Constipation Home Remedies

Here you can find some useful home remedies for constipation. Choose the best remedies that suits you the most and stick with it until find relief.

About 100 million people in the United States suffer from constipation and spend approximately $700 million yearly on constipation-relief products.  Still, constipation can easily avoid/relieve through simple home remedies.

Home remedies for constipation

Below is the list of constipation home remedies that is easy to follow:

1. Boil milk, add one or two teaspoon of ghee, and drink it before bedtime can provide better sleep as well as help normal bowel movement in the next day morning. 
2. Apply 3 to 4 drops of lukewarm castor oil over the navel at night before going to bed. In the morning, the patient will experience easy bowel movement.
3. Water is vital for overall health, specifically for proper digestion, elimination, and detoxification. Drink at least eight glasses of water per day. Specifically drink 2 to 4 glasses of water (preferably warm) immediately after wakeup and have a walk for few 100 steps. This help initiate bowel movement as well as clean entire intestinal tract. 
4. Raw honey (not pasteurized) is a mild laxative and soothing agent; it help prevent constipation. Add 1 tablespoon of raw honey with juice, herbal tea, or warm water and drink it in the morning on an empty stomach regularly help get rid of constipation.
5. Soak 6 to 8 raisins in water overnight. Next day morning, rinse the raisin and eat it, discord the soaked water. Eating regularly helps to regulate bowel movement.
6. Eating guava with seeds and apples with peel help relieve constipation. Wash it properly to remove any pesticide residues before eating.
7. Ginger tea is a great home remedy for constipation, it help initiate bowel movements.
8. Olive oil provides benefits to the entire digestive system. Additionally, it stimulates the gallbladder to secrete more bile and a natural laxative. Mix 1-tablespoon olive oil with juice from ½ lemon and drink it on an empty stomach stimulates bowel movement.
9. Castor oil bring relief to acute constipation not responding to any other remedies. It belongs to the stimulant laxatives class, stay close to the nearest toilets. Add 1-teaspoon castor oil into a glass of warm milk, stir well, and drink the milk at night before going to bed. Next morning you will have free bowel movement.
10. Lemons is digestive system stimulant, it helps to flush out toxins. Vitamin C in lemon has a laxative effect that relieve constipation. Squeeze ½ lemon in a glass of warm water, add a pinch of salt to taste, and drink it help pass stool smoothly. Alternatively, squeeze ½ lemon in a glass of warm water; add a spoon of raw honey, and drink it just after waking up may help prevent constipation.
11. Drink prune juice, one glasses each in the morning and night is the most popular remedy for constipation. It contains sorbitol, which softens the stool. High amount of fiber it contains will draw lot of water, which adds bulk to the stool. This help relieve constipation. 
12. Blackstrap molasses rich in nutrients specifically magnesium, which relieve constipation. Add 1 or 2 teaspoon of blackstrap molasses into a glass of warm water or herbal tea, it adds sweetness to the tea.
13. Figs are rich in fiber, which act as natural laxative that prevent constipation. Boil 4 to 5 fig in a glass of milk, drink the milk when it is warm and eat boiled fig before going to bed. Alternatively, soak 4 to 5 figs in water in the night and eat it in the early morning in an empty stomach. Regularly taking figs help normalize bowel movement.
14. Soak or boil 3 to 4 dates in milk, squash it to make a paste and take it along with milk for a week to relieve constipation.
15. Epsom salt (magnesium sulphate) is effective against constipation by drawing water, soften stool, and magnesium promotes bowel muscle contraction. Dissolve Epsom salt 2 teaspoon for adults (1/2 teaspoon for children) in to a cup of water or any fruit juice and drink it. It work within 4 hours and initiates bowel movement.
16. Cabbage contains enzymes that keeps the digestive tract healthy. It has mild laxative property that ease bowel movement and clean entire intestinal tract. Take a cup of cabbage juice twice daily before meals. Alternatively, eat a cup of cabbage after steamed it.