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A cathartic is a substance which accelerates defecation, more stronger than laxative and less violent than purgative.
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Plants having 'Cathartic' activity
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| Menyanthes trifoliata | Anti-inflammatory, astringent, carminative, cathartic, deobstruent, digestive, diuretic, emetic, emmenagogue, febrifuge, hypnotic, stomachic, tonic (plant) | | Nicotiana rustica | Narcotic (plant); antispasmodic, cathartic, emetic, narcotic and sedative (leaves). | | Phytolacca americana | Anti-inflammatory and antiviral (plant); alterative, anodyne, anti-inflammatory, cathartic, expectorant, hypnotic, narcotic and purgative (root); anodyne and anti-inflammatory (dried root); cathartic, emetic and expectorant (leaves). | | Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora | Antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiperiodic, cathartic (in large doses), cholagogue, laxative, stomachic and bitter tonic (rhizome) | | Polygala senega | Antidote, antiinflammatory, antispasmodic, cathartic, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, emetic, emmenagogue, expectorant, laxative, secretagogue, secretolytic, sialagogue, stimulant and tonic (root); abortifacient (bark infusion) | | Prosopis juliflora | Cathartic, cyanogenetic, discutient, emetic, stomachic, and vulnerary. | | Rhamnus cathartica | Cathartic, depurative, diuretic, laxative and violently purgative (berries) | | Rheum tanguticum | Cathartic, diuretic, emmenagogue, laxative, purgative and stomachic (root) | | Senna marilandica | Cathartic, diuretic and vermifuge (leaves and seedpods); cardiac and febrifuge (roots) | | Solidago gigantea | Astringent, cathartic and styptic (leaves and blossoms); diuretic (oil obtained from plant) | | Sonchus oleraceus | Galactogogue (plant); febrifuge (leaf and root); laxative (gum); vermifuge (roots); hydrogogue and cathartic (stem juice) | | Sophora tomentosa | Antifungal (aerial part); anticholinergic, astringent, febrifugal, stomachic and dangerously emetocathartic (seed); expectorant (seed oil) | | Syzygium jambos | Used as a tonic or a diuretic (fruit); diuretic and expectorant (leaf decoction); febrifuge (juice of macerated leaves); emetic and cathartic (bark) | | Trianthema portulacastrum | Counteracts hyperactivity from amphetamines, stimulates the cardiovascular system and alleviates spasms (plant); cathartic (powdered root with ginger). | | Veratrum album | Analgesic, anthelmintic, cathartic, emetic, errhine, expectorant, hypnotic and sternutatory (roots) | | Veronicastrum virginicum | Anodyne, cathartic, emetic, hepatic, laxative and tonic (root); antiseptic, carminative, depurative, diaphoretic, hepatotonic. | | |