Quick Home Remedies To Relieve Constipation - written by Scott Gillespie

The most common home remedy for constipation is the same home remedy for weight gain - diet and exercise. Much constipation is caused by lack of physical exercise and poor diet. Every one should have 6-8 8 ounce glasses of liquid every day. The best liquid for preventing constipation and overall good health is water. 20-35 grams of dietary fiber each day is the American Dietetic Association's adult recommendation. Good sources of fiber are fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

Spinach is one another option. Well, spinach is the wonder leaf, really. It has done wonder to comic book heroes and comic book leads. It has made kids hate mothers and it has made kids learn that mothers were always right. It helps in chasing away the toxins from the body, it helps in building up some strength, but there is something else it does better. It gets rid of constipation. That should come as no surprise. This green leaf has the quality to wade off evil and that we already know. It almost acts as vacuum cleaner for the digestive system, literally cleansing it off the trouble causing properties.

Therefore, in normal case scenarios, home remedies are the options preferred by general consensus. Such forms of natural intervention, in the alleviation of constipation, include the afflicted individual's adequate intake of liquids, mainly good quality water, along with fibers from a dietary source. The fiber options are merely the inclusion of ample vegetables, fruits and whole grain breads, to incorporate a better balance in the daily diet, along with such considerations in supplementing the diet of the ailing with linseeds, all, to encourage the natural approach towards home remedies for constipation.

Another way to help the intestine to void the stool is to cool it. Take a rough towel, fold it so that it can absorb water and place it on your lower abdomen after immersing it in cold water. Let the coolness percolate to the abdomen for about fifteen minutes. Or, you can take a mudpack. Take about one kilogramme of clay and knead it into a dough like consistency and spread it evenly on your lower abdomen-from the navel to the pubes. Some people are known to have benefited more from a mud bath than from a cold towel. It should be done before you for a walk. Cooling and then warming it through exercise helps the large intestine regain its tone.

Triphala Churna - consists of the herbs Harre, Bahera, and Amla - ground into a powder and taken with warm water or milk at bedtime.

Honey - add honey to a glass of milk and drink twice daily. One of the good home remedies for constipation.

Corn Syrup - add one tablespoon to 8 oz of water (one tablespoon can also be added to baby's bottle to relieve constipation).

Honey may be the best tasting laxative on this list. While mild in its potency, it will still do its job as long as you a tablespoon three times a day, either by itself or mixed in with warm water. Don't forget that honey is a high concentrate sugar and is up there in calories, so use it sparingly as an occasional laxative.

Drinking lemon juice mixed with warm water two to three times a day eases constipation.

Drink one liter of warm water and walk around for a few minutes immediately after waking up early in the morning.

Not really a traditional Chinese home remedy for constipation but effective, and highly nutritious, all the same. Put 2 or 3 fresh figs or dates, a very ripe banana, a spoon of honey or molasses and a cup of water into a blender. Mix well and drink once a day or so. Suitable for adults and children.

Put 1-3 grams of Senna leaf in a mug and add hot water. Let steep for several minutes before drinking. One of the most powerful, natural home remedies for constipation. Good for moving hard stools with signs of heat in the body, e.g. a red face, feeling hot, bad breath, dark yellowish urine. Senna leaf is a strong laxative and not recommended for long term use, though, or during pregnancy or menstruation, or by those who are weak from illness or constitutionally weak.