Curing Constipation naturally

Constipation is a common disturbance of the digestive tract where the bowels do not move regularly or they are not completely evacuated. It leads to weakening of vital organs and lowering of resistance. For comfort and health at least one clear bowel movement a day is essential.

Symptoms of Constipation

• Due to hard fecal matter there is infrequency, difficulty and irregularity of elimination.
• Loss of appetite, foul breath, nausea, mouth ulcerand coated tongue.
• Headache, pimples on the face, fullness of abdomen, heart burn, acidity.
• Constipation alternating with diarrhea, varicose veins and depression.

Causes of Constipation

• Faulty style of living and wrong diet are main causes for chronic constipation.
• Maximum food today is deficient in natural roughage (which promotes passage of food down the alimentary canal).
• Refined foods, meat, excess tea and coffee and overeating.
• Insufficient chewing and less intake of water.
• Use of purgatives.
• Lack of exercises.
• Stress and strain.
• Irregular habit of defecation.
• Weakness of abdominal muscles are other factors.
• Certain medical conditions also promote constipation.

Natural remedies for Constipation

• Follow a natural and simple diet that includes lots of natural fiber and chew it properly.
• Drink at least 8 glasses of water throughout the day.
• About 60gms of fresh bel fruit before dinner serves as a laxative for hardened stools. Use it regularly for 2-3 months.
• Medium sized pear or guava with seeds taken at breakfast or after dinner are beneficial and helps in normal evacuation of the bowels.
• For chronic constipation an exclusive use of this fruit or juice should be adopted for few days.
• Soak raisins in water for 24 hours and eat them early in the morning to relieve chronic constipation.
• Swallow 1 teaspoon of linseed oil with water before each meal.
• Drink water kept in copper vessel overnight.
• Drinking hot water with sour lime and little salt.
• Bowels should be cleaned daily with warm water enema. For stubborn-cases short fast for 4-5 days with orange juice and for ordinary-cases exclusive fruit diet for about 7 days is advisable. This is to be followed by a balanced diet comprising of sufficient raw ripe fruits and whole grain cereals.
• A cold friction bath taken daily in the morning or alternate hot and cold hip bath before going to bed is also beneficial.
• Abdominal exercise, yoga, massage, toning up the muscles, fresh air, walking, swimming are helpful.