Constipation
is otherwise known by the names faecal accumulation, costive
bowels. It is more common
among women than men and is even natural to some
persons. It may be
occasional or habitual.The human body may safely be compared to a municipal town. religious education The intestines or entrails or bowels of the human frame exactly
represent municipal
carts
which remove the solid ref[se from a town. A person suffering from constipation can
no more be healthy than can a town whose street sweepings, excreta, kitchen waste, house waste,
stable waste, factory
waste,
etc., are not got
rid off.
Accumulation of faecal matter
proves
deleterious to health, and constipation of a long-standing
nature exerts as bad an effect on the health of
a man as accumulation of refuse matter in a town has on the health of the community at large. The action of the bowels is to a large extent a question of trabit. The
bowels
should be moved at least onie claily. Some persons answer the calls of nature once, or twice daily, while in some, movement of the bowels
occurs once every two or three days without any appreciable ill-effect upon the general health, and unattended by unpleasant symptoms.
Proper elimination is
almost as
imp<lrtant as a correct diet. Even when the right food is eaten, good health will not be
enjoyed unless waste
matter is properly removed CONSTIPATION from the system.
Faulty
elimination is an exceedingly common condition today owing to faulty habits of eating and living. Inactivity of the liver and kidneys is often associated with this complaint. Dangers of Constipation Though constipation is regarded as a trifling ailment, its phase of
grave import
must not be ignored. With its usual train of attendant evils as nausea or a tendency to
vomit,
loathing for food which amounts to even
anorexia or loss of appetite, griping pains in abdomen, a feeling of discomfort
and depression,
etc.,
constipation predisposes to a host of
ailments as piles, prolapse of rectum or anus, poisoning of
the system, etc. There seems reason to believe that some people's intestines are weak from birth. This is not surprising as it is well-known that weakness in other organs, such
as
the heart and
stornach, may be
passed
on from parent to child. This is not ahaphazard trick on the part of Nature, but the simple working out of the law of cause and
effect, bad habits of the parents having their
effect upon the lives of their offspring. Constipation
is often the frequent result of sluggish action of the bowels induced by
sedentary habits and avocations,
lack of exercises, general debility,
senile
decay or degeneracy, habitual neglect of calls of
nature,
errors in diet.
The diet
of the .modern civilised races is too concentrated and too rich in protein and sugar. Consequently
the intestine does not
contain enough waste matter to stimulate it into action. In a natural diet containing a good proportion of wholemeal bread, fresh fruit,
and
vegetables, this difficulty is overcome.
Health of the Bowel The health of the bowel is of paramount importance. 6 CONSTIPATION:
ITS
CAUSES
AND
CURE
t-.t-l I IL The general health of the individual largely depends upon the health of the bowels. The digestive processes in the intestines should be kept up properly. The faecal matter should
not accumulate in the bowels. If it accumulates decomposition
and
fermentation will take place. religious education There will be formation of foul gases. The poisonous or toxic products of decomposition will be absorbed and autointoxication
or faecal toxaemia will take place and there will be various unpleasant symptoms and deterioration of health.
