Traditional Chinese medicine believes that constipation is mainly caused by dryness and heat, qi stagnation, insufficient body fluid and spleen deficiency and cold. 1. Chinese medicine believes that overeating is spicy and sticky, and taking warm tonic products can make the yang flourish and the yin flourish; After a fever, the residual heat lingers in the stomach, consuming body fluids; Or hot and humid heat pours into the large intestine, making the intestine hot and dry, hurting body fluid and constipation, also called heat secret. 2. qi stagnation, anxiety, sedentary, long illness in bed, etc. It causes qi stagnation, leads to dereliction of duty in large intestine conduction, and the dregs stagnate, which becomes a secret knot, that is, the so-called "qi stagnation makes things fail to work." The excrement is not dry, but it is difficult to discharge, so it is also called gas secret. 3. Insufficient body fluid, chronic illness, postpartum, aging, and deficiency of both qi and blood; Internal injury of spleen and stomach, lack of drinking water, insufficient chemical source, excessive sweating during illness, diarrhea and yin injury. Deficiency of qi leads to weakness of large intestine transport, and deficiency of blood and body fluid leads to malnutrition of large intestine, which makes intestinal dryness difficult, so it is called deficiency of secret. 4. Spleen deficiency and kidney deficiency are chronic diseases in cold years, kidney yang deficiency is damaged, Yang Qi is not transported, and yin evil is condensed; Or spleen yang deficiency and cold attack, leading to spleen and kidney yang deficiency, cold coagulation and qi stagnation, intestinal transmission weakness, constipation, called cold secret. Chinese patent medicines commonly used to treat constipation are: Maziren Pill, Maren Zipi Pill, Maren Runchang Pill, Niuhuang Shangqing Pill, Wei Qing Huanglian Pill, Gardenia Jinhua Pill, Forsythia Baidu Pill, Tiaozhongsisi Pill, Kaichuang Shunqi Pill, etc. The first three drugs are moistening intestine and purging fire and relaxing bowels, while the latter drugs are clearing heat and purging fire and relaxing bowels. It is worth noting that. Constipation for a long time is mostly deficiency. We need to start with invigorating qi. The middle qi is the qi of the spleen and stomach, and it is the motive force of gastrointestinal peristalsis. If the landlord is simply constipated, he should take Buzhong Yiqi Pills on weekdays, and it will be better to make up for constipation. Taking laxatives (such as rhubarb mirabilite) and Buzhong pills together can nourish and relax the bowels. If constipation and diarrhea appear alternately, it is recommended to eat more Shen Ling Atractylodes macrocephala powder. The root of constipation is weakness of spleen and stomach and insufficient peristalsis of large intestine. Fruit hurts the spleen and stomach. Long-term constipation, and then eating fruits to moisten the intestines and relax the bowels, will greatly damage the qi. Make constipation worse. Treatment prescription of honey for constipation: the treatment prescription is 1: 2-3 spoonfuls of honey, 2-3 spoonfuls of sesame seeds (black sesame seeds are best) are baked and ground into fine powder, and 200-300 ml of boiling water (both warm and cool) is mixed into paste for oral administration,/kloc-0 times in the morning and evening. Gaoshibei Town Health Center, Qianjiang City, Hubei Province used this prescription to treat 50 cases of habitual constipation. It takes effect in 2 days at the earliest, 40 cases in 2 ~ 10 days at the longest, and more than 10 days 10 cases. All 50 cases achieved good results. Treatment 2: 60 grams of honey, 30 grams in the morning and 30 grams in the evening, taken with cold boiled water. It is suitable for constipation of the elderly and pregnant women and habitual constipation. You can eat the following food secretly at any time. Eating more sweet potatoes can cure constipation, make the stool smooth and easy to solve. Many people have this experience. There is also a record in "Seeking the Source of Materia Medica", which holds that sweet potato: "Cooling blood and activating blood, relaxing the bowels, removing blood stasis and detoxifying." Especially suitable for people with chronic constipation. You can also use 250 grams of fresh sweet potato leaves, fry them with oil and salt, eat them once, and eat them on an empty stomach in the morning and evening, which is suitable for people with dry stools. Sesame can moisten the intestines and relieve constipation, which is suitable for people with dry intestines and constipation. Journal of traditional chinese medicine 1 September, 963 Brief introduction: Zhao Moumou, female, 65 years old, has been habitually constipated for 5 years, and has defecated/KLOC-0 times every 4-5 days, accompanied by dizziness, numbness of limbs, bitter taste and dry throat. Select the formula of Sangma Pill in ancient medical mirror, take black sesame (fried) and winter mulberry leaves as the end, and mix with honey to make pills. Take 12 ~ 15g daily for 1 month. Bananas can clear away heat, moisten intestines and detoxify, and are suitable for people with heat constipation and habitual constipation. Leek can be washed with fresh leek, then mashed with 1 cup, about 30 ~ 50ml, added with15 ~ 20ml yellow wine, and boiled with water, which is suitable for constipation. Radish can be 250g fresh white radish. After washing, twist the radish juice and add a little honey. Take it on an empty stomach/kloc-0 once a day/kloc-0 once a day. "Daily Materia Medica" said: "Radish has a wide chest and diaphragm, which is good for defecation." This method is especially suitable for people who have secret qi but can't do it even if they have abdominal distension, chest pain and fullness. Spinach with chronic constipation should be eaten often, which has the effects of nourishing blood, moistening dryness and relaxing bowels. "Ben Feng Jingyuan" contains: "All dishes can benefit the stomach, especially spinach." "Life Taste Diet Spectrum" also said: "Spinach, open the chest and diaphragm, dredge the stomach, moisten dryness and promote blood circulation, and people suffering from hemorrhoids should eat it." Potatoes are suitable for people with habitual constipation. As early as the issue of Journal of Intermediate Medicine 1954 1, potatoes were washed, sliced, ground into paste in a meat grinder, squeezed dry with sterilized gauze, and taken with half a cup before and in the afternoon on an empty stomach. According to Yang Tianying, 84 patients with long-term constipation were treated with this method, and all of them were cured. Most of them are effective within 2~4 days after taking it, and some constipation patients are effective after taking it for 20 days. Taro is suitable for people with constipation. It is rich in starch, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, vitamin C and so on. It is an alkaline food, and many people have the experience of eating taro to prevent constipation. Sagittarius Sagittarius contains more vitamins Bl and B2, which can enhance gastrointestinal peristalsis and is an ideal food for preventing constipation. Honey can moisten the intestines and clear the intestines, which is suitable for people with dry intestines and constipation. "Practical Prescription for Economic Effect" once introduced: "A male, 6 1 year old, left hemiplegia, constipation, stayed in bed for half a year. Honey 1 80g, black sesame 30g, ground, blended and steamed,1eaten as a snack twice a day. After half a month, the stool will return to normal, and you can get up after three months. After half a year, I returned to normal. " Pear is cool, sweet and slightly sour, which can clear away heat and promote fluid production and moisten dryness. People with constipation caused by excessive body fluid injury should eat it properly. Kaibao Materia Medica says that it can "facilitate convenience". The dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine also thinks that pears can "cure constipation". Figs are flat and sweet, and have the function of invigorating the stomach and clearing the intestines. "Fun Life Diet Spectrum" also says that it can "clear away heat and moisten intestines". People with chronic habitual constipation should eat regularly. According to modern research, apples contain a lot of cellulose and pectin. According to the analysis, every 100g apple can contain crude fiber 15.3 ~ 20.6g and pectin 15 ~ 18g, both of which have good laxative effects. Cellulose is difficult to digest, which increases the capacity in the intestine and stimulates the peristalsis of the intestinal wall to relieve constipation. Therefore, people with habitual constipation should eat regularly. Milk is flat, sweet, and can tonify deficiency and moisten intestines, so it is suitable for people with physical weakness, or after illness or constipation. Herbal medicine in southern Yunnan once said that it is beneficial to the large intestine, and Compendium of Materia Medica also thought that milk "moistens the large intestine and is very suitable for the elderly to cook porridge". Pumpkin is warm and sweet, and Chinese medicine thinks it has the function of tonifying the middle energizer. Modern pumpkin is not only a low-sugar and low-calorie food, but also rich in cellulose, which has a good laxative effect. What food is the most suitable for people with constipation, especially middle-aged and elderly people with weak constipation?