Cascara Sagrada

RainFloresta is proud to offer the purest form of Cascara Sagrada in the US, in easy to swallow capsules. One capsule daily can assist the body's ability to digest foods.

Cascara Sagrada, also known as Frangula purshiana,, is a tree indigenous to the Amazon Rainforest and parts of Northern America and Canada. The Spanish term for sacred bark, the bark of this tree is known in South America for its many medicinal qualities.

For people in the Amazon rainforest, extract of Cascara Sagrada bark has proven to work wonders with digestive and intestinal ailments. Contained within the bark are compounds called anthraquinones which, when consumed, are transformed by intestinal bacteria to increase intestinal motility in the large intestine. This in turn encourages safer, natural removal of bodily waste and improves health to the colon. Resins, tannins, and lipids make up the bulk of the other Casacara Sagrada bark ingredients. Cascarosides have a cathartic action, inducing the large intestine to increase its muscular contraction (peristalsis), resulting in bowel movement.