Constipation is a condition in which the bowels are evacuated with difficulty or at long intervals. It is a malady so common that people have rather become indifferent to it. Many think there is no cure for it and that also, it is probably a natural part of living. These ideas are of course untrue.

Constipation is a source of needless suffering. There are no reason for its existence, unless a person is in some advance stage of an organic disease which is resulting in obstruction of the eliminative tract. If not relieve at once, constipation will double the work of the other organs of elimination. This will in turn deplete them, disturb their normal cellular activities, until they themselves become ripe for disease. This is the reason why constipation is cruelly known as the “mother of all diseases”. This is also the reason why we are exerting the nature, causes and effects of ailment. All naturopaths believe that many diseases can be prevented if constipation can be blotted out of existence. 

The Causes of Constipation. Constipation results when morbid matter is retained too long in the body, because the bowels are not functioning normally. It is mainly attributable to lack of fiber in the diet. The modern diet of devitalized and predigested foodstuffs hardly leaves residues for elimination and create plenty of toxic gases in the intestines. Constipation also results from improper food combination, faulty moving habit, over-use of commercial cathartics and purgatives, habitual use of coffee, tea, liquor, iron pills to enrich the blood, lack of chewing  in the mouth, too many varieties of food in one meal especially during parties of pleasure where appetite is not restrained. This is the case where it is better “to keep the mouth shut and the bowel open.” Constipation may also be caused by kinks or narrowing in the bowels, rectal pressure due to falling down, adhesion in the bowel walls as a result of operations and the habitual use of enemas.

People who are “Pot-bellied” are normally sufferers if chronic digestive disorders like constipation, pyrosis, indigestion, flatulence, hemorrhoids, and so forth. Incidentally, the unabashed health builders dictionary gives the interesting definition pf a “pot-belly” or protruding abdomen.

Symptoms of Constipation.

• The tongue is coated
• The Breath is offensive(halitosis)
• Headache
• muscle pains
• mental dullness
• insomnia
• irritability
• depression
• sometimes loss of weight
• chronic indigestion

Treatment for Constipation. To overcome constipation, the sufferer must first understand that the involuntary contractile movement in the bowels depends upon the presence of bulk in the diet. And Only natural foods such as fruits and vegetables can provide this of course.

• To normalize the colon, stop eating constipating food like white bread and other white flour products. Eat only live fibrous foods like papaya , bananas, avocados, pineapples, apples, and grapes. Also, potatoes, peas, carrots, okra, celery, cabbage, sweet peppers, peanuts and yogurt. Foods rich in B such as Brewer’s Yeast are very helpful in constipation. The preponderance of gases in the  colon is very easily remedied by eating new garlic and other carminative hebps.
• Raw carrots juice and lemon juices are indicated to the treatment. These are strongly disinfectant and are therefore of much value in de-clogging obstructed portions of the eliminative tract. Take as much as 6 glasses of fruit juices a day between meals. Use only pure honey of sweetening is desired.
• Constipation is also overcome by simply hydro therapeutic methods. Incidentally, people who  drink very little water everyday are the common sufferers to constipation. Make the contents of the bowels more fluid and manageable by drinking one or two glasses of water or fruit juices right after waking up in the morning. Drink also plenty of fruit juices in between meals.
• The sitz bath is a proven method of relieving long standing constipation. This may be done as much as desired. But 3 or 4 sessions a week is already beneficial. Fomentations to the abdomen with a gentle manual massage is also very helpful.  The sitz bath is best done when the patient is relaxed.
• Regular outdoor exercise such as walking, swimming, bicycle riding, deep breathing and gardening are all very stimulation to the bowels. After a meal, it is best to take a short leisurely walk in the open air to stimulate also the organs of elimination. Never sleep immediately after a meal since the brain is fully absorbed in the digestion of the food, and the sleep therefore will barely be refreshing or normal.

To Relieve the Pain and Impact of Rectum from constipation, Enemas may be used.

Treatment for Baby Constipation. A little brown sugar  in the feeding bottle will help loosen  the motions. Too much sugar may cause diarrhea.

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