Dietary habits, diet inadequate in fiber, stress, sedentary lifestyle, and excessive use of medication, inadequate fluid intake and several such factors may cause constipation and irregular bowel movements. When stool becomes hard and rigid and often gets delayed and sometimes becomes hard and difficult to pass out, constipation results.
In such a situation, you often use laxatives containing bisacodyl to add bulk to your stools and thus become dependent on laxatives. You often forget the fact that overuse of laxatives causes undue side-effects and makes you prone to various other unhealthy conditions. However, there are some very effective natural and safe home remedies to ease bowel movements. A few of such home remedies are given below:
Best Home Remedies For Easy Bowel Movement
Use Lemon Juice
Mix lemon juice by squeezing half a lemon in a cup containing boiling water and drink this juice early in the morning. Continue this habit for a few weeks to detoxify your digestive tract, particularly your colon and to enhance peristalsis.
If you adopt this as a routine, your bowel movement eases and your body detoxify and your constipation and irregular bowel movement problem will vanish within a few weeks.
Drink Herbal Tea
Herbal tea is a powerful cleansing, detoxifying and natural colon-cleansing and peristalsis prompting agent. Daily intake of herbal tea detoxifies colon, improves peristalsis and eases constipation and improves bowel movement.
Make it a habit to drink a cup of herbal tea in the morning and one in the evening for maximum benefits within a few weeks.
Drink Water
Water is just miraculous for any problem, condition or disease, and irregular bowel movement is no exception to this. Therefore, hydrate your body to detoxify it, improve blood circulation and ease your bowel movements.
If you drink more water, your stool remains smooth and purgative; if you don’t, it will become dry and hard. Then, you will become prone to constipation and irregular bowel movements. Therefore, drink water as often as you can.
Improve Fiber Intake
It is an established fact that you should consume at least 25 grams of dietary fiber to improve your bowel movements and make your faeces smooth, full and bulky; otherwise, you will face the problem of constipation or irregular bowel movement.
Getting dietary fiber is quite simple; just incorporate these food items in your diet plan: vegetables, fruits, nuts, corns, pop-corns, millets, oats, brown rice, brown bread, whole wheat flour, barley, rye and so on. These food items are rich in both soluble and insoluble fiber, which is essential for your regular and smooth bowel movements.
Use Flax Seed And Psyllium Seeds
No matter whatever food items you consume, make it a habit to add ground flax seeds and Psyllium seeds to them. You can add ground flaxseed and psyllium seeds to the foods you eat like cereals, meals, cakes, breads, cookie or sandwiches.
This habit of yours will pay long term dividends to you in the form of making your stomach light and easing its constipation forever.
Eat Bananas
Bananas, apart from having very good nutritional profile, are also helpful in maintaining regular bowel movements. The fiber content of ripe bananas improves bowel movement and reduces constipation.
Therefore, eating bananas regularly improves bowel movement, but only ripe bananas should be preferred and eaten.
Caution: Please use Remedies after Proper Research and Guidance. You accept that you are following any advice at your own risk and will properly research or consult healthcare professional.
