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Ladies do you get constipated? If so what helps?

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ellacraig
ellacraig

My hormones are wrecking havoc with my regularity. As I'm a fast metaboliser this really messes me up... I'm a slim woman ordinarily but currency a walking gas bomb with a pregnant looking belly ready to explode at any moment @sobs@

What helps you with this please?

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  • janeben
    janeben ellacraig

    Posted

    Hi Ella

    Try magnesium chelated or citrate as I find this keeps me regular...

    Prior to taking magnesium, I too used to have the occasionally problem in spite of a very healthy high fibre diet and lots of walking etc

    Don't take oxide as inferior and I had to stop citrate as was making me to loose.

    I then started taking 400mg chelated magnesium, which up to now worked a treat for tummy but not my insomnia ... so have just started a powdered magnesium citrate to help with insomnia but have to be careful with amount so as not to upset my tummy!!!

    Balancing act!

    Try a form of magnesium...google it jx

  • jerry72101
    jerry72101 ellacraig

    Posted

    Hi Ella. Why not try peppermint capsules helps with that kind of thing and mite natural good luck X
  • maritina
    maritina ellacraig

    Posted

    Hiya! 

    The only thing I dound to help me with my constipation was almonds smile Yes Almonds. 

    Start eating a few every day they certainly worked for me! 

    • joy00621
      joy00621 maritina

      Posted

      Try ginger tea, and aloe vera juice (mix in orange juice for taste). This can be a drink addition to your diet along with almonds. 
  • ellacraig
    ellacraig

    Posted

    Thank you all for your suggestions 
  • joy00621
    joy00621 ellacraig

    Posted

    Ginger Tea, Aloe Vera Juice (mix with orange juice for pleasant taste), Cupping Therapy, and Yoga. Hope this helps.
    • ellacraig
      ellacraig joy00621

      Posted

      Hi joy thanks. Cupping and yoga are new ones for me to look into smile
    • Sochima822
      Sochima822 ellacraig

      Posted

      Cupping may cause hot flushes because they use heat to activate the blood flow. It was offered to me by my acupuncturist, but when she said she would apply heat to the area, I said, No thanks, I have enough with hot flushes, since I had read that keeping the body cool was the best why to avoid getting them, thereby, showering with cool water, which helps stop it. I started doing this by hosing my back down starting with slightly warm water than turning the knob to cooler and cooler slowly unti it was too cold to handle. It worked wonders to stop the hot flushes when I was getting them even when I wasn't eating soy by products and white sugar. 
    • joy00621
      joy00621 Sochima822

      Posted

      Great point here. There are three types of cupping therapy: Dry Cupping (no fire/heat, just a pump is used), Wet Cupping, and Fire Cupping. I think dry cupping might be better here. 
    • ellacraig
      ellacraig joy00621

      Posted

      Hi. So where exactly do you cup to help with constipation? I've known girls to use cupping to enlarge boobs! How... Not sure... Increase in circulation maybe? But yes still confused where you would apply the cups. Thanks
    • Sochima822
      Sochima822 joy00621

      Posted

      Thanks Joy, I didn't know about dry cupping. Good to always learn something new.
    • joy00621
      joy00621 ellacraig

      Posted

      Asia is very big on this type of treatment. It is TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), and they apply it over different parts of the body. The internet is full of vidoes and articles for people trying this out. I found it on the internet after suffering from constipation. Consider this one of many tools with dealing with constipation. Diet and other "tools" need to be accounted for as well.
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