What should the elderly eat for constipation?

　　constipate It is common among the elderly disease , research shows, elderly Most of the constipation is a deficiency syndrome, because the human body's yang energy will gradually weaken with age. Most elderly people have varying degrees of symptoms of spleen and kidney yang deficiency, which often manifest as dry and hard stools, lack of warmth in the limbs, aversion to cold and preference for warmth, soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, or cold pain in the abdomen, which is relieved when it is warm. So what should elderly people eat with constipation?

　　People often use pears, bananas and other cooling fruits to moisten the intestines and relieve constipation. However, for the elderly, the intake of these cooling fruits is like adding insult to injury. It will not only increase the symptoms of constipation in the elderly, but also induce or aggravate symptoms of yang deficiency such as chills and cold abdominal pain.

　　It can be seen that except for a few people with dry stool, Bad breath Except for elderly patients with constipation whose main symptoms include excess heat syndrome, such as red face, thirst, and abdominal fullness, other elderly patients should appropriately reduce the intake of cold fruits and vegetables such as pears, bananas, cucumbers, wax gourds, oranges, and watermelons in their daily diet. At the same time, it is necessary to increase the intake of foods with warming yang effects such as walnut kernels, Cistanche deserticola, mutton, sheep kidney, dog meat, leeks, etc.

　　As the elderly suffer from spleen and kidney yang deficiency, they also suffer from varying degrees of qi, blood and body fluid deficiency. Therefore, elderly friends with constipation should appropriately increase their intake of yam, corn, japonica rice, glutinous rice, red dates, honey, mulberry, black sesame, pine nuts and other foods that can nourish qi, nourish blood, moisturize the intestines and relieve constipation. At the same time, avoid tobacco, alcohol, strong tea, chili, mustard, pepper, etc.

　　For the elderly with constipation, in addition to eating more mutton, many meats are effective in treating constipation. The above content has made detailed recommendations, so the elderly should remember this.