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She is 87, recently recovered from a bout of Diahorrea and is now constipated. She is also quite weak. Are there gentler, Ayurvedic remedies for constipation apart from the laxatives that I as an allopathic physician can prescribe?
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Give isbagol husk at bed tme.
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Hi Make a powdered preparation of dried ginger root, long pepper, black pepper, and black salt in equal quantities. Have 1 teaspoon of this mixture at bedtime with lukewarm water and 2 to 3 teaspoons of psyllium husk. Take pranacharya virechan churna or triphala churna 1 tsf in warm water before sleep at night. Take chitrakadi vati 1- tab after lunch and dinner. Take 5-7 munakkas with milk. Eat papaya in fruits .avoid tea. Coffee.spicy food. Fermented food. Junk food. Avoid alcohol consumption.
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