The popularity of laxative drugs is growing every day. A few decades ago, the need for their use was observed mainly in the elderly and children. Today, it is increasingly necessary to prepare a fast-acting laxative at home, and it is often necessary for middle-aged people who tend to lead a sedentary lifestyle as an office worker, which causes peristalsis to be disturbed.
Prevention of constipation
In order to avoid prolonged constipation, you should try to move a lot. The more a person moves, the more this contributes to the development of not only the muscles of the body, but also the improvement of peristalsis of the internal organs. The more movement, the higher the stimulation of the smooth muscles of the intestine. To date, even special sets of exercises have been developed that contribute to the prevention of constipation. But when practicing them, it is important to remember that after eating, you need to wait at least an hour with physical activity.
Equally important is the bowel movement. It is advisable that this happen every day at the same time. Even if there is no result, about 15 minutes should be devoted to reflection in the toilet room.
Enema - an extreme measure or the fastest laxative at home?
The most popular fast-acting laxative at home is an enema. With constipation, it will have a quick and guaranteed healing effect. It is the most preferred option, as it does not depress and does not irritate the intestines, but only removes feces from it by washing, and does it almost instantly. There are three main types of enemas: micro (less than 100 ml), medium (about 0.5 l) and large (from 500 ml to 2 liters).
Enema is a fast-acting
laxative, but it can be not only a regular cleansing, but also a medicinal one. For example, hypertonic, oily. The duration of the usual
cleansing enema is 15 minutes, during which the water reaches the intestines and manages to soften the feces, ensuring its easy excretion. It should be borne in mind that this action is unpleasant. In addition, it is difficult to carry out the procedure yourself. This requires the help of another person who, in fact, will put an enema on the patient.
Differentiation of laxatives by mode of action
All laxatives are divided into two groups: contact, lubricating (softening) and increasing intestinal contents.
The mechanism of action of the contact is as follows: they provide the movement of feces by irritating the intestinal mechanoreceptors. The duration of such funds is 7-8 hours after use. These include medicinal herbs.
The second group includes agents that can bind to water molecules. Their category includes various oils and enemas based on oils.
The use of agents that increase the volume of the masses filling the intestines helps to push out fecal contents in the literal sense. Representatives of such funds are plantain, flax seeds and kelp.
Positive aspects of using traditional medicine
If the constipation is short-lived and does not cause pain, then enemas, going to the doctor and the use of medications can and even should be avoided. In such cases, it is customary to use folk remedies. When deciding to use any fast laxative of traditional medicine, one should carefully study its properties and principle of action, whether it is allowed to be used by pregnant women and children. But the most important thing in this case is that a fast-acting laxative at home should not only help to empty the intestines, but also not harm its microflora. Most often, a laxative prepared from herbs, fruits and vegetables does not harm the intestines, but you should carefully study this issue.
Kefir in the fight against constipation
Of course, you can use medications or complex herbal infusions to combat constipation. But you can simply open the refrigerator. In the refrigerator of each of us, you can often find an excellent remedy for the prevention of constipation - kefir.
It becomes especially useful in combination with olive oil. It is important to remember that only a fresh sour-milk product will have a laxative effect, kefir 3 days ago, on the contrary, will have a fixing effect on the intestines.
Fiber Savior
Due to its high fiber content, fruits, vegetables and whole grains have an excellent laxative effect. But in parallel with their use in food, you should drink a large amount of liquid, which promotes the movement of fiber along the digestive system. A large percentage of fiber is found in bran and products such as apples, dogs, oranges and zucchini, plums, and prunes. The latter can not only be eaten raw, stewed fruit and various decoctions of them are also very useful. The inclusion of these components in combination with a large intake of fluid will permanently forget about constipation.
Oatmeal - a childhood nightmare or a useful remedy for constipation?
Many of us with a shudder recall oatmeal, which was fed to children once a week in kindergartens in Soviet times. You realize the benefits of oat porridge, perhaps, only when you become an adult and understand that it’s not always healthy that’s tasty, but tasty that’s useful. So, oatmeal, jelly and oat cookies are some of the best commonly available means of dealing with constipation. It is also useful and just infusion of oats. A vegetable laxative is prepared as follows: 1 cup of oats is poured with a liter of warm (not hot) water, wait a day. Have a drink.
Olive oil and lemon - digestive stimulants
Not only delicious and healthy products of the usual diet are olive oil and lemon. Laxative oil copes with stimulating the digestive system, promoting the movement of food along the intestines, and lemon is effective in removing toxins from the body and cleansing the intestinal walls from undigested food.
These products can be used both together and separately. For example, every morning before breakfast, consume a tablespoon of oil with or without lemon, or drink a glass of water mixed with the juice of one medium lemon.
Castor oil - a quick action
The most important property of castor oil is a quick laxative effect on the intestines. It should be used extremely carefully and never at night. The oil has a rather nasty taste and smell, but it is extremely effective in combating constipation. This is a very quick laxative. You should beware of its use at night and overdose.
Unusual coffee property
The rhythm of a person’s life, starting from the first school day, is becoming ever faster. People work hard and relax less every year, so one of the most popular drinks of our time is coffee. It is impossible to say that this drink is extremely useful, but in moderate doses it not only has an invigorating effect, is a diuretic, but also a fast-acting laxative.
It is important to remember that coffee, drunk in large quantities, will not only not be useful for constipation, but also harm. It quickly removes fluid from the body that helps soften the stool.
Soda - a catalyst for the removal of air from the intestines
Drinking soda, neutralizing the acid in the intestine, perfectly helps in the fight against constipation, but also perfectly relieves pain in the abdomen, which subsequently arises increased gas formation. It must be used as follows: dissolve in a quarter cup of non-hot water a teaspoon of powder. Drink in one gulp.
Pumpkin and millet, as well as pumpkin and millet porridge
One of the products with a laxative effect on the intestines is pumpkin. If it is not possible to eat it raw, the pumpkin stew or pumpkin porridge will be an excellent solution.
Such porridge will turn out even more delicious if you cook it together with millet, which also has an excellent laxative effect.
Forget constipation with peas
Every housewife has dry peas. Eating ground dry peas, you can forget about constipation almost instantly. Just grind the kernels and eat a little less than a teaspoon of powder.
"Whisk" for the intestines
Laxative collection "Panicle" is very popular among women. This is a type of salad for those who want to cleanse the body of toxins. Mix carrots, celery, white cabbage, beets, chopped on a fine grater. Generously flavor the resulting mixture with beetroot juice and eat. Remember, no salt and no oil. Even olive should not be in the salad. In the near future, the intestines will be cleaned out like a broom.
Herbal preparations and infusions
Recipe number 1
Take 0.2 l of warm water and pour it with a tablespoon of senna leaves or buckthorn bark. 20 minutes to insist the resulting solution in a water bath, drain the liquid, squeezing out the precipitate well, add warm boiled water to get 0.2 liters. Break the resulting infusion into two applications. To drink in the morning and in the evening. These laxative herbs should be taken only once. Infusions on them should not be abused, as they are addictive and contribute to disruption of the normal functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.
Recipe number 2
Pour a teaspoon of chopped yarrow herb (dry or fresh) with 250 ml of boiling water, leave for 40-50 minutes. Drink 80 ml before eating food from 3 to 4 times a day.
Recipe number 3
Laxative collection of 1-2 tsp dry dandelion leaves (you can use licorice or nettle) to insist in a quarter liter of boiling water for 10 minutes. To use three times a day. You can use this laxative tea regularly, as it is not addictive and helps with chronic constipation.
Recipe number 4
Bring horse sorrel roots with two glasses of boiling water, leave them for 10 minutes in a steam bath. Drink 1 glass before bedtime.
Recipe number 5
10 grams of plantain seeds brew 125 ml of boiling water. Insist for about 10 minutes. Drink laxative tea in one gulp before eating.
Cases of constipation when seeking medical attention cannot be avoided
The most common causes of constipation, in addition to a sedentary lifestyle, is pregnancy, the use of unfamiliar food, depression, travel, when there is no opportunity to perform the necessary “procedures” in a familiar environment. All of the listed reasons are natural, so laxative herbs should be present in every home medicine cabinet. Only in extreme cases, it can be chemical medications. Remember, taking medications is strongly recommended only after consulting a doctor. Appeal to medical care is mandatory in the following cases:
- if constipation lasts more than 2 days and taking laxatives does not help,
- if the patient cannot empty the intestines completely, and this is accompanied by a significant increase in body temperature, nausea and / or vomiting, the presence of blood in the feces, severe pain in the intestine.
It is worth remembering that the medications used in the above cases can lead to intestinal depression and undesirable consequences in the form of intoxication, allergies, and so on.
Be healthy!