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The demand for these species has subsided and these management responses for cascara and yew are no longer in effect.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. |