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But if you can't go, try the “Sacred Bark”, used by cultures around the world to support waste elimination and a clean, healthy colon.

Cascara sagrada, which literally means "sacred bark", is one of Nature’s Sunshine’s most popular and best-selling herbal products.

If you have trouble taking out the trash, you’re happy to feel its sacred power wash over you.

Cascara sagrada acts as a natural herbal laxative to help keep things moving by stimulating peristaltic action—the movement of the intestines—and increasing the content of water in the bowel.

Cascara’s hydroxyanthracene derivatives also support the body’s detoxification processes, cleansing of the colon of damaging toxins and waste.

Since its discovery by Spanish settlers in the 1600s, Cascara sagrada (Rhamnus purshiana) bark has been used as a natural laxative throughout the world. Native American tribes shared this natural wonder with the Spaniards, who named it Cascara Sagrada, or “holy bark,” in honor of its effectiveness. By the late 1800s, cascara was being exported overseas. The explosion of its use eventually led to overharvesting in the 1900s. But this resilient species of the buckthorn family has made a resurgence, growing naturally throughout the Pacific northwest.

Through the early 2000s, cascara was included in many over-the-counter products in the US. And it’s still used throughout Europe, having been approved for use by the German Commission E.

Ranking among our top-selling products domestically and internationally, Cascara Sagrada remains a popular choice for intestinal support the world over.

Benefits:

• Intestinal system support
• Acts as a natural herbal laxative
• Supports the elimination of digestive remnants
• Promotes the emptying of the colon by influencing intestinal contraction

Ingredients:

Cascara sagrada bark.

Quality Assured:

We work with experienced cultivators who have harvested Cascara sagrada by hand for generations. Wild–crafted and sustainably sourced in the Pacific northwest, our cascara is harvested each year from mid-May to August from trees between 10-20 years old. After harvest, the fresh cascara bark is ground into 3 to 4-inch sections and then kiln-dried to age to perfection (for proper efficacy and safety) before being ground again.

Cascara trees flourish along coastal regions between British Columbia and northern California. In fact, cascara trees naturally fill in logged off areas after timber companies cut down forests. The timber companies often replant with conifers, but Mother Nature does her own replanting with cascara to reestablish a more natural biodiversity as the forest regrows.

Recommended Use:

Take 2 capsules with a meal once daily. Do not exceed recommended dose. Not for long-term use.

NOTICE: This product contains cascara sagrada bark. Read and follow directions carefully. Do not use if you have or develop diarrhea, loose stools or abdominal pain because cascara sagrada may worsen these conditions and be harmful to your health. Consult your physician if you have frequent diarrhea, or if you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.

* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.