Kyle J. Norton
Herbal Cascara Sagrada may have a potential and positive effect in reducing risks and treatment of constipation, according to studies.
Constipation is a condition of infrequent bowel movements caused by hard and dry stool.
Without bowel movement that lasts longer than 3 days is considered to have a condition of constipation
Chronic constipation can lead to symptoms of abdominal pain, bloating, and feeling as if one has not completely passed the bowel movement.
In severe cases, chronic constipation can cause the complications of formation of hemorrhoids, anal fissures, or fecal impaction.
According to the statistic, constipation most often affects women, and adults ages 65 and older. Constipation is highly prevalent, with approximately 12 million general practitioner prescriptions for laxatives in England in 2001.
The most common risk factors for the onset of the condition include a poor diet with less fiber, overuse of laxatives, certain medical conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, colon cancer, long-term use of certain medications, such as narcotics, and depressants, and resistance the urge to poop.
Some researchers suggested that atypical defecation habits are one of the most risk factors associated with the risk of constipation that is harder to treat.
Ms. Isabelle Beaudry-Bellefeuille in the examine the risk of chronic constipation with atypical defecation habits in children, wrote, "Atypical defecation habits are common and distressing for children and families and can have a major impact on quality of life. Often, no underlying factor can be identified, and the defecation disorder is considered functional".
And, "Current interventions are not successful for up to 50% of children. We suggest this high failure rate may be caused by a lack of consistency in the descriptors of behavioral indicators for functional defecation problems. Most investigations and descriptors focus on general behavior. There are fewer reports concerning defecation-specific behaviors".
More investigations are necessary before a strategy can be found for the treatment of chronic constipation with atypical defecation habits in children.
Cascara sagrada is a species of buckthorn, genus Rhamnus, belonging to the family Rhamnaceae, native to western North America. The herbal bark has been used in traditional medicine for gastrointestinal support. and it is thought to have a laxative and natural cleansing, etc.
The chemical constituents of Cascara Sagrada include Aloe-emodin, Anthrquinone glycosides (Barbaloin Cascarosides A, B, C and D ChrysaloinFrangul), Chrysophanol, Emodin, Heterodianthrones palmidin A, B, and C, dianthrones, Oxanthrone, Rhein, Tannins, etc.
Researchers concerned about the high prevalence of constipation used laxatives, a colon-addictive substance, and examined the effects of cascara sagrada accompanied by the infection of ear mushrooms.
A total of 34 patients were diagnosed with functional constipation according to the definition of the modified Rome II criteria. divided into 3 groups (placebo, ear mushrooms alone, and ear mushrooms with additives including cascara sagrada, etc.).
Numbers of bowel movements, straining, sense of incomplete evacuation, stool consistency, satisfactory relief, abdominal pain/discomfort, and colon transit time were evaluated and analyzed before, during, and after the treatment.
Both ear mushrooms alone and ear mushrooms with additives significantly improved a number of bowel movements, straining, sense of incomplete evacuation.
Furthermore, both applications also improved stool consistency and satisfactory relief in the participants.
Compared to the use of ear mushrooms alone, adding herbal Cascara Sagrada was found to be more effective in the improvement of constipation.
However, compared to no side effects on the use of ear mushrooms, adding herbal Cascara Sagrada may induce mild gastrointestinal discomfort in some patients.
The results clearly suggested that ear mushrooms combined with herbal Cascara Sagrada and fiber may have a strong inhibition against the development and chronic constipation with no serious effects.
Taken together, herbal Cascara Sagrada may be used alone or combined with other anti-constipation functional foods for the prevention and treatment of chronic constipation with little or no side effects.
However, due to the limitation of the small sample size, we suggested that confirmation by a large sample and multicenter human study is necessary before declaring the effective use of herbal Cascara Sagrada and its combination for the treatment of constipation.
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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
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References
(1) Rhamnus purshiana (Cascara)
(2) Constipation in adults. by Mueller-Lissner SA, Wald A.(PubMed)
(3) [Effect of ear mushroom (Auricularia) on functional constipation].[Article in Korean] by Kim TI, Park SJ, Choi CH, Lee SK, Kim WH. (PubMed)
(4) Defecation-Specific Behavior in Children with Functional Defecation Issues: A Systematic Review by Isabelle Beaudry-Bellefeuille, MSc. (PMC)
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