Remedies For Constipation
Some people believe that constipation is not having a bowl movement for 24 hours but normal stool elimination can actually be three times a day to three times a week.
Constipation is having a bowel movement fewer than three times per week with hard, dry, small stools that are difficult to eliminate.
Here are some remedies for constipation that may help.
Constipation Home Remedies:
Be sure to drink 8 glasses of water a day.
Avoid sugary, fatty and processed foods.
Increase your vegetable, fruit and whole grains intake.
Add apricots, prunes, bran, avocados, blueberries, beans, broccoli and other dark green veggies to your diet.
Aloe Vera - Helps promote healing and cleansing of the digestive tract. Aids in forming softer stools.
Try herbal teas that are specially formulated for constipation. You can find these teas in the grocery store or health store.
Cascara Sagrada - Used as a laxative which safely cleanses the colon, relieving constipation.
Senna - Promotes evacuation of the bowels. A great natural laxative and remedy for constipation.
Milk Thistle - Increases the production of bile to protect the intestinal lining, reducing constipation and softening the stool.
Psyllium Husk - Its bulky fiber qualities makes it an effective laxative.
Psyllium Husk forms a gelatin-like mass in the colon, which keeps the bowels nice and relives constipation naturally. Fiber is one of the most important remedies for constipation relief.
Doing a body and colon cleanse will definitely clean out your bowels, improve your over-all health and get rid of constipation. It will clean out all the built up matter in your intestines and colon from all those years of eating unhealthy.
