Cathartic herbs are plants that are used to promote bowel movements and relieve constipation by stimulating the digestive system. They often contain compounds that increase intestinal motility or act as natural laxatives. Common examples include senna, cascara sagrada, and aloe vera. While beneficial for occasional use, they should be used cautiously and not relied upon long-term, as overuse can lead to dependency or other digestive issues.
Side effects of cathartic herbs can include dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, and dependence. It is important to use them under the guidance of a healthcare provider to avoid potential complications.
"We need to put cathartic in this medicine."
Mary found the psychologist's style of therapy to be very cathartic. Cathartic can be used an as adjective or a noun.A sentence with the word cathartic that uses context clues is, crying at the sight of her lost dog returning to her yard gave cathartic release to her emotions.
It's an adjective, used to describe a noun or a gerund. Examples: Richard found the effort very cathartic. (noun is 'effort') Talking to someone about a problem can be cathartic. (gerund is 'talking') Jane found using a punchbag highly cathartic. (gerund is 'using') Exercise is often cathartic. (noun is 'exercise'
A cathartic substance is one that accelerates defecation. Somebody would become cathartic by the ingestion of magnesium sulfate or sodium sulfate. In psychiatry cathartic means to recall traumatic events, usually under hypnosis. In this case a person would become cathartic by being hypnotized and then recalling traumatic events, lessening their impact on the unconscious.
Many find the high-energy aggression levels in Karate truly cathartic.
The song writing as well as writing poetry and free prose was incredibly cathartic.
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* engaging in an activity, e.g. photography, in one's every day life is particularly cathartic for the mind.
Depending on context you could substitute cathartic with bad, corrupt, diseased, noxious, rotten, sickening, unhealthful, unhealthy.
"At the least cathartic." is not a sentence. A sentence must contain a subject (noun) and a verb. The given phrase contains neither.