The herb cascara sagrada bark is aged 2 years before it can be used. It is used because it effects muscles into movement. Dr. John R. Christopher was fond of sitting in on otopsies and personally seen a dead colon split open and cascara sagrada applied to it and it curled up.
It does not taste good and you don't want to apply such an herb to your throat, I do have 1 Amishman drink the formula as you have tried, he only does it because he is too cheap to put it in a capsule. I don't suggest it, I tried it 15 years ago and I could not stand the taste.