Elderly people who are constipated and have dry stools can take lactulose or polyethylene glycol orally under a doctor’s supervision. The main effect of these drugs is to retain water in the intestinal lumen, soften the feces and lubricate the intestinal tract, and its safety is relatively high. In addition to occasional constipation, dry stools can also be used anally with the drug Keserol, which can also soften stools, promote the discharge of stools. The elderly attention should not be unauthorized use of drugs, must be in the local doctor under the guidance of medication, to avoid the emergence of long-term use of drugs to produce dependence or a larger amount of drugs caused by electrolyte disorders, dehydration and other symptoms. Usually pay attention to develop good defecation habits, every morning you can drink a cup of warm water on an empty stomach, and then go to squat for a while in the toilet, about 5 minutes or so, to develop this good defecation habits.