Flax seeds are an Ayurvedic recommedation for constipation.  Soak some in fruit juice and drink, you're after the slimey coating to coat everything in the bowel. Slippery Elm is also good, but you shouldn't use flax and slippery elm at the same time.  I think raw sensation has had a similar result with chia seeds in the past (though they've not had that effect on me). 

Massage, massage, massage - self massage is fine you can work at your own pace.  Your large colon goes from your right hip bone straight up to almost your ribs, then straight across, then down to your left hip bone, then out. Work from the left ribs down to the left hip, just stroking down, if that results in something coming out, work from your right rib, to left rib, to left hip, once that clears, work from your right hip up to the ribs, then across, then down to the left hip.  This might take a few days.  Most instructions will say rub your belly in a clockwise direction, but it's better to start towards the end and gradually work to doing the whole large intestine.  You can even use something like a cricket ball roll along around on your belly to get in there a bit more easily.  Other ways to massage your intenstine are things like yoga, anything with twisting - that can give you an internal massage, and other exercise, like RGG said, trampolining is good, that jiggles everything around for an internal massage.

And as everyone has said hydration, hydration (sounds like you need some tissue salts, so plain water probably not the best option, celery juice would be great) Apple cores are great for constipation, blend up a whole apple and drink it, you don't have to chew through an apple core

Epsom salt baths - you can absorb a lot of magnesium through your skin, though use a lot of epson salts in a bath, not just the handful the packet might say, at least 250g, though for really dramatic results, you need 1 or 2 kg per bath, staurated solution in the bath where so more salts will dissolve, and then it just soaks into the body through the skin in large quantities.  Epson salts has a much available form of magnesium than dolomite - really, dolomite tends to go through as a clay more than being of any nutritional benefit. Epson salts does dissolve and make the magnesium easily absorbed, either internally if you ingest it or through the skin in a bath, you can even absorb quite a bit from just having a saturated foot bath.

in the ideal situation, the number of meals per day should be the same as teh number of poo sessions per day
(not counting the little snacks),

this is pretty much where I got myself regradless if raw or cooked (there is a healthy cooked and unhealthy cooked,
as well as tehre is a healthy raw and unhealthy raw).


but following the idea - of 1 poo for 1 meal principle :

do not have any meal till the poo hapens, so turning the principle around, just keep liquids till the poo, than have a meal and wait with the next one till next poo session,


which might get You to juicing feasting for few days, or it might get Yopu to Tannya 16 hours fasting each day system etc,

simply if it is stuck somewhere down the track, do not put anything new on top of it.


See if there is a trafic block, the police does not allow the additional cars pilleup and diverts the trafic, till it clears up

oh this is almost a guaranteed go~er...drinking warm water first thing....drink it until you feel the urge to go to the loo....its works a treat

yes apples are awesome too
soaked sultanas are also brilliant

rock melon smoothies are great

slippery elm bark powder works wonders too

peppermint tea is great

yes gentle self massage is also good..as is massaging the bottoms of your feet,and dry skin brushing...

having suffered from ulcerative colitis for years,and terrible digestive disorders...i have a list of what works as long as my arm~for me...so hopefully some of this will help you

trying to be as relaxed and destressed as much as possible

again i say...bounce on a trampoline until you need to go to the loo....it works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

once you stop irritating your bowel and feeding it calming foods...your constipation should ease...if my uc is flared up i will constipate immediately...once the irritation is gone,so is the constipation....simple equation for me!!

good luck buddy....

back massage also really really helps

oh def agree re the epsom salts baths...and will help you to sleep like a baby too

Just a side note, the above should not be done if you have a history of high blood pressure or heart problems. 

I don't want anyone to damage themselves.

Regards

J

Hi Damian,

I have lots of empathy for you on this, I know how awful and frustrating chronic constipation can be! Luckily there are so many ideas here you can experiment with, some of which will or won't work for you. 

I think that a constipated bowel is often caused by a constipated liver/gallbladder. The liver and gallbladder regulate the production and release of bile which is a natural laxative. So when your liver/gallbladder is clogged up this might cause you to become constipated.

If this is the case for you something that would be useful is taking bitter herbs which both improve digestion and stimulate bile production. You could take a herbal formula or if you want to go the food route lots of bitter greens might do the trick. Doing liver flushes had quite a noticable effect on my constipation, Rudy mentioned the olive oil and grapefruit juice formula.

You could also be deficient in magnesium, especially if you are stressed and tense a lot of the time. If you don't mind supplements, taking a magnesium supplement (magnesium oxide specf) can give you fast relief, it draws water into the bowel and relaxes your muscles.  You said the parsely juice enema really helped so maybe getting in more magnesium by drinking green juices will be an effective way to go for you.

Also if you aren't producing enough bile you might feel better reducing the fat in your diet or even just eating lighter fats eg. coconut oil.  I hestitate to mention it but I also found urine therapy good for constipation, whatever works right!  

Just some ideas to add to the mix, all the best 

Gina

I read about this years ago and tried it, and it is FANTASTIC.

I've found using a cheap little children's stool for your feet whilst sitting on the loo has the same effect; just use it as a footstool, although I suppose a couple of phone books or a box would work just as well.

KittyK, this is a TREMENDOUS suggestion.

Cheers, Niqi

Rudy, your posts have made me giggle a few times tonight! Thank you.

Squatting is excellent. For those who don't know Brock was severly constipated and I'm really glad we caught it while he is really young. He had about four days worth backed up in his poor little bowel and when that started to move it was extremely painful for him.

I sat with him in the toilet (on the floor not actually in the toilet) as the spasms came and went while his body tried to push it out for around 40 minutes. Eventually I got him to squat with his feet on the toilet seat and out it came, virtually painless within a minute.

Lesson learned! We are getting one of those toilet squatter things.

And tramping has worked for me when I have been constipated.

And Brock was having pear juice and a friend of ours gave him some Chinese herbs as well.

xoxoxxo