What We Know Wednesday: Aged Cascara bark helps us take a 💩!
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- In this what we know Wednesday we're jabbing about AGED Cascade Sagrada (Frangula purshiana) bark and how she's amazing at helping us start/stop 💩’ing, lower stress hormones, and toxin loads!
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24932776/
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8221295/
Constipation is horrendous, my mother battles with chronic constipation. My father died from he's intestine folded over and passed away due to fecal compaction,both parents in mid 90s.. thank you for the help. Now days docs prescribe every pill you can imagine. The elders don't have a chance. Thanks to April Graham my mother of 93 is living her best self, not constipated, no pharma meds and is as feisty as ever..this shit really works. I started my mom on a littlebit. Knocking this out😂thank you again sincerely..
I simply Love watching you and your sweet direct spirit. Bless you
Hello Great Lady. We love you!
I love what we know Wednesday!
Thank You SO VERY MUCH!!! You’ve helped me over the years and I’m Deeply Grateful🌿
How amazing that it works for both constipation and diarrhea! As always I just love how down to earth you are and how you make knowledge so accessible and learning so easy. Thank you April!
❤ love that we can talk freely about shit, litterly 😁 thank you x
Thank you
Pretty dress April. You look beautiful! Ty for always great videos!
Doctors say that diarrhea is just another form of constipation, and both are the bodies' way of dealing with improper gut health.
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I love your SPIRIT April ❤️
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Thank you so much. I’ve had chronic constipation since o was a small child. In fact I have a memory of sitting on my potty chair reading a book with a suppository up my ass waiting to go to the bathroom. Apparently I fell asleep while waiting. 😅 I know tmi. So appreciate April. I’m sharing this one to the ones I know who have the same struggle.
I really hope cascara makes it so you don't have to repeat that memory as an adult ha!
To the algorithm! So important ❤
Love your style. Thanks for sharing.
I used to order from this expensive website and this botanical pharmacy has poop capsules which contain cascara as well. When i still worked I tried it, once! Yes on a day off😂 Your talk makes complete sense!
Now I wonder if lemonbalm tea can create such a "lower explosion" due to its calming effects. My one child is a nervous Nellie and she will not touch lemonbalm tea again. In order to calm her it cleaned out her gut, majorly. Noone ever heard of lemonbalm effects like that, popped straight into my mind listening to you.
Yep and it's common for nervine's to empty guts like that if our stress hormones are high. Also if she had a virus in her gut!
@sheisofthewoods I tried to order a prescription from "all day chemist," but they wanted our bank routing number and banking info. We didn't give it and were wondering if we had the legit site or got a scamer?
Thank you for any info. Love your new Q&A.
@phyllisharrell174 It's legit and it's just how echecks work. I've used them for years and always pay that way with no issues 🙂
@@sheisofthewoods you are the BEST!
So good to know❤ ive been using senna for years and ive been trying to find something less intense
Hello,
I had a TBI, so now i need to relearn what i used to know.... I have learned so much from you ... I love you! Im hoping to start an apothecary here on my farm in Ohio...
BTW that dress or blouse is beautiful... Well your beautiful inside and out!!!
Would you expand more on stress hormones in the gut. I find this idea fascinating and would love to learn more or point me in the right direction to do my own research. Love what you do and am so thankful!!
Hi, i have a cascara tree in my woods...when do i harvest the bark? When the leaves are out? After it flowers, or after the berries are out.? Thank you for your terrific videos ! I have learnt so much.
You made midweek so enjoyable, loving these what we know Wednesdays 🙌
Can breastfeeding women take this? I seen one study advising not too but it was more so to do with less research. 💚
Loved the poop icon on your title. Made me laugh! Hee hee
Can you make a video on blood root. I know i will understand it once you explain it. Thanx❤
I'd love a video about nasturtium. Thank you.
Hey April I keep hearing about using honey locust seed pods but I’m not finding much on the medicinal properties and side effects. You explain stuff way better then anyone to and I can understand you lol
You are a true gem!!!❤
Thanks for the info! I’m Glad you mentioned small amount. I read that it can cause severe vomiting if you take too much. When I took it I got really sick. It was so bad I threw it out! Wish I would have known to take it in capsule form.
Yeah if it made you vomit I'd also be suspicious that it wasn't aged and larger doses would have made that an even worse experience!
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I love your dresses, where do you buy them at ???? ❤️❤️❤️❤️
It's a combination of thrift stores and Amazon, the one I'm wearing here is from Amazon and you'll find it listed in the dress section of my Amazon affiliate thingy: www.amazon.com/shop/sheisofthewoods 🙂
@@sheisofthewoodsHoly sh!t I'm so excited about this. I love your clothes! Thanks for sharing!
@@melissawelsh3289 Haha I'm glad to help❤️
Oh, great, thank you for letting me know !! 🥰💐💐
I love your videos. You are amazing.❤😂
YAY!! Been waiting on this!
Thankyou April and perfect timing as exactly what my hubby needs due to the constant stress of his workplace . Wish you had a UK store as not sure what shipping costs would be like from.youreof over here. I'd be your UK stockist for sure ;). Xx
Shipping for international is calculated but I'm sure it's steep at the moment 😏 I do hope to one day be able to stock my offerings in the EU and am even willing to jump through the extra regulatory hoops!
Claire if you're happy to discuss we can order and half the shipping cost and maybe find others. ❤
Aww bless you |i know you will when you can, just searching to get some nearer home but none actually say aged so having to investigate xx @@sheisofthewoods
ooh yes im up for that anyone else want to join in too xx @@zharahussain8004
Hi, would you consider a video on how to harvest for instance marshmallow roots or dandelion roots, please?
Where is the best place to buy this bark. Thank you April
Should one take cascara if diagnosed with diverticulitis? Thanks.
If someone’s colon is stretched out due to a pattern of withholding BMs (which has since been resolved), would Cascara be a good place to start instead doing a daily enema (the modified O’reagan Protocol)?
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Awesome post !
Thank you!
Randomly , who makes that wallpaper you have on the walls?
It's actually a tapestry and I have it linked in my Amazon list here: www.amazon.com/shop/sheisofthewoods 🙂
"Shit ton" 😂 pun intended 😅
Does Cascara bark grow in the US? I try to stick with things I can grow or gather.
Yep she's native to the US: Here's a range map cfcg.forestry.ubc.ca/resources/species-reports/cascara-sagrada/#:~:text=Cascara's%20range%20includes%20a%20large,and%20Montana%20(Little%201976%3B%20Little
@@sheisofthewoods Thank you, I'll have to see if I can get it to grow here on the S. Cumberland Plateau TN.
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Hi April,
I’ve battled chronic constipation my entire life. I saw this video and started taking this. Seems to work pretty well so far. My question is, I have read that it’s dangerous to be taken with certain things and long term. Is it dangerous to continue to take longer than a week?
Thank you ❤
So long as it's aged and you're not taking huge amounts it's fine to take daily. There were TWO people (out of millions) who made themselves sick with fresh cascara bark taken in huge amounts.
They also hurt mice by making them eat huge amounts, they basically died from nutrient depletion from 24/7 diarrhea. Again, not something we'd willfully induce on ourselves.
There are some meds you'd not want to take it with but that's usually to do with not wanting to take a laxative with a laxative kinda deal.
@@sheisofthewoods thank you so much April!! I am so grateful for you! ♥️ I finally have help after 46 years!
Did you happen to mention something a while back to the likes of cascara sagrada working on the lymphatic system?
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Is it safe for dogs? Because I have an adopted elder dog, who has permanent diarrhea. I was using slippery elm, which has helped a lot, but now I'm hesitating between slippery elm and cascara bark.
I've not looked into the safety for dogs to be honest, maybe consider pectin?
oh lord! I forgot about pectin! @@sheisofthewoods Thank you
I have zero peristalsis in my colon. Dietary changes make no difference at all. Fiber makes it worse. Osmotics don't work at all I either 1) don't poop and build up to impaction or 2) have to take a laxative and/or enemas weekly and have a "poo day" and poop a week's worth over the day. Senna gives me such cramps and I don't like commercial synthetic laxatives. Is aged cascara bark suitable for a colon with no peristalsis at all?
It's possible since it's partially pulling enzymes that act like a laxative (pulling water) from a quick search this study looks worth reading: "They promote peristalsis presumably by direct action on the colonic mucosa and by stimulating intraluminal water and electrolyte secretion." www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/cascara
@@sheisofthewoods Thank you so much! I am taking prucalipride, the only prescription I've ever take daily in my life (I'm 64) because I'm just wanting to see if there IS a magic pill instead of a painful, crampy weekly "poo day" LOL and it has something to do with the gut serotonin and acetylcholine and getting the nerves to work or something. It works sometimes for a few days and then it will just stop for a couple of weeks. I'd like to dump the prescription so I will try this and see if it helps. Things that increase fluids in there don't seem to help, but maybe because of the serotonin action, this will.
A couple things come to mind 1.) If you haven't investigated your parasympathetic nervous system function/retoning your vagal nerve I'd fall down that rabbit hole hard because it's how we digest food/have move it through until the end. 2.) I was just reading this morning in the book called human heart cosmic heart (heart doctor challenging what actually causes heart issues) about a plant called G-strophanthin and while he was discussing it for maintaining heart function is does so by increasing acetylcholine which is what the parasympathetic nervous system uses to function! It's more of a heroic plant (can be toxic) BUT may be worth investing since it would seemingly have a direct impact on your situation.
@@sheisofthewoods I will definitely go down that rabbit hole. I sleep like the dead and would have thought my parasympathetic was pretty sound, but I've always also been a worrier and easy to rile up (until I got old and it's not as bad). I have had the constipation since I was very young, but who knows if family stress - which was rampant - played a part on my nervous system. My husband has chronic fatigue and also separate sleep issues: he can hardly fall asleep and can't stay asleep. It's like his sympathetic nervous system pops back on as he starts to "fall" and then he's wide awake again. Normal sedatives and things like valerian, passionflower, skullcap just don't help him. Melatonin doesn't help him. He uses motherwort, Eleuthera infusion, lion's mane regularly. He also takes nettle tincture, dead nettle to calm down the glial cell action, chaga sometimes, linden infusion. He also takes ashwagandha and cordyceps powders now and then. I pieced a lot together via Susun Weed's adaptogen course and my own plant uses when he crashed and couldn't get off the couch for six months and western medicine had nothing for him. A year later he was out building a chicken coop! But still the sleep problems with the parasympathetic not getting a chance. I think some more research on the vagal nerve would do us both good. Thank you. I really appreciate your considering all this!
Hey Blessing, I was wondering what you do with your used tinctured herbs ? I filtered my tinctures and have the herbs left over. Their all dry. Can I reuse ? Or can I feed to my chickens ?
Thanks for your loving information 🙏
Typically I just compost them but would not feed them to the chickens due to the leftover alcohol content that could cause issues for them, but sometimes I freeze it before it dries and then you can use it for what's called tincture tea which is just what it sounds like.
@@sheisofthewoods thank you so much. I did think about the tincture tea for sure. The Mullein and Thyme.
My 9 yr old gr.daughter is very coughy. I looked for your information on Thyme. Is it good for clearing out lungs as well ?
Im one streesed out human😂
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Is it also safe for children? Is there a liquid form of it as well? I have children that could greatly benefit from this but they would need a liquid or powder form.
My suggestion would be prune juice for children, soak a few prunes over night and have the child drink it in the morning, for starters. If that is not enough tip toe on❤ let's see what April says!
Where is this bark from?
The cascara tree🙂
Canada and Eastern Africa.
@@pamelablessing1571 It grows all over the PNW too.
😊 Pacific Northwest, there you go Jewel ❤️ thanks april
I take this daily, I need it daily, I hope that’s ok
Yep it's fine to use daily in small amounts so long as it's aged 😊
@@sheisofthewoods all colonoscopies have been 👍🏼
I’ve read it shouldn’t be taken longer than a week because it’s dangerous for the liver. I’ve recently started this too. I’ve posted this question here for April today. I hope it’s safe to take more often.
@@faithjolene244 The studies about it being dangerous for the liver were done on mice and they were fed HUGE amounts. In small amounts it's safe to use daily 😊
@@sheisofthewoods thank you hun! This makes me feel so much better!
Thanks for this. I take prucalopride for zero motility in my colon and it sort of/sometimes works (and still need laxative help every couple of weeks and a whole day in the bathroom) but better than if I take nothing which means no going at all. Ever. I got aged cascara sagrada root in capsules and have been taking it for the last 5 days (pouring half an 800mg capsule into a spoon of yogurt) with the prucalopride and have gone easily every day. 🥰No cramps or weirdness at all.
I understand this cascara bark should NOT be taken daily for a long period. Can you recommend the safe number of days it can be taken and maybe a rest period until it can be resumed? I also have LPR and idiopathic gastritis from chronic lifelong constant post-nasal drip (apparently).
I am 64 years old and otherwise in good health.(Although I really like the connection there between stress and cascara and the fact that it moves a digestive system as I had a very stressful childhood when all this started in my gut. And it's not a dietary or hydration issue at all.The smooth muscles just worked less and less as my life went on and that makes sense considering the stress I was under as a young child.) I make my own probiotic-rich organic grass-fed milk yogurt, sourdough bread, etc., eat very well and not really packaged foods and my nurse practitioner can't find a single fault in my diet. I cannot have whole grain bread because it's too bulking. I eat my weeds: dandelion, chickweed, etc. and drink herbal infusions. Thank you!
It's safe to use daily, those studies were done with HUGE amounts given to mice until they became injured. A human would have to eat nearly 1 oz of bark a day to cause damage and by then they'd become so dehydrated/stripped of minerals it's hard to say if the cascara did the damage or the shitting yourself to death did😂
As a side note, have you looked into toning your vagus nerve? The stress you underwent likey damage the vagus nerve which among other things directly controls motility in the gut/intestines. May not be a total fix but definitely worth looking into!
@@sheisofthewoods A bit like the comfrey studies, then. Good to know! And thank you for posting a response. I know how busy you are.
I meditate regularly as a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner (and teacher). I sleep like the dead. I have done yoga over the years but prefer dancing. It's so weird because I absolutely love to meditate and do mantra retreats (lots of friends say how hard retreats are but I just LOVE them and totally feel at home in 30 day and longer retreats), sing, dance, and do all the things that are supposed to tone the vagus nerve yet I have those GI and throat symptoms of an untoned vagus nerve. I'm not sure what other vagus nerve toning I can do so if you can suggest something, I'd totally try it.
I forgot it’s Wednesday!
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Totally off subject but what red light therapy light do you have? Are they expensive? I need an affordable one. Thank you for all you do!
Mine is expensive but there have been studies that show a red brooder light for chickens or red heat light for the bathroom works just fine too. They do get very hot so sure with caution!
Edit to add I used a brooder light for a long time, I just saved up because I also wanted the infrared light too.
WHAT HAPPENED TO APRIL?!? Does anyone know, please tell me she’ll be back‼️‼️‼️😢
I'm okay, just a little busy with life & such ☺️
@@sheisofthewoods Thank goodness you’ll be back! I understand you need to take care of yourself too, that’s extremely important. 🥰👏🏼 I have MS and all your knowledge has given me hope! 🥰 My neurologist is amazed at my progress & I have YOU to thank for it. Thank you! 🙏🏼😁
My dad told me once, back when I was young, raising 5 kids 4 boys one girl. He told me Pamela Don't get BURNT OUT. at the time I didn't know what he meant. Now 66 I do.. ground yourself daily take time alone, PACE YOURSELF as much as you can. Life goes by so fast. ❤ April Graham you are and have been an honest compassionate human. Thank you for my life change.
Sincerely
Pamela Blessing
i cant find anything that says aged, only cascara sagrada. is this what im looking for
Yes but ask the company if they're bark is aged.
Where would I get this ?
If you google aged cascara you'll have hundreds of options to choose from 🙂
@@sheisofthewoods ~Thanks.
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