What is Cascara Sagrada Bark?
Cascara Sagrada bark (Rhamnus purshiana) whose name translates to “sacred bark” has a long history of use as a natural laxative. Nature’s Answer uses Cascara Sagrada that has been aged for one year for optimum potency.

What is Cascara Sagrada Bark used for?
Cascara Sagrada is a type of buckthorne that is native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. The indigenous people of North America used its dried bark for its purported laxative properties and benefits on the digestive system.*

Why Nature’s Answer?
Nature’s Answer Cascara Sagrada is made with the added assurance of our Advanced Botanical Fingerprint Technology®. All plants have unique chemical characteristics, markers, and natural patterns that can be used to identify them (just like human fingerprints). Our in-house laboratory has accumulated and preserved over 800 plant specimens, creating one of the most comprehensive collections of genetically verified plant specimens found anywhere in the world. Our state-of-the-art laboratory equipment has identified each and every plant’s distinctive botanical fingerprint, which we then use as our baseline to analyze the quality and purity of every incoming botanical used to manufacture our products. This unique process is our Advanced Botanical Fingerprint Technology®, and we take great pride in knowing that it allows us to completely assure you that your products contain only the highest quality botanical ingredients.