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cascara

cascara

1 9.9
People use dried bark from a buckthorn tree to make a medicine that helps you have a bowel movement
  • noun
  • /kæˈskɛrə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cáscara sagrada
  • Seek the advice of your physician prior to utilizing cascara or any further herbs and supplements.

Examples

  • All stimulant laxatives, including cascara, can trigger abdominal cramping, even if you do not have an abdominal concern like IBS.

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  • You must not utilize cascara if you have abdominal troubles, like irritable bowel syndrome, as stated by the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

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  • On the night of February 28, after taking bicarbonate of soda and a cascara tablet, she became ill and called for help.

    Academic text (2003)
  • You must not utilize cascara or further laxatives for more than one week without your physician's consent.

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  • Bitter cascara?

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Enduring utilization of cascara sagrada has also been connected with dehydration, as stated at RXList.com.

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  • Cascara sagrada, identified merely as cascara, is a medicinal plant largely utilized to alleviate constipation.

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  • This can happen as an outcome of loss of fluids while the body drives out stool once cascara acts to persuade bowel contractions.

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  • Also, once ingested in large dosages or for a prolonged time, several individuals might experience diarrhea as a side effect of cascara sagrada, as stated at RXList.com.

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  • Cascara is often recommended as a natural remedy for cascara due to its laxative properties.

Synonyms

cascara sagrada
vscascara
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Dried bark from a tree that helps people with constipation

refers to the same bark but without the natural emphasis
chittem bark
vscascara
  • Archaic
9.9

Dried bark used as a medicine to help people have a bowel movement

is the same concept but expressed with a different name
chittam bark
vscascara
  • Archaic
9.9

Dried bark from a tree used as a natural laxative

focuses on the same function without calling it natural

Compounds

cascara sagrada
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Dried bark from a tree that helps people with constipation

cascara buckthorn
  • Specialized
9.9

A small coastal tree whose bark is used to make a medicine for constipation

Surface Forms

cascara singular
cascarae plural
cascarae plural

Etymology

Cascara comes from the Spanish word cáscara, which means 'peel' or 'shell'. Since the dried bark looks like a tree's peel, the same name was used for the buckthorn bark that people use as a laxative.