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Traditional Laxative
Used in herbal medicine as a stimulant laxative for the short-term relief of occasional constipation and to ease bowel movements (by acting directly on the large intestine).
Product number ...... NPN 80040182 Dosage form ...... capsules Quantity ...... 60 Active ingredient ...... Aloe ferox (83 .0 mg) ...... Frangula purshiana (100 .0 mg) ...... Ulmus rubra (20 .0 mg) Therapeutic indications
Constipation • Used in Herbal Medicine as a stimulant laxative, for the Digestion occurs partly through the phenomenon of peristalsis, which refers to contractions short-term relief of occasional in the intestines that help food advance through the digestive tract. Constipation involves constipation and promotes bowel a delay or difficulty in evacuating feces. This can be either slow transit constipation, when movement (by direct action on the food stagnates in the colon, or it can be outlet constipation, when feces accumulates in the large intestine). rectum. The Traditional Laxative by Léo Désilets Maître Herboriste is specially formulated to relieve occasional constipation, which can be due to poor diet, physical inactivity, stress, or Adults and adolescents 12 years occurring during travel. and older: 1-2 capsules 1 time a day. The Traditional Laxative formula contains 3 complementary medicinal ingredients combi- ning stimulant and emollient laxatives. Emollient laxatives work by softening and wetting the feces by increasing water absorption, which facilitates transit through the intestines. Stimulant laxatives, for their part, increase peristalsis, or intestinal motility. The effective- ness of plants that have a stimulant laxative effect is related to their anthranoid content. Medicinal ingredient: Aloe ferox (83.0 mg), Frangula purshiana (100.0 mg), Aloe ferox Ulmus rubra (20.0 mg). Aloe latex is a potent purgative that contains 20% to 40% anthranoids. Its effectiveness Non-medicinal ingredient: in treating constipation is recognized by the Commission E in Germany, which establishes Canola oil, Canadian fir needle oil, monographs on herbal remedies, l’ESCOP (European Scientific Cooperative on Phytothe- Glycerin, Beeswax - white, rapy), and the World Health Organization. Purified water, Activated charcoal, Soft-gel; gelatin Aloe ferox Rhamnus purshiana Ulmus rubra Classification (USDA) Classification (USDA) Classification (USDA) Kingdom : Plantae Kingdom : Plantae Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliophyta Division : Magnoliophyta Division : Magnoliophyta Class : Liliopsida Class : Magnoliopsida Class : Magnoliopsida Order : Liliales Order : Rhamnales Order : Urticales Family : Aloaceae Family : Rhamnaceae Family : Ulmaceae Genus : Aloe L. Genus : Frangula Mill. Genus : Ulmus L. Species : Aloe ferox Species : Frangula Species : Ulmus rubra Muhl. Mill. purshiana A. Gray
Rhamnus purshiana Rhamnus purshiana, or Cascara sagrada, is a stimulant laxative that contains anthranoids (approximately 8%). Originating on the pacific coast of North America, the bark of this tree can be used to treat constipation. Its usage is recognized by the Commission E in Germany.
Ulmus rubra Also known as slippery elm or red elm, ulmus rubra is a large tree that grows in Quebec and in the rest of eastern North America. Its inner bark, or liber, was used by Amerindians notably to heal irritations of the digestive tract. In our day, slippery elm is used as an emol- lient laxative to treat constipation or to provide food that is emollient and easily digestible.
Precautions and warnings Consult a health care practitioner before using if you are taking thiazide diuretics, corticosteroids, liquorice root, or any other drugs that may aggravate an electro- “Léo Désilets maître herboriste Inc”, lyte imbalance. Consult a health care practitioner before using if you have a kidney is a natural products company entirely disorder or are taking heart medications like cardiac glycosides or antiarrhythmic Quebec owned and operated. Estab- agents. Consult a health care practitioner if symptoms persist or worsen. Consult a lished in Scotstown, in the Eastern health care practitioner before using if you have fecal impaction or any symptoms of Townships, it began its activities in abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting or fever. Reduce the dosage or discontinue use if 1974 when the founder, Leo Desilets, an you experience abdominal pain, cramps, spasms and/or diarrhea. expert herbalist, marketed his niche Contraindications product: fir balsam gum Our production methods meet the Do not use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Do not use if you have an requirements of the good manufacturing abnormal constriction of the gastro-intestinal tract, an existing or possible bowel practices (GMP) mentioned in the Health obstruction, a sluggish digestive tract, appendicitis, an inflammatory bowel Canada regulations. disease, like Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, or abdominal pain of unknown cause, undiagnosed rectal bleeding, severe dehydration with loss of fluids and We produce nearly 85 natural health electrolytes or diarrhea. products, which are of course available through our website, but also in several Adverse reactions outlets. Hypersensitivity can manifest. If this is the case, discontinue use. Our mission; offer high quality natu- ral health products to help you heal yourself and stay naturally healthy.
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