Defecation is a normal human behavior, but inevitably there are various problems such as constipation or diarrhea. Some people “mmmm” 4 or 5 times a day, some people “mmmm” once every 4 or 5 days. Moreover, the topic of “mmmm” seems to be not good to discuss with people around, and is a real embarrassment. How many times a day should a person have a bowel movement? If you have a bowel movement >3 times a week and the volume is comparable, you are not constipated; some people have ≤3 bowel movements a day, and there is no obvious diarrhea, etc., which is also considered normal. Generally speaking, it is ideal to maintain a regular bowel movement once a day. In terms of time, 24 hours a day for the human body is a time rhythm cycle, to develop a regular daily defecation habit, will make defecation become a periodic, rhythmic body function, so that defecation becomes easy, natural and can be completed, and will not become a burden on people. In general, “one bowel movement a day” is ideal, but it does not mean that this is the only healthiest, after all, there are differences between individuals. The number of times is not the most important thing, but the condition. If the stool is not too soft or too hard, people from 3 times a day to 3 times a week is the normal range. In other words, regular bowel movements do not mean that you should have a bowel movement every day, but that you maintain a consistent habit from the beginning to the end. It is only when there is a sudden change in the frequency of bowel movements that attention should be drawn to it. Normal stool 6 standards “look at the stool to understand the disease” first to understand what kind of stool is normal, healthy. 1, the nature of the soft stool strips are not sticky. Healthy stool is mostly in the form of soft stool, not sticky in the pool, can float in the water, water flush that is clean. Paste, no dry stool into a block is also normal. Food protein is high, the stool will be hard, similar to clay; high carbohydrate, the stool is soft or paste-like. 2, color yellow or yellow-brown. Normal stool appears yellow or yellowish-brown. When eating more green vegetables, the stool will be greenish; when eating more meat, the stool will be brownish yellow; when eating pig blood, pig liver, or taking certain Chinese medicines, the stool will be black. 3, the smell with a slight odor. Due to bacterial decomposition of fecal odor, etc., the normal stool is slightly smelly, meat-loving people will smell heavier, vegetarians taste light. If the smell is unbearable, there may be health problems. Pungent sour smell, burning smell may be caused by indigestion; fishy smell, it may mean digestive bleeding. 4, the number of “a stool” about 100 grams. Healthy stool is mostly shaped like a banana strip, each strip length of about 10 ~ 15 cm, weighing about 100 grams, each time 2 ~ 3 strips. The amount of bowel movements can change due to the amount of food, food types, such as more dietary fiber intake, the amount of bowel movements will increase. 5, the number of times and habits once a day, the best morning bowel movement. The number of bowel movements and habits vary from person to person, but once a day and morning bowel movements are the most common. Generally speaking, without difficulty in defecation and other discomforts, a bowel movement once in 1-3 days is not considered constipation, and a bowel movement no more than 3 times a day is not considered diarrhea. 6, the feeling of defecation within 5 minutes, no residual bowel movement. Can be in 1 ~ 2 minutes, natural, smooth discharge, the whole time does not exceed 5 minutes, after the stool feel relaxed, no residual bowel movements, is the normal “smooth stool”.