Brief Answer:
Diet & Prescription

Detailed Answer:
Dear
Thanks for contacting Ayurveda with your health concern and following is/are recommended guidelines:

1. At his age do get a Pediatric consultation to rule out any systemic cause of hard stool if present or not, if examination [abdomen] is Ok you can safely proceed with:

A. DIET

. Aim should be to provide more roughage in the diet. So give plenty of green vegetables like cauliflower,cabbage,palak,cucumber,lady's finger
. Eat plenty of fruits, fruits with edible covers like apples,pears, [inner cover of mosambi,orange] should be preferably eaten with the cover.
. For breakfast: take bread,corn flakes,toast
. for meals: start with plenty of salads and boiled vegetables. Have preparation of sprouted cereals and vegetables with rice and roti.
. Avoid oily & fried foods, potato,BANANA,fast/junk food,spices,late night awakenings,lack of physical exercise.
. Take: old brown rice, green gram, pigeon pea,papaya,carrot,radish,bottle gourd,water intake XXXXXXX grapes,musk melon,raisins,dates,guava,honey.

B. Home Remedies:

. give purgation with olive oil [jaitun ka taila] which is free of side effects.
. in morning: on empty stomach give 10 cashew nuts plus 4 raisins to eat
. drink water after coming out of bed or give water which is stored in overnite copper vessel to drink.
. If your son is not in compliance with above then give 1 tablespoon of fig or banasha.
. massage with castor oil on abdomen also helps in relieving constipation.

C. Drugs

. Tablet AYULAX: for habitual and stubborn constipation of children
. Bonnisan Liquid: As a daily health supplement for the treatment or relief of digestive complaints in children.
. Forkid syrup: 3 years and above: 1/2 to 1 tsf twice a day
. Infee Syrup: 1/2- 1 tsf twice a day with water.

PS. you may take any one of them, depending on the availability.

Dr. Munish Sood
Consultant & Physician
Naimittika

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Brief Answer:
consult a dietitian or go with home experience

Detailed Answer:
Dear
Thanks for reverting back.

1. If banana is unripe it will cause constipation but on other hand ripe banana will CAN help relieve constipation.

PS. I advise my patient to take slightly raw and not fully ripe banana or to Avoid it totallt till symptoms persist.

2. Since bananas contain pectin (fiber) that draws water from the intestines toward the stool which may result in dehydration and worsens the problem thus witheld it till problem persists.

Dr. Munish
Naimittika

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