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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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For constipation common remedies were liquorice powder, Nyalls Figsen, cascara evacuant or senna pods.
On a negative note, the smell of castor oil, sulphur or cascara spooned down our throats was enough to turn the stomach of the most stalwart.
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.
The demand for these species has subsided and these management responses for cascara and yew are no longer in effect.
Dandelion appears to have diuretic activity and cascara acts as a laxative.

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