Eating raw and cold fruits in the elderly is not conducive to relieving constipation

　　Bad diet or living habits can cause constipate , especially some elderly Often suffer from constipation. People often say that drinking more water and eating more fruits can relieve constipation, but it should be noted that not all fruits can prevent and treat constipation, and not all people with constipation are suitable for eating more fruits.

　　Most elderly people have spleen and kidney yang deficiency. When yang qi is insufficient, they will suffer from fatigue, shortness of breath, lukewarm hands and feet, constipation, etc. If they eat more raw and cold fruits, it will make things worse, and the more they eat, the more constipated they will become. You should eat wormwood, garlic, dog meat, mutton and other foods that are warm in nature and can stimulate yang to help relieve constipation.

　　Constipation in the elderly is often called "habitual constipation". The elderly are prone to constipation. The main reason is that the intestinal function declines and the intestinal peristalsis function decreases. For this kind of stubborn constipation, if the patient relies on laxatives and is greedy for "temporary pleasure", over time it will form a vicious cycle, leading to weak intestinal peristalsis and drier intestines.

　　Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lungs and large intestine are related to each other. Elderly people with chronic bronchitis and emphysema will also suffer from constipation when exposed to wind and cold in autumn and winter. This is called "lung qi obstruction". It is like pouring water from a teapot and having holes in the kettle lid. Only when lung qi is ventilated can the stool be unobstructed.

　　Some elderly people have stools that are not dry but cannot come out, which is obviously dysfunction. These patients may have chronic diseases such as heart failure and high blood pressure. sexually transmitted diseases , it requires targeted treatment, such as cardiotonic, blood pressure lowering, etc., as well as laxatives to achieve better results.

　　Therefore, if elderly patients with constipation want to get rid of the trouble of constipation, they need to first find out the cause and then prescribe the right medicine, so that they can get twice the result with half the effort and treat constipation more effectively.