cascara sagrada
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- noun
- /kæˈskɑːrə səˈɡrædə/
- Specialized
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cáscara sagrada
- Many herbal remedies include cascara sagrada due to its effectiveness in promoting bowel movements.
Examples
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Cascara sagrada is often used as a natural laxative to help relieve constipation.
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Cascara sagrada, identified merely as cascara, is a medicinal plant largely utilized to alleviate constipation.
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IBS and the effects of Cascara Sagrada on it
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Enduring utilization of cascara sagrada has also been connected with dehydration, as stated at RXList.com.
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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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Doctors may recommend cascara sagrada as a safe option for those seeking herbal relief from constipation.
Synonyms
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People use dried bark from a buckthorn tree to make a medicine that helps you have a bowel movement
Dried bark from a tree used as a natural laxative
Dried bark used as a medicine to help people have a bowel movement
Surface Forms
Morphology
cascara + sagrada
The phrase is a Spanish loan literally meaning 'sacred bark' (cáscara = bark, sagrada = sacred), so a learner who knows the constituents could infer it refers to a type of bark. However, its specific, conventionalized medicinal sense ('dried bark of cascara buckthorn used as a laxative') is specialized and not fully predictable from 'sacred bark', making the relation only partially transparent.
Etymology
Cascara sagrada comes from Spanish words cáscara 'bark' and sagrada 'sacred'. One popular story says local healers used the tree's dried bark as medicine, so people called it the 'sacred bark', and today cascara sagrada means that dried bark used as a 'natural laxative'.