Pathogenetic effects on patients taking it for constipation have been recorded: Vomiting, severe griping, hæmorrhage; in one case temporary insanity (from a home-made decoction of the bark). In two cases choleraic symptoms were produced. Only material doses have been used.

Cascara Sagrada across the other classic books

Cascara Sagrada appears in 2 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Sacred Bark (RHAMNUS PURSHIANA) Introduced as a palliative for constipation (non-homeopathic), fifteen drops of fluid extract here it restores normal function by its tonic effects, but it has a wider sphere of action, as careful provings will show. Chronic indigestion, cirrhosis and jaundice. Hæmorrhoids and…”

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