Homeopathic medicines for constipation:

Below are some of the common medicines used for constipation in Homeopathy.

Remedies used for relieving constipation:
The most common and effective medicines to cure constipation are:
Aesculus, Aletris, Aloes, Baptisia, Bryonia, Calc carb, Carbo veg, Chelidonium, Collinsonia, Dioscorea, Graphites, Hydrastis, Iris vers, Lycopodium, Natrum mur, Nux vom, Opium , Plumbum, Podophyllum , Pulsatilla, Sepia, Silicea, Sulphur, Veratrum album.

Person who have habitual constipation:
For habitual constipated persons
Abies nigra, Alumen, Alumina, Bryonia, Calc carb, Causticum, Collinsonia, Conium, Graphites, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Sepia, Sulphur.

Persons who lead sedentary life:
Aloes, Bryonia, Iris, Hydrastis, Lycopodium, Nux vomica, Opium, Platina, Podophyllum, Sulphur.

In pregnant women:
The most common medicines which suits for the pregnant women suffers from constipation are
Alumnia, Bryonia, Lycopodium, Nux vomica, Opium, Podophyllum, Sepia.

In old people:
Old people suffering from constipation could be relieved from the complaints by the following medicines:
Aloes, Alumina, Antimonium crudum, Baryta carb, Bryonia, Lachesis, Opium, Phosphorous, Phytolacca, Rhus tox, Ruta.

Note: Even more medicines are present in Homeopathy it should not be taken without a Homoeopathic physician guidance

Home remedies for Constipation

       I like to suggest some home remedies before I going for Homeopathic medicines. As I have stated Constipation most times would be functional and hence no medicines is needed for many persons except persons who are having habitual constipation, pregnant women, persons who lead sedentary life.
                             • Drinking required amount of water daily is essential one to drive constipation. A person needs nearly four liters of water in the hot climates, in the temperate countries 6-8 glasses of water is enough to have regular bowel habit.

• Walking for about 4-5kms would help in digestion in night after meals.

• Take half cup of cabbage juice daily for a week. It is a good reliever of constipation.


• Dry grapes without seeds are boiled in milk. The milk is taken separately and the dry grapes are eaten later. It is a useful home remedies to relive constipation.

• To overcome CHRONIC constipation more intake of figs which is soaked in water the previous night has to be taken in the next morning. It has to be continued daily.

 • Dates mixed with milk are a good home remedy for constipation.

• A very simple and effective home remedy to rule out constipation is drinking water which is placed in copper vessel for the whole night and the water should be taken in empty stomach.

• Guava fruit is a good remedy as well as nutrient supplier for our body.

• Orange juice in empty stomach is a very useful home remedy.

                            
• “VAJRASANA” is the Yoga to relieve constipation.

• Eating wheat chapatti as two parts and roasted black gram powder one part is a good remedy for constipation.

Constipation

         Eeryone of us has this problem at least one time. Constipation most times due to functional disorders.   Constipation is defined as the irregular bowel movements and failure in voiding feces which produce discomfort.

             Usually defecation occurs  due to the reflex from gastrocolic. Some persons need some external stimulus to maintain the regular bowel habit like drinking coffee or tea. If there is any disturbance in this reflex and also due to other reasons the bowel movement is not normal and would lead to constipation.

Causes of constipation:

·         If the person wont have regular bowel habit. Irregular intake of food likewise irregular bowel emptying is the main reason.

·         Food lacking fibers makes the stool difficult to move in the intestine.

·         Persons having sedentary work, lack of physical activity.

·         During pregnancy.

·         In medical conditions like thyroid deficiency, neurological disorder.

·         Persons who has under abuse of laxatives.

·         Any structural diseases in colon like colon cancer and rectum cancer.

·         When water intake is less than the water requirement.

To prevent constipation:

           To prevent constipation some measures has to be followed. Regular intake and daily requirement of fibers should be present in our food. We need 25 to 30gms of fibers. It is to a normal American.

              People having sedentary work has to have some physicalactivity and also a pass during their work and have some movement around the place.

     

Some people would have the constipation problem after having the measures to avoid constipation. They need medical intervention of their problem. Homeopathic medicines acts best for them.