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Try Homeopathy For Healthy Bowel Movement!
| CONSTIPATION |
Difficulty in passing stool or passes once in 2 / 3 days, stools can be hard or soft is termed as constipation. Even ineffectual urge or a sensation of incomplete stools can be termed as constipation. |
| CAUSES: |
| • Modern life style – not eating enough and drinking little water, lack of exercise. • Emotional or psychological problems. • Sedentary life. • Eating too much meat and dairy products. • Chronic abuse of laxatives. • Bottle fed babies. • Pregnancy. • Certain drugs like antacids, iron, calcium, blood pressure medications. • Certain digestive tract diseases. • School going children are shy to tell the teacher and later develops a habit to ignore the urge. • Cooking in aluminum, iron vessels. |
| SIGN AND SYMPTOMS: |
| • Stools every 2nd or 3rd day. • Difficulty in expelling feces from the rectum. • Painful evacuation of feces. • Pain sometimes remains for hours after passing stool. • Hard stools. • Occasional blood in stool due to fissure, fistula or piles. |
| DIETARY MANAGEMENT: |
| • Drink at least 2-3 liters of water a day. • Eat high fiber diet – whole grains, bran, oat, green leafy vegetables, peas, beans, potatoes, raw vegetables, salads, dried fruits and fresh fruits. • Eat fruits and vegetables with the skin. • Avoid food that can cause constipation like pomegranate etc. • You can take one spoon isabgul (fiber, Psyllium) in water before retiring to bed. • Walk after every meal. • Drink 2- 4 glasses of warm water every morning. • Limit intake of laxatives. |
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