[Sca-cooks] Herbal laxatives

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My understanding is that senna is a pod.

Freda

Laura C. Minnick wrote:
> Pat Griffin wrote:
>> Stephen asked for herbal laxatives.
>>  
>> The first one I thought of was Senna, but is Senna an herb? 
>> Lady Anne du Bosc, Called Mordonna
>> Thorngill, Meridies
>>   
> I thought senna was bark, which would be more of a spice than an herb...
>
> Many years ago, at summer camp, our counselor told us that one of the 
> cabins had done an overnighter in the woods, and when they gathered 
> firewood to cook their food, they happened to gather up some cascara 
> along with the alder and birch they found.
>
> Let's just say it was a long night.
>
> 'Lainie
>