According to incomplete statistics about 50% of the population has experienced constipation, especially the elderly, pregnant women and children have the highest incidence. Constipation is one of the most common symptoms of the digestive tract. According to incomplete statistics, about 50% of people have experienced constipation, especially the elderly, pregnant women and children have the highest incidence, and many people suffer a lot from it. How long is constipation is not stool is generally considered normal people from the intake of food, digestion and absorption to the formation of feces out of the body takes about 24-48 hours, if more than 48 hours can be considered constipation. However, with different food ingredients, different diets and different bowel habits, the interval time can vary greatly. Generally, once a day, after waking up or after breakfast, defecate. Some people are used to having a bowel movement once every 2-3 days, while others have a bowel movement once every 4-5 days or even longer, but they do not feel difficulty in defecating and have a comfortable and pleasant feeling after defecation. Therefore, constipation should not be determined only by the number of bowel movements, but also by each person’s bowel habits. As long as the discharge is smooth and painless, it cannot be considered constipation. Constipation refers to the state of unpleasant bowel movements, including both dry feces that are not discharged smoothly and feces that are difficult to discharge even if they are not dry. When the interval between bowel movements is prolonged, accompanied by dry and hard stools, difficult to discharge, a sense of incomplete or uncomfortable bowel movements, abdominal fullness, anal swelling, pain, loss of appetite, dizziness and other painful symptoms, then it can be called constipation. If you have the above painful symptoms, even if your stool is not dry and you have one or several bowel movements per day, you should be classified as constipated. Therefore, the modern concept of constipation is: constipation is a symptom of many diseases, generally manifested as: too little stool, too hard, too difficult to pass, combined with some special symptoms, such as prolonged straining to defecate, rectal distension, feeling of incomplete defecation, or even the need to use manipulation to help defecate, less than two bowel movements in seven days or long-term no bowel movement, etc. Chinese medicine for constipation small prescription: 1, rhubarb 5-10 grams, research as a powder, vinegar for thin paste, placed in the center of the wound and damp pain relief cream, paste double feet Chung Quan point, 10-15 hours after taking off, the general use of medicine once that effect. Can clear heat and eliminate stagnation, guide stagnation and laxative. 2, 5 grams of mannitol, research for fine powder, placed in the center of the wound and dampness pain relief cream, applied externally to the Yongquan point in the heart of both feet, a daily change, for 3-5 days. It can clear heat and lead to stagnation. 3, raw rhubarb, jiao hawthorn each equal amount. Select the two drugs, research into a fine powder, bottled and set aside. Take ten grams of the powder each time, make a thin paste with rice vinegar or water, and apply it to the Yongquan point and navel of the child’s feet. It can clear heat and stagnation, eliminate stagnation and dissolve food. 4, raw rhubarb, chicken, each equal amount, select the net research for fine powder, bottled spare. Take 10 grams of the powder each time, use rice vinegar or water to make a thin paste, apply it to the Yongquan point of both feet and the navel hole, wrap and fix it, change it once a day for 3-5 days. It can clear heat and stagnation, eliminate stagnation and dissolve food. 5. 5 onions with beard, 1 piece of ginger, 9 grams of salt and 10 grains of edamame. The above drugs are pounded into a cake, baked hot and paste the umbilicus, fixed by adhesive tape, a long time stool can be passed. If not, you can dress again. 6, a handful of onions pounded and mixed into a cake, paste in the navel, hot water bags filled with boiling water iron onion cake. Be careful not to cause burns. 7, the middle finger of both hands press both sides of the Ying Xiang points (nostrils on both sides of the depression) for 5-10 minutes, until the appearance of soreness, can stimulate the large intestine, cure constipation and constipation 8, the left thumb with strong pressure on the palm of the right hand several times, pinch the thumb to the little finger, from the root to the end of the finger, a section of the pinch on and then pinch the next several rounds, each finger pinch and then re-press the palm, and then change the right hand to press the left hand. Eyes closed, full attention to do finger exercises. Adhere to six months can be effective.