What to do if your large intestine is dry

Many people may have experienced dry colon, which is caused by drinking less water or eating improper food. If you do not exercise enough and sit all the time, it will cause dryness of the large intestine. To relieve dryness of the large intestine, you need to drink more water, eat more foods containing crude fiber, exercise more, and massage your abdomen when you sleep at night. These practices will relieve dryness of the large intestine.

Constipation refers to feces staying in the intestines for too long, usually without a bowel movement for two or three days, or having the urge to defecate but having difficulty, and the stool is often dry. Long-term constipation often causes abdominal distension, abdominal pain, dizziness, loss of appetite, and sleep problems.

It can cause symptoms such as restlessness, and is prone to secondary diseases such as hemorrhoids and anal fissures.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that constipation is not only related to the dysfunction of the large intestine's conduction function, but also to the dysfunction of the spleen and stomach's ascending, descending, and transporting functions, and the kidney's warming and transforming functions. There are many names for diseases in traditional Chinese medicine, including "Yangjie", "Yinjie" and "Xu Mi".

The causes of the disease are mostly due to irregular diet, excessive fatigue, emotional imbalance, physical weakness in the elderly, etc., which lead to dysfunction of the large intestine.

Types of constipation

1. Clinically, constipation can be divided into gastrointestinal dryness and heat syndrome (heat constipation, yang knot), Qi stagnation syndrome (Qi constipation), Qi, blood and Yin deficiency syndrome (deficiency constipation), Yang deficiency and cold stagnation syndrome (cold constipation) and phlegm and dampness stagnation syndrome (dampness constipation).

2. Heat constipation: dry and hard stool, which occurs every few days, short and red urine, irritability or fever, dry mouth and bad breath, abdominal distension and pain, restless sleep, red tongue with yellow coating, and rapid and stringy pulse.

3. Qi constipation: dry and hard stools, difficulty in defecation, chest tightness and flank distension, frequent belching, irritability, slightly red tongue with a thin white greasy coating.

4. Constipation due to deficiency: dry and hard stools that are difficult to pass, palpitations and shortness of breath, pale complexion, dizziness, general fatigue, fever in the five parts of the body, dry eyes, pale or thin and red tongue, thin white or scanty tongue coating, deep and thin or fine pulse.

5. Cold constipation: dry or not dry stool, cold body and fear of cold, clear and long urine, tasteless mouth without thirst, cold hands and feet, pale complexion, weak waist and knees, cold pain in waist and abdomen, pale tongue with white coating, and slow pulse.

6. Damp-constipation: sticky stool that is difficult to pass, frequent urge to defecate, abdominal distension, chest and abdominal distension, excessive phlegm, dizziness and drowsiness, heaviness and laziness, loss of appetite, fullness after eating, fat tongue with thick and greasy coating, and a weak or slippery pulse.

What can you eat to relieve dry intestines?

1. Fresh potato juice

Peel and chop 300 grams of fresh potatoes, wrap them in clean gauze and squeeze out the juice. Take 1 to 2 tablespoons before meals, 2 to 3 times a day. It is suitable for habitual constipation.

2. Five-nut rice porridge

Crush 10 grams each of sesame seeds, pine nuts, cypress nuts, walnut kernels, sweet almonds and other five kinds of kernels, add 100 grams of polished rice and water to cook porridge. Add a little white sugar when taking it, and take it every morning and evening. Suitable for middle-aged and elderly people with qi and blood deficiency

Habitual constipation,

3. Sweet potato porridge: Cook 300 grams of sweet potato and 100 grams of millet into porridge. Add sugar after it is cooked and take it every morning and evening. It is suitable for the elderly and postpartum women who suffer from dry intestines, constipation and fatigue.

4. Spinach and sesame porridge can moisten dryness and promote bowel movements, nourish blood and stop bleeding. It is suitable for senile constipation, hemorrhoids, etc. First, wash 100 grams of polished rice and put it into the pot. When the rice blooms, add 200 grams of spinach. After boiling, add 50 grams of sesame seeds, salt, and MSG.

Take when you have stomachache.

5. Spinach and Pig Blood Soup

Take 200 grams of spinach, 150 grams of pig blood and a little salt. Cook spinach and pig blood together, add salt after they are cooked, and then drink the soup.

6. Pig Heart and Cypress Seed Soup

Take 1 pig heart and 15 grams of pine nuts. Put pine nuts into pig heart, stew with water, and eat once every three days.

7. Astragalus honey tea

Take 15 grams of astragalus and 30 grams of honey. Put the astragalus into a casserole, add 500 ml of water, boil until 300 ml of water remains, remove the residue and take the juice, add honey, mix well and boil for 1-2 times, drink as tea.

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8. Black Fungus and Sea Cucumber Stewed Pork Intestines

Take 15 grams of fungus, 30 grams of sea cucumber, 150 grams of pig large intestine, a little salt, soy sauce and MSG. Turn the pig's large intestine open and clean it, add water and stew it with black fungus and sea cucumber, add seasoning, eat the black fungus, sea cucumber and large intestine and drink the soup.

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9. Sugarcane Juice Porridge

Squeeze 100 ml of sugarcane juice and set aside. Add 400 ml of water to 50 grams of polished japonica rice and cook until the rice blooms. Then add sugarcane juice and cook into porridge. Take warm every morning and evening.

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Precautions

1. First of all, you should develop a good habit of regular bowel movements.

2. Eat more smooth meals. Foods made with black bean powder, barley grass powder and other ingredients can regulate the stomach and intestines, enhance body immunity, make the intestines healthy, and promote defecation.

3. Treat constipation properly. Do not use laxatives to achieve a temporary bowel movement, which is not good for the body. Instead, use a smooth diet, which is healthy and effective without side effects.