noun
Etymology
Origin of cascara sagrada
1880–85; < Spanish: literally, sacred bark
Example Sentences
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Unobjectionable are mineral oil, milk of magnesia, cascara sagrada.
From Time Magazine Archive
Take a dose of epsom salts, castor oil, or cascara sagrada, then regulate your diet.
From Supreme Personality by Croft, Delmer Eugene
Of the laxative drugs which may be used at such a time, cascara sagrada and senna are among the least harmful.
From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.
Laxatives—the various salines, aperient spring waters, castor oil, cascara sagrada, aloes and other vegetable cathartics.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
But if the woman is constipated and anemic, cascara sagrada is a better laxative; while cod-liver oil acts as a laxative and at the same time improves the quality of the blood.
From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)
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