Introduction to constipation

In clinical work, from time to time will meet some constipated patients, he / she in the story of past medication, often will mention intestinal run tea, fruit guide tablets and other drugs, in the use of these drugs, constipation will be relieved, but do not use the drug soon constipation, which is often said to be habitual constipation, according to my clinical observation, this patient, most of them are not suitable for the use of fruit guide tablets, intestinal run tea (containing senna, cassia seeds and other ingredients) rhubarb, Senna, Aloe vera A class of laxatives; because the above drugs are for heat constipation, that is, constipation due to heat in the colon, and habitual constipation due to slow intestinal peristalsis caused by slow peristalsis or by the patient’s endowment (spleen) or by the activities of the less (such as work and life tension, long-term desk work,) or both. Therefore, this kind of constipation can only supplement, not diarrhea, or to supplement the main, to diarrhea as a supplement. It can be slightly auxiliary laxative medicine. Zhucheng City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Chinese medicine Sun Jin Ye In addition to tell you is that this kind of constipation, if you want to take the above fruit guide and so on the drug, can only be taken occasionally, especially can not be taken for a long period of time, if so the formation of these drugs dependence, to maintain not constipated, need to take the amount of drugs is getting bigger and bigger and the effect is getting worse and worse.