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Mountain Rose Herbs is also a quality source of properly aged cascara.
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pboy said:laxatives can help you go in the short term, which can help you get through the day no doubt, but ultimately you want to have a prolonged period with no colon
irritants at all if possible, so it can actually heal...that would look like a typical FODMAP style diet which is pretty much like a 'what a kid would like to eat' diet, low fiber, low spice, low intensity in general, peeled cooked mashed...though I'd even say keep fruit and veg to a minimum, only enough to get enough Vit A, C, and possibly folate
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aquaman said:tried cascara tea?
natedawggh said:Sugar, cascara is NOT going to help you with ulcerative colitis. Cascara helps with constipation, and ulcerative colitis is not simply constipation.
Did you read the post about activated charcoal? Activated charcoal is amazing at sopping up endotoxin and suppressing bacterial growth, which cascara doesn't really do. Have you also been tested for C. diff? It's a potent bacteria that can cause a myriad of painful and destructive lower bowel problems and is eliminated by fecal transplant or really strong antibiotics. Charcoal may be able to suppress bacteria like this and if you haven't trie that, don't bother with anything else until you have, and especially make sure you're not eating anything with gluten.
Not from my recent experience. Charcoal is exactly what helped me.iLoveSugar said:Severely constipated and sluggish bowels; activated charcoal would probably make it worse.
Cascara sagrada.iLoveSugar said:I ordered some activated charcoal. Hopefully I can get it out of me when I ingest it. I read some incredible stuff about something similar, Cholyrestamine.
I find the powder taken can be quite harsh on the stomach - try making tea out of it instead, not drinking the powder at bottom of cup. This is what Josh Rubin recommended, and it works well for me
tried cascara tea?