How can you treat constipation

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The frequency of defecation is different for different people. Many people defecate once a day, some every other day or three times a week. These are in the normal range. Constipation refers to the feeling of discomfort caused by defecation, which is generally manifested as reduction of defecation frequency and constipation. Constipation brings troubles to many people's lives. Long term constipation may cause hemorrhoids and rectal cancer. How can treat constipation to tell everybody.

How can you treat constipation

First: general diet therapy, the amount of liquid and fiber in diet is the key to prevent and treat constipation. Drink no less than 6 cups of water every day, but drinking water alone can not completely solve the problem, and ensure adequate dietary fiber intake. Effective prevention of constipation every day to eat not less than 25 grams of dietary fiber. Fiber rich foods include apples, broccoli, pears, whole noodles, beans, plums, raisins, blackberries, etc. One principle is to eat more coarse grains and more fruits and vegetables.

Second: pay attention to whether the drugs you usually take can cause constipation. The side effect of many drugs is constipation. Usually people who often take drugs should pay attention to the description of drugs, such as many drugs for the treatment of hypertension, coronary heart disease, calcium and so on.

Third: eat more plums. Plums are one of the fruits. There is a Chinese saying that "peaches raise people, apricots hurt people, and plums lay dead under the trees". It is probably said that it means that you can't eat more plums, which is bad for your health. But in western society, many "Grandma's secret recipe" says plum is a good thing to treat constipation. This may have something to do with different varieties of plums. The so-called "plums" or "prunes" are all plums. Drinking a few glasses of plum juice every day has a good effect on many stubborn constipation. The principle is that plum skin contains a substance that stimulates intestinal peristalsis. That is to say, plum can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, so as to achieve the effect of stimulating defecation. Eating peeled plum does not have this effect.

matters needing attention

Dietary fiber should be eaten more. Dietary fiber can indeed relieve constipation, but it can also cause flatulence and abdominal pain. If people with poor gastrointestinal function eat more, it will stimulate the gastrointestinal tract. Not all diets rich in dietary fiber have the effect of defecation. For example, yams are warm in nature. Eating too much will aggravate constipation. Eating more bananas can relieve constipation. Most people think that bananas are moistening intestines. In fact, only ripe bananas can have the above functions. If you eat more raw bananas, you will not be able to defecate, but will aggravate constipation. Because there is no ripe banana contains more tannic acid, it has a convergence effect on the digestive tract and can suppress gastrointestinal peristalsis. Generally speaking, bananas should be stored in a ventilated place until there are black spots on the surface, but the texture of the inside doesn't change. Eating more radish can relieve constipation: This is a common mistake in constipation diet. Constipation can be divided into many types, such as heat secret caused by internal heat, spleen and kidney deficiency and body fluid deficiency. In the middle-aged and elderly, the proportion of empty secret is very large. Generally speaking, gastrointestinal motility is insufficient. White radish has the effect of Xiaoshi Jieqi, flatulent constipation is really effective. But for the elderly, the original Qi is insufficient, and then diarrhea, constipation is more serious. You can't eat more oil or meat. Industrial machinery need the help of lubricating oil, each bearing can work normally, also in the human body. Therefore, constipated people need to eat a little more oil, especially sesame oil, and its "predecessor" sesame. A spoonful a day or a week can improve constipation. As for meat, due to the lack of stimulation of high protein diet on the stomach, people with constipation can eat less. Tea can relieve constipation. Many people think that tea can defecate fire, but constipation do not drink more. Because tea has astringent effect, drinking too much will aggravate constipation. However, people with constipation must drink more water. Ordinary people drink 12ooml of water a day, constipation should drink 2oooml, these water into eight to ten times to drink, can ensure that the intestinal tract moist, help relieve constipation.