Constipation is a common clinical disease, and some patients do not have dry stools, and once a day, but feel that the bowel movement is not smooth, or there is a feeling of incomplete stool, which is the category of “closed stool” in Chinese medicine. Necessary dietary modifications, reasonable dietary structure is the key to treat constipation. A reasonable diet can coordinate the balance of the internal and external environment of the body and keep the bowels open. Reasonable dietary structure 1, eat more fiber-rich vegetables: feces is composed of food residues and water, therefore, the formation of constipation is closely related to the composition of the diet. Plant cellulose or pectin, play the role of laxative. Many foods rich in fiber, such as wheat bran, fresh pods, young corn, peanuts, spinach, garlic, potatoes, pumpkin, carrots, groundnuts, kelp, etc., meat to beef, especially red beef contains more muscle fiber. 2, eat less or do not eat stimulating and spicy food: spicy stimulating food on the rectal mucosa has a strong stimulating effect, making it congested edema, so that patients defecate when the anal opening burning pain. 3, moderate diet: if you eat too little, can not produce effective gastrointestinal stimulation, so that intestinal peristalsis slowed; at the same time, the intestine can not be moderately full, can not trigger the cerebral cortex and the regulation of the nerve center firing, feces can not be discharged in a timely manner, water is constantly absorbed to dry feces and difficult to discharge. 4, supply B vitamins: B vitamin deficiency can lead to intestinal muscle weakness and thus cause constipation. Eat more B vitamin-rich food, such as coarse grains, yeast, sweet potatoes, potatoes, beans and soy products, etc., can promote the secretion of digestive juices, maintain and promote intestinal peristalsis, conducive to defecation. Regularity of life: 1, living in moderation, regularity of life. Emotional stability, avoid adverse emotional stimulation. Develop good defecation habits, not often forced to hold back the intention to avoid the formation of habitual constipation. 2, maternity and the elderly and infirm, should insist on doing anal exercise: contraction of the anus when inhaling, relaxation when exhaling, an inhale and an exhale for a mention, do 3 times a day, 10-15 minutes each time. Those who are still in good health can also do sit-ups to enhance the strength of the abdominal muscles and other defecation muscles. 3, daily morning fasting drink a cup of salt water or tea with honey to laxative, while clockwise massage abdomen to promote intestinal peristalsis. Appropriate herbal conditioning: if the application of dietary conditioning still cannot relieve, you can use herbal conditioning. In the Geriatric Constipation Clinic, we use Chinese medicine to treat constipation, adjust the functions of spleen and stomach, lung and large intestine, kidney and large intestine, or nourish, or harmonize and descend, or invigorate blood, or dispel dampness, or tonify qi, or move qi, or promote ascension, etc., in order to seek the root of the disease and achieve the effect of medicine.