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What Is The Importance Of Colon Cleansing?
Question: What is the importance of colon cleansing ?is it require if you have healthy life style ?Pls suggest home remedy or tablet for colon cleansing?
Brief Answer:
If you have regular bowel movements then not required.
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thank you for asking HCM.
I have gone through your query. If you have a regular bowel movement then colon cleansing is not required. Unnecessary use of laxatives or enemas will have harmful effects also. There are various methods used like taking castor oil weekly which is common in ayurveda. But those who have a regular free bowel movement daily this is not needed.
If you taking enough fibres in your diet it will be enough for a regular bowel movement. If you having constipation regularly then you can go for it. But better to manage with stool softeners. You can take dried prunes or prune juices or non habit forming stool softeners like softovac.
You can use castor oil 50ml with equal amounts of orange juice and mix well and drink in early morning empty stomach. After 15 minutes to half an hour start drinking tea or warm water. Drink around 4 cups of water at 15 minutes intervals. When you have around 3 bowel movements then stop drinking water and take some curd or yogurt or kefir which will help to stop the bowel movement. This is a way of colon cleansing you can do at home.
Hope this may help you. Let me know if anything not clear.
Thanks.
If you have regular bowel movements then not required.
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thank you for asking HCM.
I have gone through your query. If you have a regular bowel movement then colon cleansing is not required. Unnecessary use of laxatives or enemas will have harmful effects also. There are various methods used like taking castor oil weekly which is common in ayurveda. But those who have a regular free bowel movement daily this is not needed.
If you taking enough fibres in your diet it will be enough for a regular bowel movement. If you having constipation regularly then you can go for it. But better to manage with stool softeners. You can take dried prunes or prune juices or non habit forming stool softeners like softovac.
You can use castor oil 50ml with equal amounts of orange juice and mix well and drink in early morning empty stomach. After 15 minutes to half an hour start drinking tea or warm water. Drink around 4 cups of water at 15 minutes intervals. When you have around 3 bowel movements then stop drinking water and take some curd or yogurt or kefir which will help to stop the bowel movement. This is a way of colon cleansing you can do at home.
Hope this may help you. Let me know if anything not clear.
Thanks.
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