Materia Medica

Cascara Sagrada

Sacred Bark

Sacred Bark (RHAMNUS PURSHIANA) Introduced as a palliative for constipation (non-homeopathic), fifteen drops of fluid extract here it restores normal function by its tonic effects, but it has a wider sphere of action, as careful provings will show. Chronic indigestion, cirrhosis and jaundice. Haemorrhoids and constipation. Gastric headache. Broad, flabby tongue; foul breath.

Urinary

Must wait for minute before flow starts then first in drops.

Extremities

Rheumatism of muscles and joints, with obstinate constipation.

Relationships

Compare: Hyd; Nux; Rhamnus Californica (tincture for constipation; tympanites and appendicitis and especially rheumatism).

Dose

Tincture to sixth potency.