The stools formed at different times due to food eaten repeatedly at different times do not come out completely when one goes to the toilet. After some stools are removed, the remaining stools keep accumulating in the intestines. In this way, the stomach is always full of stools. When someone observes fasts, no new stools are formed in the stomach, but a lot of stools come out when one has a natural bowel movement or takes an enema.
1. Eating disorders: Sometimes there is food, sometimes spicy food in parties, people eat more, they like to eat more. The more you eat, the more you feel hungry and the more you sleep, the more you feel sleepy. While eating, the food belongs to others in parties, but the stomach belongs to us. Eating spicy food, flour based food without hunger without paying attention to the stomach, eating too much for taste, drinking cold drinks after meals, eating quickly without chewing, not eating on time causes constipation. There should be restraint on food. Eat food according to your wish, wear clothes according to the wish of others.
2. Habit of stopping defecation: As soon as the urge to defecate arises, the stool should go. Mothers make a hissing sound for the child to defecate and the child starts defecating. This is the method of creating the urge. Usually, we defecate in the morning, but after that, due to work pressure, being engrossed in entertainment, we stop the urge to defecate. As soon as the urge is stopped, stool does not come. This causes constipation and it becomes chronic. The stomach starts bloating due to filling of air in the stomach.
3. Lack of physical labour: Wealthy and intellectuals usually do not do physical labour. This causes constipation.
4. Lack of rest: Due to being busy in running around, the internal organs do not get the opportunity to work properly. This causes constipation. People who do not rest, when they defecate after sleep, they defecate a lot of stool. Sleeping well on time gives nourishment. It makes the face beautiful, increases strength, intensifies the gastric fire, removes laziness and balances the metals.
5. Mental tension: Worry, bad thoughts, being absorbed in lustful thoughts, thinking continuously causes tension in the internal organs. This causes constipation. Allopathic medicines given for the treatment of mental tension, depression cause constipation. Attention should also be paid to this.
6. Weakness of intestines: By taking laxatives, purgatives, powders repeatedly to cure constipation, intestines stop performing their natural functions. This causes looseness, weakness, lethargy, dryness in the intestines. Laxative medicines are hot and cause excitement. Their consumption causes diseases like piles, nocturnal emission, etc.
7. Hastiness in passing stools: Stool comes out as soon as one sits, but it takes time to come again. By waiting for some time, trying, pressing the left side of the stomach with hands, stool starts coming again. Hence, one should not hurry while passing stools.
8. Lack of water: Constipation occurs due to drinking less water. Everyone drinks water when they are thirsty, but drink water in the morning before defecation, at four in the night, one hour before and two hours after lunch, and at night before sleeping.
9. Cleanliness of the place: Even a dog cleans the place before defecating. If the place where it defecates is dirty and smells bad, then the stool does not come out completely. Stool comes out easily in a clean place.
10. Consumption of intoxicants: Consumption of intoxicants like tobacco, bidi, tea, opium, alcohol etc. weakens the nerves of the body which causes constipation. The food eaten is not digested.
11. Side effects of allopathic medicines: English medicines, continuous calcium channel blocker group medicines for high blood pressure, heart diseases - nifedipine, amlodipine etc.; opium or related medicines (codeine etc.) for the treatment of pain and cough; iron is given for anemia. These cause constipation. The patient suffering from constipation should ask the doctor about the side effects of these medicines.
