Features & Benefits
- Provides gentle stimulant laxative support for occasional constipation
- Traditionally used in herbal medicine to help relieve constipation
- Features aged bark combined with a concentrated 4:1 extract
Summary
Cascara sagrada has traditionally been used in herbal medicine as a stimulant laxative to help relieve occasional constipation.
Cascara sagrada (Frangula purshiana) is a small deciduous tree native to the Pacific Northwest. Its aged bark has a long history of traditional use for supporting bowel regularity.
The bark contains naturally occurring anthraquinones, compounds believed to support intestinal motility and promote bowel movements by stimulating contractions within the colon.
New Roots Herbal’s Cascara Sagrada combines aged bark with a potency-validated 4:1 extract for convenient digestive support.
Ingredients
Each vegetable capsule contains:
| Cascara sagrada (Frangula purshiana) aged bark | 175 mg |
| Cascara sagrada (Frangula purshiana) aged bark 4:1 extract | 150 mg |
Non-Medicinal Ingredients: Vegetable magnesium stearate and silicon dioxide in a non-GMO vegetable capsule composed of vegetable carbohydrate gum and purified water.
Suggested Use
Adults and adolescents ≥ 11 years old: Take 1–3 capsules daily or as directed by your health-care practitioner. Allow 6–12 hours for laxative effects to occur. Take a single dose at bedtime. Take 2–3 times weekly. If results are not observed, frequency of use may be increased to once daily.
If you are taking other medications or natural health products, take this product a few hours before or after them.
Duration of use: Consult a health-care practitioner for use beyond 7 days.
Cautions & Warnings
Consult a health-care practitioner if symptoms persist or worsen.
Consult a health-care practitioner prior to use if you are taking thiazide diuretics, corticosteroids, licorice root, cardiac medications, antiarrhythmic medications, or other products that may aggravate electrolyte imbalance; if you have a kidney disorder; or if you have fecal impaction or symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, or fever.
Reduce dose or discontinue use if you experience abdominal pain, cramps, spasms, or diarrhea.
Contraindications: Do not use if you are pregnant or breast-feeding; or if you have intestinal obstruction, atonic bowel, appendicitis, inflammatory bowel disease, abdominal pain of unknown origin, rectal bleeding, severe dehydration, or diarrhea.
Known adverse reactions: Hypersensitivity may occur, in which case discontinue use.
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