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Cascara Sagrada
(redirected from Rhamnus purshiana)

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Cascara Sagrada 

the bark of the North American spe-cies of the cascara buckthorn (Rhamnus purshiana). It is usedin dried form or in the form of a processed medicinal preparationas a mild laxative. Cascara sagrada is not used in medicine in theUSSR.
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