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Natural Herbal Home Remedies For Constipation

• Guava when eaten with seeds provides roughage to diet can give relief from constipation.

• Drink aloe vera juice to balance intestinal flora and to alleviate constipation.

• Drinking lemon juice mixed with warm water two to three times a day eases constipation.

• The ripe pulp of bael fruit can also be made into a pleasant sherbet. To a tablespoon of ripe bael pulp, add a tablespoon of tamarind water and half a teaspoon of jaggery, and drink this once or twice a day for 2-3 days. This clears chronic constipation within 2-3 days.

• Fifty grams of fresh leaves of spinach, and 250 ml of water should be mixed with a pinch of ammonium chloride and one teaspoonful of honey. This infusion is an effective expectorant in the treatment of bronchitis.

• A common Ayurvedic medicine for constipation is Triphala Churna. It is a powder made by grinding three kinds of herbs. A teaspoon of this powder taken with warm water or milk at the time going to bed is beneficial.