Cascara Sagrada Herb Review

Learn About One of The Most Powerful Colon Cleaning Herbs

Cascara Sagrada (Rhamnus Purshiana) is a very powerful medicinal herb that is very potent in its colon cleaning effects. It is a bark and grows in potence as it ages.

Some of the other names it's called by include sacred bark, chittem bark, California buckthorn, Persian bark, Persiana bark, and Purchiana bark. Its most common name, though, is cascara sagrada.

This herb was used extensively by American Indians and has a long history as a very potent medicinal, herbal laxative.

It was quite valued by American Indians and is gaining increased awareness by modern-day health afficionados.

Like most medicinal herbs, I emphasize that it should be used with judgment but if used correctly in conjuction with other herbs, it can serve as a potent elixir in its colon cleaning or laxative effects.

Specifically, what it will do is give you a very good bowel movement, which it is ready made to do as a laxative herb.

It will also help cause a very good bowel movement and is therefore a good purgative herb as well. That is not its only health benefit, though. Let's go over its full array of therapeutic benefits now.

Health Benefits of Cascara Sagrada

The cascara sagrada health benefits are significant. This little-known herb is a very potent laxative and that is its greatest "claim to fame" in the medicinal herbal world, as it were.

Continuing, it is a very beneficial tonic in the alimentary canal and increases secretions of the stomach, pancreas, liver and lower bowels. Many master herbalists consider it one of the best (and safest) herbal laxatives in the world. It is also very beneficial and helpful to the gall bladderducts.

Be advised: it is not generally used as a one-time laxative. It does produce large and soft bowel movements or evacuations if it's used regularly. Master herbalists assert that if it's used regularly, it will help to restore more normalized, regular, and natural bowel workings due to cascara sagrada's tonic effects. It seems to be a contradiction but its stimulant and tonic capability helps all nerves it comes in contact with.

It also has anthelmintic or anti-parasitic capabilities and will help evacuate pinworms and tapeworms from your intestinal tract (especially from the large colon). It is not as potent an anthelmintic herb as say wormwood or black walnut but it is still potent nonetheless.

It is helpful against general digestive complaints, helpful with an enlarged liver, hemorrhoids, torpor of the colon, gallstones, indigestion, and even chronic gout.

Can it be used for children as well as adults? Yes. It is especially useful with chronic constipation. As it can cause cramps, be careful in how much you give a child.

Incidentally, it should not be given to a child younger than 12 years of age. In other words, 12 years old and over is strongly advised.

Cascara Sagrada Side Effects

While cascara sagrada is a very potent medicinal herb, it has its side effects that you should be aware of.

It can cause strong cramps as it works its way through your intestinal tract but more especially when it reaches the colon. These cramps can be uncomfortable but not painful and they don't tend to last for very long.

It is also very bitter and thus should be taken in capsule form for colon cleaning. Sometimes, one can burp up the herb and you will get an understanding as to its unpleasant taste!

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How should it be taken? I've personally had superb results from just taking three to four capsules at a time with liquid (usually just plain ol' water or fruit juice).

As it can cause cramps, start off with just a couple (two) of capsules. For children, again, just give one capsule. (Most children don't need a colon cleaning herb as most children have clean intestinal tracts anyway.)

Needless to say, check with your licensed physician for any health problems. I am not a doctor so any information herein should not be construed as medical advice nor advisement or prescribing or diagnose.

The information herein on this page and throughout this website is meant to be educational in nature. Please take it in that vein as that is its intent.

Continuing, one key point regarding cascara sagrada is that is shouldn't be constued as a panacea herb for your colon cleansing. Its effect is that it is largely an intestinal tonic  that should be used continually for several months in order to produce permanent benefits.

Thus, if you want quicker results, you should opt for the slippery elm/psyllium husks drink, or senna leaf herb, or something like Colonix, an herbal colon cleanse that is very potent and recommended.

That said, I personally have experienced good short-term effects from using this herb. It can produce a superb movement upon using it just once.

When I take it, I take it in capsule form and about four capsules at a time. It has literally never failed me in helping to produce a good bowel movement.

To sum up this section, I consider colon cleansing a multi-pronged approach and thus the inclusion of this page. Health really begins in the bowels and this cascara sagrada medicinal herb can help you.

When teamed with a change in diet to one more rich in fiber, i.e., fruits, vegetables and grains, and with the wise, measured usage of good herbal colon cleaning products or herbs, you can radically improve your intestinal health. For long term health, this is vital and should not be overlooked.

Even the usually stubborn allopathic or modern-day medicinal practitioners have begun to emphasize the importance of a healthy intestinal tract.

Where can you get it? Good herb shops or health food stores usually have it in capsule form. It's inexpensive too. You can get the cheap kind for between $6 to $10 USD dollars. For high-quality cascara, expect anywhere from $25 to $40 or so.

Conclusion

In summary, cascara sagrada is a very potent laxative, medicinal herb. It should not be considered a panacea but is very potent and can aid you in cleaning your colon or entire intestinal tract.

It is also very inexpensive and readily available. You can buy it in capsule form here or by clicking on the graphic to the left of this sentence.

As with all things, use wisdom and judgment. More doesn't always mean better.

If used judiciously and with an improved diet higher in fruits, vegetables and other potent medicinal herbs, this laxative herb can help you in not only evacuating your bowels of excessive fecal matter but help to restore normal bowel function as well.

I hope you have found this page useful.

Yours in health,
BestColonCleanseSecrets.com