prickly thorn

Buckthorn is native to Europe, North Africa, Pakistan, India, and Indonesia. The drug material is imported from wild collections in Russia. Medicinally, the ripe, dried buckthorn berries (Rhamni cathartici fructus) are used. Buckthorn: special characteristics Buckthorn is a shrub up to 3 m tall, bearing opposite, finely serrated leaves and thorny branches. In the leaf … Cross Spike

Buckthorn berries are used as a laxative – whenever particularly soft stools are desired. This can be, for example, hemorrhoids, anal fissures, after surgery in the rectal or anal area and in preparation for diagnostic procedures in the gastrointestinal tract. Furthermore, the drug is also suitable for short-term use in constipation (constipation). Folk remedies and … Buckthorn: Applications and Uses