{"id":832,"date":"2012-11-10T20:40:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T20:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=832"},"modified":"2013-01-27T06:39:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T06:39:32","slug":"cascara-sagrada-rhamnus-purshiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=832","title":{"rendered":"Cascara Sagrada ~ Rhamnus purshiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Rhamnus-purshiana-berries.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1311\" title=\"Rhamnus purshiana berries\" src=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Rhamnus-purshiana-berries.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a>Cascara Sagrada<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Rhamnus purshiana<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Rhamnaceae<\/p>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Rhamnus-purshiana-leaves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1312\" title=\"Rhamnus purshiana leaves\" src=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Rhamnus-purshiana-leaves-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Rhamnus-purshiana-leaves-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Rhamnus-purshiana-leaves-332x254.jpg 332w, https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Rhamnus-purshiana-leaves.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: bark, stored for at least 1 year<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: native to the west coast ofN. America<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: anthraquinone glycosides (cascarosides A, B, C, D), emodin-type glycosides<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: bitter, cooling, drying<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: laxative, tonic (tones intestinal wall)<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: cholagogue<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: chronic constipation, dyspepsia, digestive complaints<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: piles, anal fissures, hemorrhoids, hepatic sluggishness<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: powder: 1-2.5 g qd; 1:5 tincture: 2-5 ml; decoction: 1 heaping tsp\/cup water (note possible discrepancies for doses of different preparations)<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: extended periods of time: will deplete electrolytes through excessive bowel movement; may potentiate cardiac glycoside activity; don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t use with intestinal obstruction, pregnancy, abdominal pain of unknown origin, children under 12 years<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: vomiting, intestinal spasms, bloody diarrhea, kidney inflammation<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cascara Sagrada Latin name: Rhamnus purshiana Family: Rhamnaceae Part used: bark, stored for at least 1 year Habitat: native to the west coast ofN. America Main constituents: anthraquinone glycosides (cascarosides A, B, C, D), emodin-type glycosides Energetics: bitter, cooling, drying Main herbal actions: laxative, tonic (tones intestinal wall) Minor herbal &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,37,38,36,295,49,1,32,46,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bitter","category-cooling","category-drying","category-energetics-taste","category-intestinal","category-laxative","category-module1","category-properties","category-tonic","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=832"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":884,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832\/revisions\/884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}