Chronic constipation can pose a certain threat to health, especially in patients with myocardial infarction and cerebrovascular diseases, and failure to effectively keep the bowels open can have unimaginable consequences. The application of enemas and laxatives can only temporarily relieve constipation, only the development of good bowel habits and dietary modifications, and adapted medication is the way to treat it. Therefore, constipation patients in daily life should pay attention to follow the following dietary principles: 1, cultivate good habits should usually drink more water, which helps soften the stool. Constipated people must drink more water. Ordinary people drink 1200 ml of water a day, constipated people should drink up to 2000 ml, divide this water into 8-10 times to drink, can ensure intestinal moist, help relieve constipation. Drink a glass of light salt water every morning on an empty stomach, drink slowly, not only to remove toxins from the intestines, but also to prevent the occurrence of constipation. Drink a glass of honey water before going to bed. Make it a habit to have regular bowel movements every morning. Pay attention to the following inappropriate habits of life and diet: (1) having the intention to defecate, irregular defecation; reading books and newspapers while defecating, not concentrating; (2) not drinking enough water, lack of appropriate amount of fat in the diet; (3) daily intake of fine diet, fast food diet; emotional tension, anxiety, life pattern disorder; (4) long-term sitting work, lack of activity, poor appetite, eating less; (5) abuse of drugs such as laxatives, narcotics, anticholinergic 2, adjusting dietary habits desirable food (1) it is advisable to eat more fiber-rich foods, such as a variety of fresh vegetables, fruits, bamboo shoots, etc., to increase food residues. Specifically, such as fresh, silky, fiber-rich leeks, celery, cabbage, carrots, fungus, bananas, peaches, apples with skin, etc. As well as lean meat, beans, corn, oats, etc. Food fiber can absorb water, help increase the amount of stool, can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, conducive to stimulate bowel movement and defecation reflex. (2) You can eat some gas-producing foods, such as onions, soybeans, radishes, sweet potatoes, etc. to stimulate intestinal peristalsis. (3) Eat foods with laxative effect, such as honey, sesame, walnuts, milk, cream, pine nuts, almonds, etc. (4) Eat more foods rich in B vitamins, such as beans and their products, coarse grains, sweet potatoes, potatoes, yeast, etc., which can promote the secretion of digestive juices, maintain and promote intestinal peristalsis, which is conducive to bowel movement. (5) appropriate to increase high-fat foods, such as peanuts, sesame, walnuts and peanut oil, sesame oil, soybean oil, etc., the total amount of fat up to lOOg per day. vegetable oil can directly laxative, and decomposition products fatty acids have a stimulating effect on intestinal peristalsis. (6) drink yogurt, yogurt in a large number of short-chain fatty acids, can reduce the pH of the intestinal environment, stimulate the intestinal mucosa, promote intestinal peristalsis. The lactic acid bacteria in yogurt change the osmotic pressure of the intestine through the massive growth of the bacteria, increasing the water in the feces and softening the feces. Avoid food (1) avoid eating hot, stimulating food, such as strong alcohol, strong tea, garlic, coffee, chili, curry, etc. (2) high body deficient people eat less cold fruits and cold frozen food. 3, strengthen exercise (1) appropriate exercise: due to eating too little to form a small amount of stool to produce mechanical stimulation of the rectal mucosa, it is necessary to participate in more cultural and physical activities and physical labor to improve appetite and increase the amount of food. According to the patient’s physique, appropriate exercise, such as walking, jogging, playing Taijiquan, qigong, and do some of the chores within their reach. These activities can promote rectal blood supply and intestinal peristalsis, which is conducive to improving and enhancing the function of abdominal muscles and facilitating defecation. (2) abdominal massage: (especially for the old and frail, long illness, multiple pregnancy, obesity and other slow-transmission constipation or called incompetent constipation) before emptying the bladder, according to the colon towards the appropriate pressure. Massage method: start from the lower right abdomen (ascending colon) → up (transverse colon) → right (descending colon) → down (sigmoid colon) sequence. Make a clockwise circular massage. Turn a circle for once, exhale when pressing, and inhale when relaxing. Daily before going to bed and wake up for about 10 minutes each. (3) to do anal exercise: method: according to the normal defecation of a contraction of a release, as far as possible to contract the muscles of the area for 10 seconds, and then relax, repeat 5-10 times, 4 times a day training. It can improve the ability of consciousness to control the anus. The above dietary prescription is for reference only, as individuals have different adaptations to various foods and need appropriate choices.