Description artichoke is particularly helpful where people have long term problems trying to maintain bowel regularity i e where there is a stubborn problem that is ongoing for more than 1 to 2 weeks artichoke stimulates peristalsis in the lower gut that helps to get things moving again it is the leaves of the artichoke plant that contain the active compounds the most important one being cynarin each tablet of ibisene contains a full 16mg cynarin which is the level generally used in scie