Constipation

Constipation: delay in passing stools. We can speak of constipation as soon as there is an effort to carry out defecation. - Can be spasmodic, atonic, sigmoid.

Signs: heavy tongue, fetid breath, slowed digestion, spots on the face, migraines, cold extremities.

Causes: water and vitamin B deficiencies, excess meat, sedentary lifestyle, nervous exhaustion, lack of fiber, abuse of laxatives, lack of gastric secretions, use of medications (tranquilizers, sleeping pills, antidepressants, codeine, antacid)

N.B. : no constipation can be permanently relieved without correcting diet and lifestyle habits.

We must evaluate the metaphysical aspects of this pathology.

Good defecation is half of intestinal health.

Fibers which help the evacuation of excrement: - fruits: cherry, raspberry, orange, peach, grape, soaked dried fig, strawberry, currant, melon, blackberry, olive, pear, apple, plum, soaked prune - vegetables: eggplant, chard, carrot, mushrooms, raw cabbage (salad), pumpkin, wild chicory, zucchini, endive, spinach, fennel, lettuce, lamb's lettuce, turnip, dandelion, tomato, Jerusalem artichoke - aromatics: basil, chervil, tarragon

Flax seeds, vegetable stock, 1 day / 7 - Linseed, olive, safflower, sweet almond oils, whey, juice of young cereal shoots

Dijon mustard (grain), bran of oats, psyllium, agar-agar, chia seeds, licorice (contraindicated for permanent hypertensives)

Axarola (Superdiet), 2-6 tabs. / day, preferably in the evening - Bioson (Superdiet), 3 comp. before each meal - Fruit-a-lax (Ortis) 1/2 cube at bedtime with a glass of water - Kyodophilus (Quest), 2 caps. at bedtime - Noni (Morinda citrifolia) - Hepar mineral water (magnesian water) - Drink water (purified) upon rising with the juice of 1/2 lemon

Linoforce (Bioforce), 1 tbsp. tbsp, in a glass of water before bedtime - Quantaflore and Quantaphylle (Phytoquant de Monaco) - LAB Premium (PariNat), 2 gels x 3 / day

Children: prune juice at 5 p.m. with fresh cottage cheese or kefir (if tolerated).

Constipating foods to avoid: white bread, white rice, pastries, eggs (hard cooked), milk, sugars, cheeses, coffee, tea, cola, chocolate, cocoa, bananas, salted and/or marinated meats, spicy foods

Caution:

1. to excess fats, starch, alcohol, alkaloids (tea, coffee, cola, chocolate)
2. to paraffin oil (forms a film on the wall of the small intestine and reduces the absorption of ingested food)
3. with castor oil by mouth (irritant action).

Present the stool at set times - Go to the toilet when the urge arises

Friction derivative baths, cold compresses on the stomach

Colon hydrotherapy, rectal enemas followed by Acidophilus implants - Hydrate the intestine (magnesium hydrate)

Rectal instillation of castor oil (100 cc)

Baths after meals (make evacuations easier) - Use a toilet footrest

Physical exercises with abdominal movements - Walking - Cycling

Eat at regular times in a calm atmosphere. Chew food well