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Remedies in case of constipation one should be very careful with the use of laxatives as they can often weaken the colon due to their strong action. They should be taken only in acute conditions. It is better to use simple diet remedies. A lot can be recovered by proper eating habits. Eating freshly cooked food is helpful. Spices like cumin seeds, coriander, turmeric powder, fennel and asafetida is good as it makes the food easily digestive. Proper chewing of food is very important. There should be at least four hours difference between two meals. Drinking some fruit juices between two meals is all right. Eating all day is completely wrong and causes many diseases. One should eat only when he feels hungry. Lunch should be the main meal because during the noon time, the digestive fire is extremely strong. Breakfast and dinner should be light. Eat your dinner at least two hour before sleeping. Do not mix too many kinds of foods in one meal. Take plenty of leafy vegetables and salads. Do not drink water one hour before and one hour after the meals. Drinking while taking meals is all right. Drinking butter milk at the end of meals is very good specially at lunch time. Drinking a glass of warm milk at the time of going to bed helps in evacuation, the next morning. In case of severe constipation mixing two tea spoonful of castor oil in the milk is very helpful. Do not stay up late in the night. Regulate your sleeping hours. Ayurveda advises to go to bed early and rise early. Two hours of sleep before midnight is better than four hours after midnight. In the morning after waking up, drink about one liter of water, preferably warm water, walk around in your room for a few minutes and then go for evacuation. This helps in cleaning the bowels. In case there is an accumulation of ama (toxins) in the colon, which is the case if the tongue is coated, fasting is beneficial. Use of oil or ghee (clarified butter) in the food helps in cleaning the stools. Massaging the whole body with oil once or twice a week and applying oil or ghee on the naval every day helps in curing constipation. Taking lemon juice mixed with warm water two or three times a day also cleans the bowels. One or two tea spoons of aloe gel can be taken twice a day. An enema with warm water in case of severe conditions gives immediate relief. Enema with half cup of sesame oil mixed with half cup warm water is beneficial in case of dry and hard stools. One tea spoon of psyllium husk with a cup of warm water at the time of going to bed during the night is a nice remedy for constipation. Very common ayurvedic medicine for constipation used by many ayurvedic physicians is triphala churna. It is a powder made by grinding three kinds of fruits or herbs. This powder is now available in many western countries. 3 to 6 gms. Of this powder taken at the time going to bed with warm water or milk helps in having a clean bowel motion the next morning.
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