Name: Frangula purshiana (Cascara)

Description: Frangula purshiana is the botanical name for Cascara which is also commonly known as “Cascara sagrada” or “sacred bark”. The dried bark of Cascara has been used traditionally throughout Western Herbal Medicine as a stimulant laxative which helps to relieve constipation and promote bowel regularity.

Name: Foeniculum vulgare (Fennel) 

Description: Originally native to Southern Europe and parts of Asia, Fennel can now be found growing freely throughout the world, including Australia.

Whilst fennel has a long history of culinary use, it has also been used since ancient times in traditional Western Herbal Medicine for a variety of digestive concerns including abdominal bloating and as a carminative to relieve flatulence.

Name: Rumex crispus (Yellow dock) 

Description: Also commonly known as Curly dock, Yellow dock can be found growing throughout the world, an in some parts it is classed as an environmental weed due to its prolific growth.

Like many herbs,  Yellow dock has been used as both a medicine and as a food. The leafy herb has been used in traditional Western Herbal Medicine as a laxative and to improve bowel regularity.

Name: Musa x paradisiaca (Resistant starch)

Description: The Resistant Starch contained in Caruso’s Constipation EZE® is Green banana powder. A powder made from unripened bananas, and due to their unripened state, they are packed full of resistant starch.

Starch is considered the most abundant carbohydrate in the human diet accounting for more than 50% of carbohydrate consumption. It is found in plant cell walls and is particularly plentiful in tubers such as cassava and potatoes and in grains such as wheat, oats, barley, rice and corn. Resistant starch is a type of starch that isn’t digested in the stomach or small intestine and makes it all the way to the colon intact (“resists digestion”). It works as a prebiotic that feeds and boosts the good bacteria in the gut.

Resistant starch is the ultimate multi-fibre nutritional supplement—a unique combination of soluble, insoluble and fermentable fibre. High in prebiotic fibre, to nourish beneficial gut bacteria.