Remedy
Cascara Sagrada cas-s.
1 book on the shelf carries Cascara Sagrada. Read them in the order a bedside reading goes: the short cards first, the long books after.
Homœopathic Materia Medica
William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition
Common name
Sacred Bark (RHAMNUS PURSHIANA)
General
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. Hæmorrhoids 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.