Cascara sagrada
Sacred Bark
Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 9th ed., 1927, p. 178
Introduced as a. palliative for constipation (non-homceopathic), 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. Hemorrhoids 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.; Nuz.; Rhamnus Californica (tincture for constipation; tympanites and appendicitis and especially rhewmatism).
The book’s Dose section is left out: Samepath quotes the books but gives no dosing advice.