Dealing with constipation

[Robert Smith 2]

Summertime girls, Chinese food gives me shxts

[RoyLee]

For those of us that have already cut out rice and drink lots of water, consider psyllium husk or ground flax seed. I also make my own yogurt. Buy the l.reuteri tabs from lazada and make it for the cost of milk. Also kefir, saurkraut, spicy food as others mentioned. Better than laxatives or suppositories. 

[ignore it]

Well, 

 

You've certainly come to the correct place for this advice.

 

Lots of us curmudgeons are full of poop.

[1FinickyOne]

On 5/4/2025 at 11:03 AM, giddyup said:

I've added prunes, prune juice

prunes work great for me, but so much sugar!!

[giddyup]

1 minute ago, 1FinickyOne said:

prunes work great for me, but so much sugar!!

I guess no good for diabetics.

[Blueman1]

On 5/4/2025 at 9:27 AM, hotsun said:

Eat more eggs you fool

And Get More Boils Yeah ??

[Blueman1]

It's Really Simple......Get a Bottle of Milk of Magnesia from ANY Pharmacy,Have a Good Swig of that but You MUST Stay very close to a Toilet,Takes about 2 / 3 Hours to " Clean You Out "

[Purdey]

Lots of contradictory ideas flouted here but no majority agreement on anything. I eat salad 5 out of seven evenings with plates of fresh fruit. One issue is, as a diabetic I can't eat just any fruits. I have a tea She Who Must Be Obeyed provides that works but sometimes make me go 3 times before empty. Risky to be driving to work in rush hour when the urge comes over me a third time.

[barmatt]

Fruit and fibre is the answer.

[J Branche]

Naturegift Coffee. No joke.  Know three people tried it and had positive results.

[sharot724]

Only once for me on vacation in Singapore.

Daughter told me that at her clinic the majority of all issues reported were patients  dealing with constipation. 

 

Kept drinkging expresso's and stay hydrated.

[ericbj]

Some useful suggestions given above, the following may duplicate or complement:

Exercise (those aging or in sedentary occupations often don't get enough).  Walking, cycling, swimming.
Standing on a "vibrating plate" can also help, especially in the rainy season.

Salty soup seems to help hydration of the colon.  Lack of hydration of the colon can be caused by excessive tea or coffee consumption due to diuretic effect, as well as lack of fluid intake.

Natural fruits and vegetables for soluble fibre.  Also in oats.  While insoluble fibre in some whole grains can help, it can damage the intestinal lining which is one cell thick.

Avoid industrialised, highly processed foods, which contain chemicals to inhibit bacteria and fungi: damage the gut microbiome.

Restore gut microbiome preferably with live (not pasteurised) fermented foods.  Failing that, with high-count, very expensive probiotics.  Not the stuff peddled in pharmacies.

Avoid milk from North European breeds, the norm for dairy cattle, as it contains indigestible casein type A1.  All other milk and milk products alright, including from Guernseys (but not Jerseys), nanny-goats, ewes, mares, buffaloes, humans, etc.  Hard cows' cheeses seem particularly constipating.

'Fitné' herbal tea sachets from Thai supermarkets.

Indian curries.

For occasional use, take 'Colosan', a mixture of magnesium oxides (non-assimilable, so useless for Mg deficiency).  Gave some to a Burmese doctor friend and it cured him of inguinal hernia in several days.

Cure anxiety.

Use a traditional Thai squat loo, not the western type promoted by Thomas Crapper & Son.  Abdominal muscles help to expel turds [faeces].

[xylophone]

On 5/5/2025 at 1:37 PM, 3NUMBAS said:

Try wild dose capsules

 

https://wild-dose.com/products/a-dose-for-bloating

Thanks for that info and I have just ordered some and will give them a try.

 

I have tried just about everything mentioned on this thread apart from standing on a vibrating plate and I have to abide by what I was told many years ago at the BUPA hospital in London – – that I have a slow digestive system, and it seems to be the long and short of it.

 

No amount of fibre, psyllium husk, or any other fibrous foods seem to make much of a difference and the only thing that does is if I combine prune juice and sorbitol liquid, but as I mentioned before it's a pretty vicious method of clearing one out.

 

Many nights of the week I will have half a head of raw broccoli, accompanied by tomatoes and olive oil as a side salad for my dinner, and I thought the broccoli would help, especially being raw, but no it doesn't. I've also tried dates and prunes and once drank half a bottle of Milk Of Magnesia out of desperation, but to no avail.

 

So the Wild Dose capsules as mentioned by @3NUMBAS will be my last try and after that..........................? 

 

PS. I've also tried the bum gun method with a little success on occasion.        

[Magictoad]

On 5/4/2025 at 12:09 PM, proton said:

 

Tried many times over the years as well as juice, no effect at all

Use the BUM GUN attached to your toilet to give yourself a mini enema and or Glycerin suppositories 

[Magictoad]

2 hours ago, xylophone said:

Thanks for that info and I have just ordered some and will give them a try.

 

I have tried just about everything mentioned on this thread apart from standing on a vibrating plate and I have to abide by what I was told many years ago at the BUPA hospital in London – – that I have a slow digestive system, and it seems to be the long and short of it.

 

No amount of fibre, psyllium husk, or any other fibrous foods seem to make much of a difference and the only thing that does is if I combine prune juice and sorbitol liquid, but as I mentioned before it's a pretty vicious method of clearing one out.

 

Many nights of the week I will have half a head of raw broccoli, accompanied by tomatoes and olive oil as a side salad for my dinner, and I thought the broccoli would help, especially being raw, but no it doesn't. I've also tried dates and prunes and once drank half a bottle of Milk Of Magnesia out of desperation, but to no avail.

 

So the Wild Dose capsules as mentioned by @3NUMBAS will be my last try and after that..........................? 

 

PS. I've also tried the bum gun method with a little success on occasion.        

Try again, if no success - go to the hospital and explain to them and they will give you a real enema and possibly some medicine to take.

[proton]

1 hour ago, Magictoad said:

Use the BUM GUN attached to your toilet to give yourself a mini enema and or Glycerin suppositories 

 

Never use it

[ericbj]

Linseed (and I believe chia seed also) can facilitate bowel transit by producing with water a mucilaginous substance.  But because they absorb a substantial amount of liquid in doing this, it is best to soak them in water overnight before adding to breakfast cereal or whatever.  They have the additional advantage of being highly nutritious.

 

The liver, concerning which medical research has so far discovered about four hundred different functions, is heavily involved in digestion.  So weak digestion MAY be caused by a weak liver.  One of its important tasks is to produce bile to digest fats and oils, the bile being stored in the gall-bladder and released when required.

 

(A weak liver is often also associated with a poor circulation of blood, notably in the extremities.  And as if that were not enough - according to a godfather of mine many years ago - a distended colon risks choking veins coming from the left leg, potentially leading to left-leg thrombosis).

 

A simple and sometimes effective method of detoxing the liver and gall-bladder is to wear a castor oil compress over the liver for several nights in succession.

 

Fresh papaya and pineapple contain digestive enzymes that help digest proteins.  Proteolytic enzymes can also be purchased as a supplement, if you have a deep pocket.  In the New Guinea bush in the '60s I was familiar with the fact that tough meat could be tenderized by wrapping it awhile in pawpaw [papaya].