Habitual constipation, also known as functional constipation, is defined as having less than three bowel movements per week or having difficulty in passing stool. People with constipation not only absorb too much toxins due to stagnant stools, but also absorb more cholesterol than normal due to slow bowel discharge. As a result, people with chronic constipation have a dull, bloated face, presenting an abnormal, sickly appearance. Habitual constipation is commonly associated with abnormal primary intestinal motility function, delayed peristaltic transport of stool, etc. Habitual constipation is mainly caused by changes in life, diet and bowel habits as well as psychological factors, and its treatment is often less effective if these causes are not corrected. Medication is only a temporary measure, long-term reliance on laxatives will only gradually aggravate the degree of constipation, life conditioning is the fundamental treatment. The dangers of habitual constipation Long-term habitual constipation can cause people to grow old faster! Many people have misconceptions about constipation, think constipation is a small disease, not worth going to the hospital, just buy some laxatives at home to eat on the line. According to a survey, only 17.65% of patients with constipation went to the hospital. In fact, constipation to human health hazards are not negligible. Toxins in the human body, mainly through the feces out of the body. Long-term constipation, body toxins can not be discharged in a timely manner, can cause inflammation, tumors and other diseases; if suffering from cardiovascular and other chronic diseases, constipation will lead to the occurrence and exacerbation of complications, such as cardiovascular accidents, intestinal diverticulosis, intestinal obstruction, gastric tissue herniation into the chest cavity and mental illness, seriously affecting people’s quality of life. Experts say that constipation is actually a multidisciplinary disease, diet, disease, drugs, mental and other factors may lead to constipation. However, the main causes can be attributed to two kinds, one is constipation caused by organic lesions, such as tumors, inflammation, tuberculosis, polyps, etc.; the second is functional constipation, such as low colonic power function, intestinal peristalsis hypokinesis, etc. Patients with constipation should go to the hospital for examination to confirm the cause of constipation. First, exclude organic lesions, if necessary, to do colonoscopy to see if there are intestinal tumors, inflammation, intestinal tuberculosis or intestinal polyps. If you don’t do the examination and take the medicine at home, you may have some effect in the short term, but there is a risk of covering up the condition and delaying the treatment. Experts say that many people are reluctant to do colonoscopy, mainly because they are afraid to do it painful and can not stand it. In fact, colonoscopy is not as painful as people think, with the progress of medical technology, colonoscopy as a routine examination has been very mature, especially in recent years the development of painless gastrointestinal examination, 5 minutes can be done, the patient does not feel anything. Clinically, many organic diseases are indeed found through colonoscopy. Nine ways to prevent habitual constipation 1, the diet must have the right amount of fiber, more food rich in plant fiber, grain such as wheat bran, brown rice, cornmeal, soybeans, etc., fruits such as bananas, apples, etc., vegetables such as celery, leeks, bean sprouts, eggplant, etc. 2.Eat a certain amount of vegetables and fruits every day, eat an apple in the morning and evening on an empty stomach, or 1-3 bananas before each meal. 3, the main food should not be too fine, to eat appropriate coarse grains. 4, drink a glass of light salt water or honey water in the morning on an empty stomach, with abdominal massage or turn the waist, so that the water vibrates in the stomach and intestines to strengthen the laxative effect. Throughout the day should drink more cool water to help laxative. 5, to carry out appropriate physical activities, strengthen physical exercise, such as supine leg flexion, deep squatting, cycling, etc. can strengthen the abdominal movement, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, help promote bowel movements. 6, every night before going to bed, massage the abdomen, to develop the habit of regular bowel movements. 7, keep a relaxed mood, life should be regular. 8, through self-training, to develop good bowel habits. Daily 5 to 10 minutes after breakfast regularly into the toilet, even if sometimes can not defecate, but also to develop a regular habit, adhere to 30 minutes a day. Adhere to self-training for 3 months, until the complete formation of regular bowel habits. 9, more gas-producing food: such as raw onion, onion, raw cucumber, raw skunk cabbage, raw radish, etc., using their fermentation in the intestinal tract to produce bulging intestines, in order to increase intestinal peristalsis, conducive to defecation. Rub the belly to prevent habitual constipation The main cause of constipation in the elderly is the reduction of intestinal peristaltic function, so that the intestinal fecal mass is not discharged to the sigmoid colon. Long-term use of laxatives reduces the stress of nerve receptor cells in the intestinal wall. Abdominal rubbing can treat constipation, by rubbing the abdomen in a clockwise direction, that is, massage in accordance with the location of the colon, through massage stimulation to increase the peristalsis of the colon, so that the feces reaches the rectum, stimulating the intestinal wall nerve receptor cells to the brain, resulting in the desire to stool. After getting up, empty the urine and drink 300-500 ml of cool boiled water. Standing, feet shoulder-width apart, relaxed body, right hand palm on the right lower abdomen, left hand palm on the back of the right hand, from the lower abdomen massage up to the right quarter rib, push to the left quarter rib, and then massage down to the left lower abdomen can be. Along the clockwise direction repeatedly massage 30 to 50 times, massage without too much pressure, just gently massage. At first the effect may not be great, as long as you adhere to this method, 10 days after the effect can be seen. Adhere to do once a day, after 30 days can completely achieve the effect of normal bowel movements on their own. Acupuncture treatment of habitual constipation Despite the above methods, some elderly habitual constipation is still difficult to solve, Chinese medicine in the treatment of constipation has a unique curative effect, Chinese medicine: hemp pill, hemp Ren Run intestinal pill, Wu Ren Run intestinal pill, Cistanches laxative oral liquid, etc. have a certain degree of efficacy, soup due to the trouble of decoction is difficult for patients to accept, the author in a chance (acupuncture treatment of urinary retention patients) found that greatly improved the The author found in a chance (when acupuncture treatment of urinary retention patients) greatly improved the patient’s constipation, and the efficacy is remarkable, and then used acupuncture treatment constipation patients more than ten cases, all achieved significant results, so here to provide a treatment path for patients with habitual constipation.