Constipation is a condition in which the stool is either dry or sticky and difficult to remove. It can be once every few days or several times a day, and each time the stool is not clean and the anus is swollen. A colonoscopy should usually be performed, especially in older people who may have colitis or also have colon polyps, and very rarely may have tumors. Most people with constipation have no abnormalities on colonoscopy and have functional slow bowel movements. Treatment should be divided into dietary therapy and medication. Food therapy: diet should be light, no spicy and hot food, drink more boiled water, eat more coarse fiber food, such as various vegetables, radish, groundnuts, corn, horse feet, mixed grains and so on. You can often drink honey water. The oil from frying vegetables can also laxative, so do not avoid it. Health products: a variety of laxative tea, intestinal tea, all have laxative ingredients. Can laxative, short-term use is possible, but should not be long-term use, there will be dependence. Western medicine: the simplest is the fruit guide tablets, rhubarb soda tablets, etc., cheap, effective. But should not be taken for a long time, so as not to form dependence. Chinese medicine: commonly used are hempren soft capsule, hempren capsule, hempren pill, rhubarb laxative capsule, six flavors can eliminate capsule, niuhuang detoxification tablets, a clear capsule and so on. The hemp and ren class can be taken for a longer period of time, belongs to the laxative plus laxative medicine, the elderly can take long-term. It is also suitable for young people to take. Liouwei Nengcai Capsules, Niuhuang Detoxification Tablets, Yiqing Capsules, and Dahuang Laxative Capsules can clear heat, reduce inflammation, and laxative, and are mostly used for constipation with heat and intestinal inflammation. They are also commonly used Chinese medicines. Chinese medicine: the general principle is to regulate the intestines and stomach, slowly let them defecate on their own, try not to use laxatives (such as rhubarb, senna, etc.). It is best to take proprietary Chinese medicine first, if the effect is not good then boil Chinese medicine. According to Chinese medicine, constipation is divided into several categories: 1, dry heat type Patients have obvious heat like: acne, dry mouth, sore throat, dry stools, irritable heat. Dry stools can lead to anal bleeding. You can take Chinese medicine: Liu Wei Neng Xie Capsules, Niu Huang Detoxification Tablets, Yi Qing Capsules to clear heat and fire and pass stools. This type is mostly for young people with a strong constitution. Commonly used prescription Efficacy: clearing heat and relaxing the bowels. For obvious fire, you can also add heat-clearing herbs, such as forsythia 10, dandelion 20, cypress 10. For bleeding, add acacia 20, hyssop 10. 2, weak type patients weakness, poor appetite, qi deficiency and inability to push intestinal peristalsis, stool is not passable but not necessarily dry, weak constitution. Mostly seen in the elderly, there are also some young thin women who are also this type. This patient should not use cold herbs, which are too dispersed and will hurt the body if taken for a long time. You should use both tonic and laxative. Chinese herbal medicines can be used such as maren soft capsule, maren capsule, maren pill and so on. The most common prescriptions are: Hemp seeds 10-20, Mulberry seeds 10-20, Cypress seeds 15, Yu Li Ren 10-20, Su Zi 10, Dang Shen 10, Atractylodes macrocephala 30, Hou Pu 10. If you have kidney deficiency or are old, you can add: Cistanches 10-20, Lock Yang 10. Elderly people with cold deficiency can take this prescription for a long time. Those with Qi deficiency can also take American ginseng regularly to replenish Qi without dryness and heat. Those with deficiency cold can use raw sun ginseng, which tonifies qi and is slightly hotter than western ginseng. For those who are more deficient in coldness, red ginseng or Korean ginseng can be used, which is hotter and should be taken in small amounts. 3. Damp-heat type Soft and sticky stools, several times a day or once a few days, always feel that the bowel movement is incomplete. In addition to the nature of the stool, this patient should also have other signs of damp-heat, such as: thick tongue coating, heavy body, and poor stomach. Damp-heat should be cleared plus laxatives. Chinese herbal medicines can be used, such as Liu Wei Neng Xie Capsules and Yi Qing Capsules. Commonly used prescription Efficacy: dispelling dampness and relaxing the bowels. Qin Pi 10, Baichuo 10, Tu Fu Ling 20, Pei Lan 10, Sheng Di Huang 15, Cassia Seed 15, Lycopodium 20, Hou Pu 10. In addition, Guangdong herbs Egg Flower 20 and Kapok 20 can clear damp-heat. For the above types, if you still cannot have smooth bowel movement after taking the above prescriptions, you can take Chinese herbs at the same time, or add fruit guide tablets (2-4 tablets daily), or rhubarb soda tablets for a short period of time, or add senna leaves (3-5 grams of infusion daily) for a few days. When the stool is clear, stop using western medicine and senna and continue to take Chinese medicine. Long-term plan The treatment of constipation takes a long time and involves changing the body constitution, so a long-term plan is needed. At the beginning, you can take one or several kinds of medicine at the same time, such as Chinese medicine, proprietary Chinese medicine, or western medicine at the same time. Once the stool is cleared, you can start to reduce the medication. You can first reduce the western medicine, then gradually reduce the Chinese medicine, and replace the Chinese medicine with proprietary Chinese medicine. Finally, reduce the amount of proprietary Chinese medicine, and gradually to completely eliminate the use of Chinese and Western medicines. This process is always accompanied by the above-mentioned dietary therapy. Regulate intestinal flora Taking Bacillus subtilis dibacterium pellets or capsules can also help with bowel movements.