When we visit the clinic, we often encounter patients who say, “Doctor, I have constipation, give me some medicine to ease my bowels!” It is not known that constipation is not only a disease, but also a symptom of many diseases. People often ignore its existence and bring a lot of serious consequences. Many elderly people, who often run to the clinic and ask for medicine to open their bowels because they have not relieved their bowels for 3-4 days, say that they have not relieved their bowels even after taking corkage. At the same time, there is no farting, poor appetite, inability to eat, and some nausea. I felt bloated and had a vague pain in my stomach because I did not have a bowel movement. No stool was detected during the anal finger examination. When asked for further examination, they would often say, “I have had it before and went to the pharmacy and bought laxatives, and the stool was relieved.” But after the tablets are removed, it will be found that it is an incomplete bowel obstruction. If only laxatives had been prescribed at that time, the consequences would have been unthinkable. Some patients may say, “Doctor, I have a bowel movement once a day, but I always feel like I have to go to the toilet, but I can’t get it out when I really go to the toilet, or even if I do, it’s only a little bit. I’ve taken some medicine to improve my bowels, so please prescribe me some more.” Through finger examination, we will find that an abnormal mass can be palpated in the anal canal or lower rectum, which is found to be malignant after further examination by colonoscopy. In addition, we often encounter this type of patients in clinical practice. The stools are not dry in texture, but sometimes sticky jelly, and accompanied by vague abdominal pain, which is reduced after the stool. After taking laxatives, one line of stool can be passed daily, but there is still sticky jelly and abdominal discomfort. The diagnosis of colitis was confirmed after colonoscopy. Therefore, please do not ignore “constipation”, and do not take laxative medication on your own. It is better to go to a specialist clinic of a regular hospital in time to avoid serious consequences. In fact, the treatment of constipation in addition to taking drugs, there are many methods. Such as acupuncture, massage, Chinese medicine retention enema, biofeedback, etc..