Thomas asks…
what is a natural remedy to use daily for constipation?
I have had IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) for years with constipation, gas and bloatness. I am tired of using over the counter products that I have to depend on. Ducolax I am using now but will I be home to use it? Am I going out tomorrow and will have a reaction? Sometimes it doesn’t work-now what should I do? Please help me!
I do not want to use anymore over the counter meds anymore-just naturally. I feel I eat enough fiber most days-I admit but, who does anyway?
vti answers:
Is it possible that you are lactose intolerant?? Lactose intolerance can rear it’s ugly head really at any stage of our lives and symptoms of it are belching and gassiness, ribbony shaped and pellet shaped stools, mucousy stools, constipation and digestive troubles such as bloating and cramping, headaches and moodiness and irritability, insomnia, w*et farting (sorry no other way to put it) ………. Have you been eating more milk and dairy products lately?? Maybe this is the culprit. Try cutting out milk and dairy products for a few days and pump up your intake of other foods rich in calcium such as leafy and green vegies, sardines, salmon, tofu, dried beans, kale, broccolli and collard greens and also increase your intake of foods rich in vitamin D ie ~ salmon or tuna ……… Or simply get 10 – 15 minutes of safe sun exposure daily (vitamin D is known as the sunshine vitamin) …. Vitamin D is essential for the effective absorption of Calcium ………… This could be just the right remedy for you, as without enough calcium you will have plenty of digestive troubles, headaches and insomnia and also achy bones ………. If you are lactose intolerant and keep eating foods such as milk and dairy then you would be inhibiting your calcium absorption and also inhibiting absorption of other vital vitamins and minerals ……. Try it buddy, you’ve got nothing to lose by ditching the milk and dairy and pumping up your intake of lactose free calcium and vitamin D rich foods or sunshine…… Except of course all the tummy aches, gassiness and constipation….. ♥
Don’t forget to drink loads of fresh filtered water and cut back on the sodas, soft drinks and coffee, tea and alcohol (if you drink any) as all these will dehydrate you terribly and rob you of your precious B complex of vitamins too…….. Also, take a multi B complex supplement too to bolster a healthy neural, digestive and immune sytstem ♥ Ensure you get a B complex that includes all the B’s ie ~ B1, B2, B3, B5, B6 and B12, folate etc…. As they all work best as a group♥
In the mean time diet can both prevent and cure constipation so eat more foods rich in magnesium as magnesium will increase the production of hydrochloric acid in your tummy and thus aid in digestion….. The more fibre in your diet from fruits, vegies, legumes and whole grains, the softer and the larger the amount of feces will be passed.
Magnesium is needed in the human body for helathy nerves and muscle functioning and for heart health. Magnesium rich foods will aide in eliminating constipation problems for you.
Eat more foods rich in this wonderfull little mineral ie: leafy and green vegies, nuts and seeds, wholegrain breads and cereals and cold water fishes such as tuna, salmon, sardines and whiting.
Magnesium is also known as the antistress mineral and will help you deal with stressy situations better.
Also, eat more foods rich in Vitamin C as vitamin C is a natural laxative ie: oranges, lemons and limes, leafy and green vegies, tomatoes, potatoes and red and green capsicums. Vitamin C rich foods will also bolster your immune system and help in lowering blood pressure.
Hope i helped a bit mate ♥
CHEERS
♥
Chris asks…
Cure for Chronic Constipation?please no tip take laxatives,fiber,teas.done that.any natural remedy than water?
vti answers:
For constipation, medication is only a very temporary solution if it works.
Wheat germ and wheat bran are very high fiber foods that often help for constipation.
Constipation can cause anal fissures, hemorrhoids and also some far more serious problems as in http://au.search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22rectal+bleeding%22&fr=ush-ans
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You probably need to improve your diet as you seem to have a constipation problem.
For constipation, castor oil is very good for a one-off remedy as in http://au.search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22castor+oil+for+constipation%22&fr=ush-ans but it is unsuitable for regular use.
For constipation, suppositories, laxatives, fiber supplements and enemas are all totally unnecessary if you eat the right foods.
All fruit and vegetables in very large amounts are laxative.
You need to permanently change your diet or you are likely to get colon cancer.
Constipation can make you extremely unwell and can lead to colon cancer as it causes a build up of carcinogenic toxins in the system.
The intake of foods such as milk, cheese, white rice, white flour and red meat should be restricted, because they tend to contribute to constipation.
Any food that has had the fiber stripped out, the nutrients processed out or slows down the digestion is a constipation culprit. Here’s a list of foods shown to cause constipation problems:
•Meats, especially fatty meats, red meat and processed meats,
•Dairy Products, such as cheese, ice cream and whole milk,
•Fast Foods – burgers, French fries and other fried foods, pizza, etc.,
•Refined grains, like white rice or any refined white flour products,
•Highly starchy foods – white potatoes, corn and all refined grains,
•Pastries and other high sugar products, such as cakes, cookies and pies,
•Deep-fried foods, chips and other foods that are high in bad fats.
You can see lots more in http://au.search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22natural+ways+to+relieve+constipation%22&fr=ush-ans which tells you “Natural Ways to Relieve Constipation” and the right foods to eat.
Sandra asks…
Natural remedies?????????
Are there any natural remedies or vitamins i can take instead of anti-depressants and sleeping pills?
vti answers:
Deal with your moods and anxiety and depression from the source of the problem by cleaning up your diet …….. Try looking at it wholisitcally and working with your body as a whole …… Cut back on stodgy food like white bread, potatoes and white rice and pump up your intake of fresh leafy green vegies like broccolli, kale, chard, buk choy, celery and fresh fruits low in suagr like pears, cantalope, strawberries, watermelon …….. Eat them, juice them ….. Just get them into you mate go heavy on the greens ……. And light on the fruits .. Fresh fruit and vegies are rich in living enzymes that every single cell in your body so urgently needs to function effectively and smoothly …….. They are also rich in calcium and magnesium which work in tandem in your body for healthy neural functioning, digestion, heart bone and teeth health …… Great for brain frizz, anxiety and stress, insomnia, achy bones, irritability and moodiness, headaches and migraines, terrible mood swings ……… Brilliant for clear thinking and destressing yourself …. Hydrate yourself properly too with loads of fresh filtered water and ditch any sodas, pop or soft drinks that will dehydrate you terribly …. Including diet sodas ….. Processed sugar is the scurge of modern society i reckon and will only serve to leach precious vitamins and minerals from your system ……. Like calcium and magnesium……. Without enough calcium in your system you’ll never assimilate your iron supplies sufficiently or be calm and relaxed and stress and depression free ……… A diet high in processed sugar, processed salt, saturated fat and animal fats will do the same thing … Exhaust you and stress you out and put you down in the dumps regularly …….. Eat more fresh fruit and vegies and get your bounce back luv.
Try as hard as you can to ditch eating processed sugar …… Believe me, if you have a sensitive system, it could definitely be producing excessive anxiety, sensitivity, brain frizz ………… Have a piece of fruit if you want something sweet …… Do your vitality and sanity a favor and eat/juice more green vegies.
Also, try to pinpoint any food intolerances you may have ….. Milk and dairy springs to mind ……. A lot of people are lactose intolerant and fail to address it prooperly and suffer the depressive vitamin and nutrient thieving side affects……. I sincerely believe that good health and vitality and peace of mind may have more to do with what you don’t ingest as opposed to what you do ……. In other words, listen to your body when you eat food ……. Headaches and migraines, depression, irritability and moodiness, achy bones, insomnia, total fatigue and exhaustion, constipation, acid reflux, bloating and gassiness, excessive wind, nasty mood swings and temper tantrums can all definitely be symptoms of food intolerances that are left unaddressed………. Eliminate the foods that disagree with you……. Strip your diet back to organic brown rice or quinoa and fresh celery juice ….. Two of the least allergenic foods i’ve found ……… Then each day add one new food to your daily regime…… And listen to how it agrees with your body ……. Sure it’s totally tedious and frustrating doing it this way but most deinitely 100% effective i assure you…. No point eating something that your system can’t tolerate or assimilate no matter how healthy it’s supposed to be.
Do more dancing, laughing, singing out loud too ….. Pump up some really loud RoCk music …. Or whichever music grabs your fancy .. And leap wildly round your living room slamming on down on your imaginary guitar pretending you’re up on stage with all the boys in the band having the time of your life …. Pump up the serotonin naturally and side step the affects of toxicsludgemeds …… Feel good naturally and do more of the stuff that you like doing.
Hope you get your bounce back real quick.
Peace baby
♥
Linda asks…
Natural remedies?
What are some natural ways to deal with migrane headaches. I do not want to get on medication for the rest of my life because i do not believe in that or giving the greedy pharmacutical company or doctors my money
vti answers:
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT(s) FOR SINUSITIS / HEADACHES / MIGRAINES (Without any side effects or complications) :-
SINUSITIS :-
Right sided frontal sinusitis; discharge thick, yellowish; worse by cold,damp and exertion Penicillinum 30X or 200X, 6 hourly
Sinusitis after mastoid operation Helka lava 3X or 6X, 4 hourly
In acute or chronic sinusitis; catarrh with stringy discharge Kali Bich 30X 4 hourly
Tearing pain in head; from root of nose, extending to forehead with nausea; dryness of mucous passages Natrum Mur 30X, 4 hourly
Pain begins at the back of head and settles over the eyes; worse under a fan Silicea 1M, weekly (6 Doses)
Chronic cold with loss of smell and yellow green phlegm; better in cool, open air Pulsatilla 30X or 200X 4 hourly
Intercurrent remedy Bacillinum 200X or 1M fortnightly (3 Doses)
Complaints worse early morning; aversion to take bath Sulphur 200X weekly (3 Doses)
HEADACHE :-
With constant nausea; clean tongue Ipecac 30X, 3 hourly
With severe throbbing and rush of blood towards head Belladonna 30X, 3 hourly
Due to over eating; stomach disorders; tongue thickly whitish coated; worse bathing specially after river bathing Antim Crud 30X or 200 4 hourly(3 Doses)
Due to exposure to dry, cold wind; sudden with anxiety Aconite Nap.30X or 200X, 1/2 hourly (3 Doses)
With watering of eyes and sensitiveness to bright light Euphrasia 30X, 3 hourly
Headache; better by bending backwards; due to nerve injury Hypericum 30X, 3 hourly
Headache with humming in ears; due to nervous weakness Kali Phos.6X or 30X, 3 hourly
Hammering headache; worse during menstrual cycle going in sun; school girls Natrum Mur.30X or 200X, 4 hourly
Headache starts from nape of neck and shift over to the head; patient desires to lie down quietly; better passing urine Gelsemium 30X or 200X, 3 hourly
Violent headache due to working under gas light; sun-stroke Glonoine 6X or 30X, 2 hourly
Bursting headache; worse by stooping and movements; excessive thirst and constipation Bryonia 30X or 200X, 3 hourly (6 Doses)
Nervous headache; after grief, disappointment; worse inhaling smoke Ignatia 200X or 1M, 3 hourly (3 Doses)
Headache; due to sinusitis, pressure and pain at the root of nose Kali Bich 30X, 4 hourly
Due to eating rich fatty food, loss of thirst, better in open cold air Pulsatilla 30X, 4 hourly
Due to eye strain; disturbances of accomodation of eye sight Ruta Grav 30X, 4 hourly
After taking alcoholic drinks; sedentary habits; chilly patient Nux Vomica 30X, 4 hourly
Sun haedcahe; aggravation from sun rise to sunset; from cardiac origin Kalmia Lat.30X or 200X, 6 hourly
Of school children; crushing headache, pressure on top of head Acid Phos 30, 4 hourly
Headache localised; at the nape of neck; worse by walking and noise Pneumococcin 200X, 10 min (3 Doses)
Frontal headache; neuralgic pain above and behind the right eye; heaviness of head. Better by rest, lying down and eating Penicillinum 30X or 200X, 10 min (3 Doses)
Headache worse early morning;empty gone sensation at 10 -11 A.M. Sulphur 200X or 1M, weekly (3 Doses)
MIGRAINES :-
From mental work; cold, uncovering head, pressure, sitting upright or sun-stroke Glonoinum 30X, 3 hourly
For nervous, gastric, bilious individuals. Migraine due to mental over exertion in teachers and students. Right sided, specially Sunday migraine, blurred vision, hemiopia; blindness; often burning pain in entire gastro-intestinal tract with violent acid vomiting at the height of attack; worse hot weather; spring and fall; better after vomiting or sufficient night sleep Iris v.200X or above, 10 min (3 Doses)
For irritable hypochondriacs of bad temper; cholerics, neuropathics; from abuse of alcohol, coffee, spices, tobacco, vexation and worry, mental over exertion, business worries, sexual excesses, sedentary habits, cold dry air and winds Nux Vomica 30X or 200X, 4 hourly
For pronounced vasomotor individuals (irritable and full of fear) during pre-climacteric and menopausal stage.Tired expression, head congestion, circumscribed red cheeks; pain above right eye, throbbing, stitching, rhythmic pain, often in every 8 days, early morning, beginning in nape, extending upwards, locating in the region of eye, rising and falling with the sun; sensation of heavy congestion Sanguinaria C 200X, 10 min (3 Doses)
For weak, fat and irritable patient; often apathetic, changing moods, strange changes of character (egocenteric), memory weak, due to disturbance during climacteric period, results of tobacco abuse. Person with shallow complexion, yellow saddle across the nose; pain located on left temple; throbbing, stitching pains Sepia 200X, 10 min (3 Doses)
For neuropathic persons, full of fear caused by noises, change of weather or worms; with face pale, located above left eye; specially left pupil (ciliary neuralgia); sharp, shooting, tearing, stitching, periodical pain from occiput to left eye; slowly rising in intensity with sun. Bile vomiting at the height of attack, slowly improving with setting sun. Feeling as if head were open along sagittal suture Spigelia 200X or 1M, 10 min (3 Doses)
Left sided; worse during and after sleep; before menstruation; heat; during menopause Lachesis 200X or 1M, 10 min (3 Doses)
Intercurrent remedy Bacillinum 200X or 1M, fortnightly (3 Doses) .
Take the remedy which is similar to your symptoms.
No side effects or complications if taken as directed, please do not exceed the given dosage and under any circumstances do not try to mix any remedies and avoid Chocolates, Mints, Coffee, Red Meat, Alcoholic and Carbonated drinks, Spicy Rich Food while taking any Homeopathic remedies, and keep the medicines away from direct sunlight, heat strong smells and perfumes and do not store them in the fridge.
Curing without any side effects or Complications Thats the Beauty of Homeopathic Medicine
Feel free to email me if you do not understand anything or if you want to discuss anything.
Take Care and God Bless you !
Ruth asks…
what’s the best way to relief constipation in the shortest time?
is there some easy safe natural home remedies or something to relief constipation in the shortest time possible? please help!!!!!!
vti answers:
The best way to relief constipation in the shortest time are the following:
Home remedies
- Eat a medium-sized pear after dinner or with breakfast.
- Drink a glass of hot water with sour lime juice and half a teaspoon of salt.
- Swallow a teaspoon of linseed with water before each meal.
- Eat a slide of raw papaya early in the morning.
- Take 3 small beets, scrub them, clean and eat them raw in the morning.
Natural treatment
Change diet.
It is important to increase the amount of fiber in the diet with raw fruits and vegetables, brown wild rice, flaxseeds, bran and whole grain cereals.
Add exercise.
Exercise such as walking, swimming and jogging, can help regulate the bowels. It can be as simple as walking 20 minute every morning of evening.
Keep hydrated.
People who suffer from constipation are usually dehydrated. For that reason, it is important to drink 6-8 glasses of water daily.
Check medications.
Some medications cause constipation. Check with your physician.
Be aware of laxatives.
It is better to avoid laxatives. It can cause more problems with constipation because create habit can cause, in addition, diarrhea, bloating, dehydration and damage to the intestinal lining.
It is important to go to the bathroom as soon as the person feel the urge and never hold in a bowel movement because this contribute to have constipation
For more info, check this site:
http://www.nature-medicine.info/Constipation.html
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