Best homoeopathic medicines for constipation
Constipation means no stools for days or passing hard stools. Constipation is generally described as having fewer than three bowel movements in a week. Chronic constipation can lead to piles (haemorrhoids), anal fissures (torn skin in your anus) or it may lead to rectal prolapse.
Causes of constipation:
Not eating enough fibre in diet.
Older people mostly suffer from constipation due to inactivity.
Inadequate intake of water.
Some medications like iron and calcium tablets.
Overuse of laxatives.
Eating a lot of dairy products.
Hormonal problems like hypothyroidism, diabetes.
Homoeopathic medicines for constipation:
Nux vomica: Constipation due to intake of iron, calcium tablets or any other medications. Unstaisfactory stools. Frequent ineffectual desire, but passing small quantities at a time. Scanty stool with much urging.
Bryonia: Constipation; stools hard, dry, as if burnt, seem too large. Mucous membranes are all dry. Abnormal hunger, loss of taste. Thirst for large quantities of water.
Lycopodium: Constipation in elderly people or due to sedentary lifestyle. Stools hard, difficult, small, incomplete. Inactive intestinal canal. Ineffectual urging.
Alumina: Constipation due to dryness of intestines. No desire for stools for days. Stools hard, knotty. Even a soft stool is passed with difficulty.
Natrum muriaticum: Stools on alternate days. Constipation; stool dry and crumbling. Burning pains and stitching after stool.
Tips to prevent constipation:
Drink enough water everyday.
Be active.
Avoid sedentary lifestyle.
Try to include lot of fibre in your diet.
Increase intake of fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, whole grains, legumes and seeds.
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