Cistance Are Used For Elderly Habitual Constipation in Chinese Medicine
Mar 08, 2022
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Liu Xiaohua Wang Yuqin Ma Huiping
(Jimo City People's Hospital, Shandong Province, 266200)
keywords: Elderly habitual constipation, Cistanche, constipation, bowel, mental health
Elderly habitual constipation is one of the common clinical diseases. The elderly have weakened bowel motility, insufficient intestinal fluid, and many suffer from habitual constipation. Many elderly rely on laxatives for laxatives all year round, which is very painful. Recently, the author has used a single Chinese medicine to treat elderly habitual constipation with good results. This article involves only functional constipation.
cistanche benefit: reduce constipation
Pathogeny of functional constipation
1. Slow bowel movements: The elderly have reduced activity, weakened gastrointestinal function, and thus reduced the frequency of bowel movements, reduced water in the intestines, dry stools, leading to constipation.
2. Lack of mental health: Most elderly with mental stress and depression have symptoms of constipation. This is due to the disorder of neuro regulation.
Medicine factors: Many elderly suffer from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, which require long-term medication. Some antihypertensive medicines, anesthetics, ganglion blockers, or warming Chinese medicine can cause constipation.
3. Body dehydration: The elderly themselves have a physiological intracellular water shortage, coupled with the decline in the sense of thirst, do not feel thirsty when the body lacks water, which reduces the water in the intestines of the elderly, which leads to a story.
Dietary factors: The lack of foods with high fiber content in the diet, especially the lack of whole grains and fruits, leads to the decrease of water in the large intestine and the imbalance of the flora, which causes constipation.
Measures for the pathogeny
1. The elderly should appropriately increase exercise, such as walking, Tai Chi, to relax the muscles of the body and increase gastrointestinal motility.
2. Maintain a good state of mind, a good and relaxed mood, and keep the nerve regulation function regular.
3. Elderly with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, pay attention to the effect of the medicine on bowel movements and change other medicine when necessary.
4. Drink water at least 4-6 times a day. Drinking time should be after getting up in the morning, 9 or 10 in the morning, 3 or 4 in the afternoon, and before going to bed (a small amount). Drink no less than 1500ml of water per day‚green tea is recommended.
5. Maintain a regular life, do not eat fruits before meals, eat small meals, eat more vegetables with high fiber content, eat more coarse grains and seafood in moderation, eat less food that is too fine, eat less spicy fried food, etc.
cistanche
Single traditional Chinese medicine prescription for treating constipation
1. Treatment of constipation with Cistanche: 10～20g of Cistanche, brewing in boiling water, long-term drinking can nourish the kidneys, nourish the essence and blood, moisturize the intestines and relax the bowels.
2. Treatment of constipation with black sesame seeds: Stir-fried black sesame seeds, smashed, bottled, take two spoons when needed, rinse with boiling water, add an appropriate amount of honey, mix thoroughly, take it once a day, long-term drinking, can moisturize the intestines Laxative.
3. Treatment of constipation with Plantago seed: Take 30g of Plantago seed every day, decoct it into 150ml, three times a day, take it before meals, one week as a course of treatment. Generally, it would be cured after 1 to 4 courses of treatment. Stop taking other drugs during the medication.
4. Treatment of constipation with semen sterculia lychnophorae: take five tablets of semen sterculia lychnophorae, put in a cup or bowl, brew with 150ml of boiling water for 15 minutes, wait for it to swell, drink a small amount of swelling, and take the swollen sputum (don’t eat the nucleolus) Slowly eat it too. Generally, the stool can be unblocked one day after drinking and taking.
5. Treatment of constipation with dandelion: Take 60～90g of dry or fresh dandelion, add water and fry to 100～200ml, cook for 20min for fresh product, cook for 30min for a dry product, one dose per day, and add an appropriate amount of sugar or honey to flavor.
6. Treatment of constipation with almonds: Almonds are crushed and fried or eaten raw, no more than 7g per day. Almonds are rich in cellulose, which can moisturize lungs, and detoxify.
7. Treatment of constipation with mulberry: Take 50g of mulberry, add 500ml of water, decoct into 250ml, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar, once a day, and a course of treatment for five days.
8. Treatment of constipation with Cassia Seed: Take 20g of Cassia Seed. After soaking in boiling water for 20 minutes, the water gradually turns pale yellow and is ready to drink. After drinking, add boiled water and soak once more.
(Received date 2007-08-23)
Cistanche benefit: ease constipation
