Constipation is a common disease, not too serious, not too trivial. Constipation patients want to go to the toilet but cannot defecate. Constipation refers to the intestines being too dry, causing feces to stay in the intestinal cavity for a long time, giving people the feeling of wanting to go to the toilet for a long time. Honey has the effect of moistening the intestines and promoting defecation, so drinking honey water regularly can help treat constipation.

Constipation Introduction

Severe constipation refers to the common symptoms of feces remaining in the intestinal cavity for too long, feces being too dry and hard, difficult defecation, extended defecation interval, and difficult defecation. People are accustomed to calling it constipation. Constipation is a common symptom in the elderly, about 1/3 of the elderly have constipation, which seriously affects the quality of life of the elderly. Honey prevents and treats constipation by focusing on adjusting gastrointestinal function to achieve the purpose of moistening the intestines and defecating, and is suitable for a wide range of people.

Causes of Constipation

Constipation is mainly caused by the dysfunction of colonic peristalsis, the retention of feces in the intestines for too long, and the overabsorption of water, resulting in dry and hard feces. Simple constipation is caused by intestinal dysfunction, and its causes are often due to aging, malnutrition, chronic consumptive diseases, pregnancy, insufficient rest for overweight women after childbirth, recovery period of enteritis and dysentery patients, and insufficient dietary fiber in food, leading to insufficient stimulation of food residue to the intestinal mucosa, and insufficient sensory impulses to produce defecation reflex in the cerebral cortex. Long-term constipation can cause toxic substances in the feces to be absorbed by the intestinal mucosa, spread throughout the body with the blood, and cause symptoms such as headache, insomnia, skin itching, or acne.

Mechanism of Action

Honey has a moisturizing effect, can lubricate the gastrointestinal tract, promote defecation, and is good for treating dry intestines and difficult-to-relieve dry and hard stools. Animal experiments have proven that the stools excreted by mice fed with 100% and 50% honey are similar in shape to those of the control group fed with distilled water, all of which are formed stools, and no loose stools were seen. This means that the laxative effect of honey is relatively mild. Therefore, it is suitable for the treatment of habitual constipation, senile constipation, and pregnant woman constipation, etc.

Honey has a bidirectional regulatory effect on excretion. Modern medicine believes that honey is made from plant nectar by bees. Mature honey is thicker, and some probiotics commonly found in nectar and bee secretions have stopped their activity. However, the cessation of activity does not mean death. When diluted honey enters the gastrointestinal tract, under suitable temperature, with good ventilation and protection from light, the probiotics in honey are activated, synthesize and release various transformation enzymes, making the intestines enter a normal metabolic process, decompose various foods, and at the same time promote the peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract, restore normal excretion function, soften the stool, and achieve the effect of defecation. Similarly, honey restores the balance of various resident flora in the gastrointestinal tract, promotes the recovery of gastrointestinal function, and can also have a止泄 effect on diarrhea caused by intestinal flora imbalance.

Usage and Dosage

1, Take 30 grams of honey (or add a small amount of salt) with cool water on an empty stomach, 2 to 3 times a day. Honey has the effects of replenishing Qi and nourishing Yin, especially suitable for those with constipation due to physical weakness who are not suitable for taking purgatives, such as the elderly, pregnant women, postpartum hemorrhage, chronic colitis, and constipation caused by dryness and deficiency of body fluid.

2, Honey in appropriate amount. Adolescents can chew on white radish dipped in honey, while the elderly can eat banana flesh (the riper, the better) dipped in honey, several times a day. It is suitable for patients with constipation or hemorrhoids caused by constipation.