Main slide Cascara bark Names. Description and origin. Constituents and uses. Frangula bark Constituents. Medications and uses. Kurchi bark Names, description and origin. Main slide
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Outer part of the bark brown colour inner surface reddish brown Main slide
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Cascara bark :Cascara sagrada bark لحاء الشجرة المقدسة Rhamnus purshianus Family : Rhamnaceae Main slide
Description Perennial trees Odor : slight . Taste : bitter. The bark must be stored minimum one year before being used (more cathartic). Origin: USA & Canada. Main slide
Chemical constituents Glycosides :anthraquinone group: 1.Cascaroside A & B (barbaloin) 2.Cascaroside C & D (chrysaloin) USES Purgative : for treatment of habitual constipation . We add to the drug MgO ( magnesium oxide) to avoid bitter taste . (dose 300mg) Main slide
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Frangula bark Rhamnus frangula Family : Rhamnaceae Main slide
Description Perennial small trees . The bark color : dark brown . Odor: slight . Taste : bitter . origin: Europe & Western Asia . Main slide
Chemical constituents Anthraquinone glycosides : a. Frangulin b. Gluco-frangulin 2. Free anthraquinone (emodin) Main slide
Medications and uses Cascara and Frangula barks drugs: Bilacton ®:Trima Dragee Cascara dry extract + Cortex Frangula + Phenolphthalein + Belladonna dry extract Indication: constipation, acute and chronic. Main slide
Holarrhena antidysenterica Family : Apocynaceae . Kurchi bark Holarrhena antidysenterica Family : Apocynaceae . Perennial trees 10 m. The bark outer surface : reddish brown. Inner surface : cinnamon brown . Odor : slight . Taste : acrid and bitter . Origin: India . Main slide
Chemical constituents Alkaloid (steroidal group) Conessine USES Anthelmintic . Anti-dysenteric . Stomachic in small doses . Main slide