Today you will learn how to use Aloe Vera to Treat Constipation.
Constipation is one of the topics that does not pop up easily over friendly conversation. In fact, people tend to avoid this topic completely.
However, this condition affects many people from across the world. While common cold, headache and stomach pains seems deemed as socially acceptable to talk about with family, friends and other people who are not doctors
The topic of constipation may be met by nothing but a grimace from your friends.
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How Aloe Vera Helps to Treat Constipation
Constipation does not only cause many discomforts but sometimes it can be painful. In addition, since you can hardly find help from your friends, you can take advantage of the Aloe Vera to treat constipation.
Aloe Vera is a natural healer that plays a major role in improving our digestion. Besides helping with constipation, this product can also help people suffering from irregular bowel movement as well as stomach pains.
What Causes Constipation
Constipation is a condition that makes a person to have trouble when passing normal stools or cannot remove all waste from the bowels.
Remember the ileum extract nutrients from the food we eat and pass the waste to the large intestines where water is absorbed. After water absorption, the stool is left awaiting excretion.
This makes you constipated. When suffering from this condition, you can experience a lot of difficult or/and pain since the stool is harder and larger than the usual size. The best thing is that you can easily avoid severe constipation by using natural remedies.
Main Constipation Causes
A number of conditions contribute to constipation. Let us look at some of the main causes of constipation.
Drastic Lifestyle Changes
Remember, your body is not always prepared to take radical changes. For this, you should ensure you have introduced new foods gradually. Additionally, an increase of the acidity levels could also lead to constipation(1).
Dehydration
Water plays a crucial role in making the stool softer making it simple to pass through. To avoid dehydration, ensure that you have consumed enough water (recommended eight glasses daily). If you are using air condition or in an area with hot and dry weather, increase the amount of water to ensure that your body is well hydrated.
Not Going When You Should
Not going to the restroom when you need to! Although sometimes it is not possible to go straight to a restroom whenever you feel the urge to excrete, holding the stool in for a long time has undesirable effects on your digestive tract(2). Holding the stool in the rectum means that you are preventing the stool in the colon from passing through. This makes the body to draw more water resulting to the harder stool.
Consuming Antacid Medications
If you are suffering from certain conditions such as GERD, doctors often prescribe antacid medications. Some of these medications contain calcium or aluminum, which causes harder stool(3).
Insufficient Soluble fiber
As you probably know, soluble fiber plays a major role in the digestion. Consuming foods rich in soluble fiber helps in softening the stool making it easy to pass through. Some of the rich sources of soluble fiber include green vegetables such as Kale, spinach, etc.
Some of the other factors that contribute to this condition include:
- Taking too much of dairy food
- Consuming a lot of caffeine
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Digestive diseases
- Colon disease
Aloe Vera gel plays a major role in improving the digestive system. However, it is crucial to note that the latex found in the Aloe Vera leaves boosts will boost the performance thanks to its active ingredients that has better laxative properties. Although the gel also does a great job, most people combine it with latex to get full benefits.
Taking Aloe for Constipation
You can consume Aloe Vera for constipation in various forms. Prepare aloe juice or gel.
Drinking Aloe Vera juice or gel twice a day can help you in eliminating constipation. This will relieve this condition within a few days.
How to Make Aloe Vera Laxative
The short video below will show you how to how to make aloe vera for a laxative effect.
Dosage
Drink about 2 cups (16oz) of Aloe Vera juice early in the morning after waking up and 2 cups before retiring to bed. The Aloe Vera juice is somehow strong, so if you cannot handle the taste you can mix it with about 8oz natural juice to dilute the taste
If you are using the Aloe Vera gel, you should consume about two tablespoons daily. Mix it with your favorite juice to dilute the taste
Take Your Aloe Capsule
If you are not comfortable with the Aloe Vera juice taste, you should consider taking an aloe capsule. You can easily take this capsule with calming herbal tea for the best results. Taking it for a few days will resolve this problem.
The recommended dosage is a 5g capsule of concentrated aloe three times a day.
To reduce the side effects of the aloe capsule you should consider taking a herbal tea such as peppermint or calming herbs like turmeric.
Active Ingredients in Aloe Vera
Below you will find the most active compounds in Aloa Vera that help with constipation.
Chlorine
Chlorine is a potent electrolyte that supports various body functions. First, this ingredient helps in balancing fluid in the body as well as blood circulation. This ingredient is responsible for maintaining blood pressure at normal levels while balancing the PH levels in your body. If any of the functions mentioned above are affected negatively, it leads to dehydration, which translates to constipation.
Magnesium
Magnesium deficiency(4) leads to various problems in the internal health. Magnesium plays a primary role in regulative more than three hundred biochemical functions. With that being said there is no need to overemphasize the importance of magnesium in our body.
Which is crucial in sustaining normal neurotransmitters operation. Do not forget that you need to have strong muscles for you to excrete stool sample. In addition, weak digestive muscle is one of the common symptoms of constipation.
Is Aloe Latex Safe?
Although there exist arguments that argue the aloe latex use in constipation treatment, this product is considered safe. However, before you can decide if it is the best solution, let us look at these arguments.
Aloe Latex consist contains active ingredient referred Anthraquinones which contains laxative properties. As mentioned earlier, these active ingredients are usually contained in the leaf of the plant. The ingredients are categorized as Aloin, Aloe emoting and barb loin.
Aloin
The aloin is known to relieve constipation as they do a great job when it comes to increasing the contraction and by so doing improving the bowel movement. Since the Aloin reduces the intake of water from the stool, you can expect to get a softer stool. This makes it easier for you to pass the stool.
Anthraquinones
Although the Anthraquinones are not FDA approved, the FDA has not given a clear directive if or not they are safe for human consumption. Remember we have various Junk foods that have passed the approval of FDA, but we cannot classify them as healthiest foods available.
For the best results, you should be careful on the dosage you use and ensure that you use them in tiny amounts to avoid any side effects.
It is also worth to note that the aloe latex is not always labeled as latex. We also have a lot of aloe Vera products that have latex. The safest and recommended way to using the Aloe Vera gels is in the indigestible forms, as they will not affect the internal organs. If you are not sure about the best product to use, you can prepare homemade juice or gel and take it as recommended earlier.
Lifestyle Changes that Help you to Combat Constipation
Below you will find some simple lifestyle changes that will help you stop getting constipation in the first place.
Addressing your Nutrition Needs
It is common sense if you continue to consume a lot of junk food and expect to have a healthy lifestyle; you are still in your sleep dreaming. Avoid taking refined foods like sweets, bread, and crisp as well as processed foods. Taking too much dairy food and red meat also contributes to certain conditions such as constipation.
Avoid too Much of Caffeine and Alcohol
Taking too much of caffeine or/and alcohol dehydrates the body making the stool painful to pass. While taking them is okay, you should do it in moderation to avoid dehydration.
Exercise
Even if you are not planning to become an athlete, doing regular resistance and cardio training helps to stimulate your body, archiving optimal health. For this reason, you should devote more time to your gym in order to avoid such conditions.
Take Proper Medication
The reason why the natural remedies are considered safe is the fact that they do not have man-made constraints in a laboratory made medications. However, this doesn’t mean that there are no side effects that come with the natural remedies. Ensure you seek your doctor advice and take the proper dosages to get the full benefits
Don’t Rush when in a Restroom
When you visit a restroom, you should not hurry your time. Although most people consider excreting as unfathomable filth and don’t like spending even a minute in a toilet, rushing your time there can do more harm than good. Always take relax, and allow the nature to take its course. This allows you to pass out all the waste excrement.
Aloe Vera for Constipation Side Effects
Using aloe as a laxative is not for everyone. Breastfeeding and pregnant mothers should avoid using aloe as a laxative. Kids and people who suffer from certain conditions such as hemorrhoids, diabetes, intestine problems, or kidney problems should also avoid using it.
Additionally, individuals who are allergic to tulips, garlic, or onions should also keep away from the use of this product.
As mentioned earlier, Aloe Vera is a powerful laxative. It comes with potential side effects such as stomach cramping and abdominal pains. With this being said it is crucial to ensure that you follow the dosage strictly and discontinue after using for five days.
Using the aloe for a long time as a laxative leads to serious consequences on a person’s health. Besides stomach cramping, it can also lead to kidney problems, diarrhea, and low potassium, blood in urine, heart problems, and weight loss.
Aloe Vera to Relieve Constipation Conclusion
Provided that you are attentive when reading the labels and vigilant on what goes in your body, Aloe Vera is safe to help in eliminating the constipation problems. Despite some argument that states that aloe latex should be avoided, it doesn’t have any side effects when you follow the precautions listed above.
If you have used this product for several days and still find that still suffer from severe constipation, you should visit a doctor. Besides, individuals with the mentioned condition should also visit a doctor whenever they have constipation to find the best solution that works for them.
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