Materia Medica

Cascara sagrada – Boericke

Cascara sagrada
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RHAMNUS PURSHIANA (Sacred Bark)
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. Hamorrhoids and constipation. Gastric headache. Broad, flabby tongue; foul breath.

 

 

Urine

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

 

 

Extremities

RHEUMATISM OF MUSCLES AND JOINTS, WITH OBSTINATE CONSTIPATION.

 

 

Relationship

Compare: HYD.; NUX.; RHAMNUS CALIFORNIA (tincture for constipation; tympanites and appendicitis and especially RHEUMATISM).

 

 

Dose

Tincture to sixth potency.