Constipation is one of the western world’s greatest worries. Uncorrected back sprains can be a major cause. Too much sitting, not enough exercise for our stomach muscles, insufficient fibre and fluid in the foods we eat, coupled with too much dairy and animal fats in our diet, do all contribute to the problem.
Don’t be embarrassed, it’s better to learn the rules of a healthy bowel than to suffer bowel cancer. Also realise that waste that is not cleared at least once daily will affect your kidneys, liver, skin, lungs (bad breath?) and swell your abdomen. You’ve heard of toxic headaches, haven’t you?
Too much sitting can inhibit the peristaltic action of the intestines. Years ago your mother painstakingly worked to start a lifelong habit of good bowel function for you, so don’t ignore nature’s signals and introduce a problem that she solved all those years ago!
You must become conscious once again of nature’s nudge that NOW is the time for an evacuation. Sitting on it won’t help get you started. If the call constantly comes when you’re on the bus or train, then you have to bounce out of bed half-an-hour earlier to do your exercises.
It can be a problem at school where children are given limited time and few toilets to accommodate their needs and they are punished for being late back into class. Then if there’s an ‘accident’, a lifelong embarrassment with emotional overtones is underway.
Don’t weaken the bowel with laxatives. It’s much harder to handle once the problem becomes chronic. Best to find the cause. Many an upset toilet routine is simply corrected by adjusting the lower back. This injury can happen after a fall. The nerve supply to the bowel must always be free to stimulate or inhibit the
function of the organ is controls.
A good start to the day is to drink a glass of water (add a squeeze of lemon if you don’t like plain water).This stimulates the peristaltic action of the bowel so that, half-an-hour later when you’ve prepared your breakfast, you will be prompted to pass a motion. After the water, perhaps you could go for that quick walk round the block. By then the breakfast cereal with oatbran has soaked long enough.
Aloe vera helps clear sticky faeces. Cheese constipates some people, as do other dairy products. Fruit is wonderful to clear constipation, as it is full of fluid and fibre. Soak prunes overnight and enjoy this pleasant tasting medicine. The real trouble occurs when you have tried every laxative in the shop and the internal muscles have lost their tone. Even exercise sometimes won’t get you functioning normally.
If you ignore constipation the consequences can be anything from piles (haemorrhoids) to diverticulitis, varicose veins, appendicitis, and possibly cancer if it is in the family. So it is worth chewing more figs, apricots and prunes and increasing your water intake.
When it comes to acupuncture the earth meridian can be deficient in chi energy, and needs stimulating. This is a simple process and along with a correct diet and exercise regime, it won’t take long before all is as it should be. The needles will also relax you and warm your arms and legs with energy.
Homoeopathically nux vomica helps the office worker who can’t relax and is full of business lunches. Perhaps alcohol intake is dehydrating you? Reduced fat yoghurt is the dairy food that will help this problem.
The B complex vitamins are important for those suffering the effects of stress. Lactobacillis acidophilus tablets are also needed after antibiotics have been taken. Chewing fibrous vegetables like carrots and celery is recommended.
Professional treatments like colonic irrigation are the saviour of many adults with a chronic bowel problem. Impacted bowels respond immediately to this gentle and simple technique. It is nothing like the irritating, soapy hospital enema. I have recommended the use of this treatment for more than thirty years. The machine, attached to you by a slender disposable tube, feeds warm water into the lower rectum to wash the inside of our lower bowel safely.
Nothing could be simpler. Overuse of any therapy is not to be recommended, but several colonic irrigations when needed and professionally advised, will not upset the electrolyte balance which is the main fear. This is the therapy I advise for immediate relief of skin rashes, gall bladder congestion, toxic headaches and sinusitis. Experiencing the inner cleanliness after a washout is as good for the body as confession is for the soul.
Colonic irrigations are also recommended at the start of a fast, and to help you give up cigarettes or coffee without suffering reactions. The headaches and nausea that hit when you go off your addictions can be cleared in an hour after a colonic. Why suffer?
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