Homeopathic Materia Medica

by William Boericke, M.D.

CASCARA SAGRADA - 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. Haemorrhoids 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 Californica (tincture for constipation; tympanites and appendicitis and especially rheumatism).

Dose: Tincture to sixth potency.

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