"The Sacrad Bark", as specifically known by the American Indians. This nature's best is also known by several other names, including, Purchina Bark, Persian Bark. Bear Wood, Holy Bark, Christ's Thorn, Bearberry, and Chittam Bark. In England it is known as Rhamni Purshiani cortex, in France as Cascara Sagrada and in Germany as Amerikanisch Faulbaumrinde. It was used as conventional medicine as early as 1877 . By 1878 it was available pharmaceutically as a nauseous and bitter fluid extract for use in chronic constipation. First imported to Europe in 1883, this herb is the natural laxative and body tonic.
It is a North American native from British Columbia to Washington State found in the coniferous woodlands on mountain ridges and cave walls. A Spanish priest found Indians using it and was so impressed with its mildness and efficiency that he called it holy bark. Hence its name.
Move the bowels regularly and you will feel much better about yourself. A tonic herb that helps to restore balance within the body, helping to create peace and harmony.
---Cascara Sagrada has been historically known to increase the peristaltic action of the colon.
---If a cold virus is caught early, Taking cascara can greatly reduce one's normal cold duration by hepling to rid the virus from the colon, where many diseases begin.
---One of the strongest herbs known to man. Bitter in taste. Even more so than Golden Seal. A non-habit forming product that is safe for constipation children.
---Cascara operates within 7-12 hours and is suggested to be taken before meals or upon retiring. Have a 'Moving Experience' safely and painlessly.
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