CASCARA SEGRADA BARK

Description

4 oz Wildcrafted Cascara Sagrada Bark Cut &Sifted (C/S)

The bioregion known to some geographers as Cascadia corresponds to the Pacific Northwest and encompasses Southeast Alaska, British Columbia, Western Alberta and Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Northern California. It is a unique area that is home to a rich diversity of medicinal herbs and other plants, including Rhamnus purshiana, from which comes one of the more familiar herbs otherwise known as Cascara Sagrada Bark. In the original lingua franca of Cascadia, known as Tsinuk Wawa, or “Chinook Jargon,” this Native American herb was called chittam or tsittikum.

The herb is harvested in the form of quills and pieces of bark, allowed to age at least a year before use in laxative preparations. Cascara sagrada is never to be used fresh and must be aged for at least a year to break down its anthrone chemicals. (The Cascara offered by HerbMan, Inc is aged) If the bark is not aged it is a purgative and will cause intense intestinal spasms and vomiting.

Best used for constipation

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