Constipation | Treat with Homeopathy | HDS
Constipation is a common gastrointestinal condition characterized by infrequent bowel movements or difficulty passing stool. It occurs when the colon absorbs too much water from the food, making the stool hard, dry, and difficult to pass.
Causes:
There can be various causes of constipation, including:
1. Inadequate fiber intake: A diet lacking in fiber can lead to harder stools and difficulty in passing them.
2. Inadequate fluid intake: Not drinking enough water can lead to dehydration, making stools harder to pass.
3. Sedentary lifestyle: Lack of physical activity can slow down bowel movements.
4. Medications: Certain medications, such as opioids, antacids, and some antidepressants, can cause constipation as a side effect.
5. Medical conditions: Certain medical conditions like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), hypothyroidism, and neurological disorders can contribute to constipation.
6. Pregnancy: Hormonal changes during pregnancy and pressure on the intestines can lead to constipation.
Symptoms:
The primary symptoms of constipation include:
1. Infrequent bowel movements (less than three times a week).
2. Straining during bowel movements.
3. Hard or lumpy stools.
4. Feeling of incomplete evacuation after passing stool.
5. Abdominal discomfort and bloating.
Diagnosis:
Constipation is usually diagnosed based on the individual’s medical history and symptoms. In some cases, the doctor may perform physical exams and order additional tests if an underlying medical condition is suspected.
General Management :
Some common approaches include:
1. Increasing fiber intake: Consuming more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes can help soften stools and improve bowel movements.
2. Staying hydrated: Drinking plenty of water helps keep the stool soft and easier to pass.
3. Regular exercise: Physical activity can stimulate bowel movements and improve gut motility.
Prevention:
Making certain lifestyle adjustments can help prevent constipation, such as maintaining a balanced diet rich in fiber, drinking plenty of water, staying physically active, and managing stress.
Homeopathic Treatment :
1. Nux Vomica:
This remedy is often indicated for constipation caused by overeating, sedentary lifestyles, and excessive use of stimulants like coffee or alcohol. People needing Nux Vomica may have frequent but ineffective urges to pass stools. Constipation, with frequent ineffectual urging, incomplete and unsatisfactory; feeling as if part remained unexpelled. Constriction of rectum. Irregular, peristaltic action; hence frequent ineffectual desire, or passing but small quantities at each attempt. Absence of all desire for defecation is a contra-indication. Alternate constipation and diarrhœa-after abuse of purgatives. Urging to stool felt throughout abdomen.
< morning, mental exertion, after eating, touch, spices, stimulants, narcotics, dry weather, cold. > from a nap, if allowed to finish it; in evening, while at rest, in damp, wet weather .
2. Bryonia Alba:
Constipation with dry, large, and hard stools may respond well to Bryonia. The person may experience aggravation from movement and prefer to lie still. Constipation; stools hard, dry, as if burnt; seem too large. Stools brown, thick, bloody; worse in morning, from moving, in hot weather, after being heated, from cold drinks, every spell of hot weather. < warmth, any motion, morning, eating, hot weather, exertion, touch. Cannot sit up; gets faint and sick. > lying on painful side, pressure, rest, cold things.
3. Lycopodium Clavatum:
People requiring Lycopodium often have constipation with bloating and gas. They may feel a sensation of fullness in the lower abdomen and have difficulty passing stools in the morning. Stool hard, difficult, small, incomplete. Hæmorrhoids; very painful to touch, aching. < right side, from right to left, from above downward, 4 to 8 pm; from heat or warm room, hot air, bed. Warm applications, except throat and stomach which are better from warm drinks. > by motion, after midnight, from warm food and drink, on getting cold, from being uncovered.
4. Alumina:
When the stool is dry, hard, and difficult to expel, Alumina may be helpful. This remedy is especially indicated when there is no urge to pass stools for days together. Hard dry, knotty; no desire. Rectum sore, dry, inflamed, bleeding. Itching and burning at anus. Even a soft stool is passed with difficulty. Great straining. Constipation of infants and old people from inactive rectum, and in women of very sedentary habit. Evacuation preceded by painful urging long before stool, and then straining at stool. < periodically; in afternoon; from potatoes. Worse, in morning on awaking; warm room. > in open air; from cold washing; in evening and on alternate days. Better damp weather.
5. Opium:
For constipation with a complete lack of urge to pass stools, Opium may be considered. The stools are usually hard and black. Obstinate constipation; no desire to go to stool. Round, hard, black balls. Feces protrude and recede. Spasmodic retention of feces in small intestines. Stools involuntary, black, offensive, frothy. Violent pain in rectum, as if pressed asunder. < heat, during and after sleep . > cold things, constant walking
6. Silicea:
This remedy is suited for constipation with a sensation of obstruction and rectal pain while passing stools. The person may also have a lack of rectal tone. -Constipation always before and during menses; with irritable sphincter ani. Diarrhœa of cadaverous odor. < new moon, in morning, from washing, during menses, uncovering, lying down, damp, lying on, left side, cold. > warmth, wrapping up head, summer; in wet or humid weather.
7. Sepia:
Constipation accompanied by a dragging sensation in the rectum and a feeling of the rectum being full may benefit from Sepia. Constipation; large, hard stools; feeling of a ball in rectum, cannot strain; with great tenesmus and pains shooting upward. Dark-brown, round balls glued together with mucus. < forenoons and evenings; washing, dampness, left side, after sweat; cold air, before thunder-storm. > by exercise, pressure, warmth of bed, hot applications, cold bathing, after sleep.
8. Sulphur:
For chronic constipation with a sensation of burning and heat in the anus, Sulphur might be indicated. The stools may be dry and knotty. Frequent, unsuccessful desire; hard, knotty, insufficient. Child afraid on account of pain. Redness around the anus, with itching.
< at rest, when standing, warmth in bed, washing, bathing, in morning, 11 am, night, from alcoholic stimulants, periodically. > dry, warm weather, lying on right side, from drawing up affected limbs.
Other Indicated Remedies :
9. Calcarea carbonica.
10. Causticum.
11. Graphites.
12. Natrum muriaticum
13. Plumbum.
14. Ambra Grisea.
15. Tarentula Hispana.
Worked By : Sunitha Asir (Final BHMS)
