Constipation and hemorrhoids | Natural simple home cure

Constipation is having infrequent bowel movements or having hard stools or strain during evacuation. Normal bowel movement is once or twice daily, passed easily. Anything less than that, is constipation. Some people have had constipation all their lives, so they think it is normal to have a bowel movement only once every 2-3 days. Constipation is the root cause of many illnesses. When there is constipation, the GI tract is not discharging properly and trouble arises in time. Constipation can be caused by many factors. GI tract bacterial and parasitic infections (amoeba, Giardia, typhoid), gallstones, lack of dietary fiber, hypo-thyroid, etc. When constipation is chronic, toxic build up reaches a high level at which body tissues and organ tissue begin to deteriorate. Dr. Dennis Burkitt, MD, speaking about the importance of curing constipation said: ... Americans have small stools and big hospitals ...

What are hemorrhoids?

Hemorrhoids are swollen and inflamed veins in on near the anus and lower rectum. Hemorrhoids often results from chronic constipation. Hemorrhoids can cause excruciating pain, bleeding and intestinal blockage. Hemorrhoids can be internal (rectal) and external (near the anus).

Traditional constipation treatments

A high-fiber diet.

Regular exercise.

Adequate fluid intake.

Laxatives (Stimulants, Lubricants, Stool softeners, Fiber supplements). All these laxatives can become habit-forming.

Osmotics.

Saline laxatives.

Chloride channel activators.

5-HT-4 agonists.

Surgical removal of part of colon. Sometimes surgery complicates an initially simple problem and makes it chronic and irreversible.

Traditional hemorrhoids treatments

Medications
Creams, ointments, suppositories or pads. Side effects: skin rash, inflammation and skin thinning.

Minimally invasive procedures to remove an external clot.

Rubber band ligation.Side effects: can be uncomfortable and may cause bleeding.

Injection (sclerotherapy).

Coagulation (infrared, laser or bipolar). Side effects: Associated with a higher rate of hemorrhoids recurrence.

Surgical procedures
Hemorrhoidectomy. Side effects: difficulty emptying bladder, urinary tract infections, pain.

Stapling. Blocks blood flow to hemorrhoidal tissue. Side effects: Associated with a greater risk of recurrence and rectal prolapse.
Available constipation and hemorrhoids treatments can be classified as medicine of the first and second degree among the seven levels of medicine. These medications treat only symptoms without getting to the root cause. Some of the current constipation and hemorrhoids medications are expensive, not offering a cure and have harmful side effects.

Constipation and hemorrhoids in alternative natural medicine

According to the natural law of duality (where expansion = yin, contraction = yang), constipation is caused by contraction (GI blockage, tightness). Hemorrhoids is caused by expansion (bulging of blood vessels, burning and bleeding). Constipation and hemorrhoids are usually triggered by a passing illness or crisis. But the underlying cause of constipation and hemorrhoids, like most illnesses, is the accumulation of faulty eating habits that violate the natural law of duality and produce imbalance and lowered immunity. Constipation is an illness of the second stage among the seven stages of illness. Hemorrhoids is an illness of the third stage. Constipation and hemorrhoids are both directly related to the liver, so the kidneys-lungs should also be considered in natural treatment. Kidneys-lungs are mother-father of the liver in the five elements theory of natural medicine.

Constipation and hemorrhoids natural alternative treatment and cure

Food is best natural treatment. Foods affect constipation and hemorrhoids positively or adversely depending on their type. Foods that restore natural balance cure constipation and hemorrhoids naturally without side effects.
Constipation is a contracted state, and foods that cause contraction (carrots, meat, vitamin A, etc.) will make constipation worse. Foods that cause expansion will naturally cure constipation and restore normal bowel movement.
Hemorrhoids is an expanded state, and foods that cause expansions (sugar, lettuce, vitamin C, etc.) will make hemorrhoids worse. Foods that cause contraction will naturally cure hemorrhoids.
With the right diet, constipation and hemorrhoids can be cured completely. It takes only a few days to cure constipation, and a few weeks to few months to cure hemorrhoids depending on its severity.

Healthy mind in a healthy body

The seven conditions of good health include mental well being. Constipation and hemorrhoids often result in mental troubles, like psychological distress, irritability and sometimes depression especially if a hemorrhoids operation is recommended. Improvement in hemorrhoids and in bowel movement result naturally in psychological improvement and increased vitality. Becoming less preoccupied or overwhelmed with daily physical symptoms. This allows time to relax or meditate and be more hopeful and productive.

Constipation, hemorrhoids and macrobiotics

Curing constipation and hemorrhoids does not require eating Japanese food

Most people believe that macrobiotics means eating exotic Japanese foods. This is a misconception. Macrobiotics is not just a diet. When we understand macrobiotics, we understand the laws of nature that govern our health and our being.

The macrobiotic diet does not work for some people. Why?

If you have constipation or hemorrhoids and tried macrobiotics, particularly the #7 diet, but it did not work for you, then the foods you selected are not appropriate for your constipation or hemorrhoids. Macrobiotics principles, used correctly, help select the foods to eat and the foods to avoid (some permanently and some temporarily) for treating and curing constipation and hemorrhoids. Yin foods for Yang illnesses, Yang foods for Yin illnesses.

Constipation and hemorrhoids and vitamin and mineral supplements

Food is best treatment. With a carefully designed diet for constipation or hemorrhoids, there is no need for vitamin and mineral supplements. Some supplements can aggravate constipation or hemorrhoids when taken randomly. Iron supplements can have severe adverse effects on constipation and vitamin C supplements can have severe adverse effects on hemorrhoids.