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What is a cascara?

What is a cascara? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A North American buckthorn (Frangula purshiana, syn. Rhamnus purshiana) whose bark is used as a laxative.
  2. Dried coffee cherry fruit used in teas and other drinks. Also called coffee cherry tea.
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One is called a purgative and includes herbs such as senna, rhubarb, leptandra, buckthorne and cascara.
Herbal laxatives such as buckthorn, cascara sagrada, and senna can cause potassium loss.
A compound containing the bile acids, sodium glycocholate, sodium taurocholate with cascara sagrada and phenolphthalein.
Herbs like cascara sagrada, senna, chickweed, aloe vera, and rhubarb are excellent in assisting the body in the removal of toxins and waste.
A third, cascara, furnishes more than 5 million pounds of dried bark that's processed for laxatives.
Dandelion appears to have diuretic activity and cascara acts as a laxative.

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