Laxative (Purgative)

Laxative

Adjective

• (chiefly of a drug or medicine) tending to stimulate or facilitate evacuation of the bowels:

Notes

• Laxatives, purgatives, or aperients are substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements. They are used to treat and prevent constipation.

• Castor oil is a glyceride that is hydrolyzed by pancreatic lipase to ricinoleic acid, which produces laxative action by an unknown mechanism.

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laxative 

Herbal Plants with Laxative (or Purgative) properties