“Constipation is the mother of all diseases”-

A 42 year old woman visited NIN OPD and explained her problems as follows:
I am suffering with severe constipation since my childhood. I always feel hard & dry stools
during defecation which happens hardly once in two days. I also feel that I have to strain a lot at
times to defecate. Usually I get an annoying headache  and abdominal pain if I am not passing
stools continuously for 3 days, which happens once or twice in a month. This problem impacted
very badly in my daily activities. I have consulted so many physicians and they used to prescribe
laxatives which I used to take very frequently (3 to 4 times in a week). Those medicines gave me
a temporary relief for my problem. I have noticed that it is increasing when I am in stress. Few
days before, my friend suggested me to try with naturopathy treatments which she had
undergone for her menstrual problems so I turned to this institute to keep me away from
laxatives and to get rid of my problem.
On the first day of my consultation, my doctor asked me the whole histories and she briefed me
about naturopathy treatments and had given a diet plan to follow. She asked me a detailed history
about my stress and job. She explained me in detail about the body and mind detox therapy
which helps in removing deep rooted health issues. Further she defined me about the importance
of exercises and yoga in daily life to get out of these problems. And she added that as I am in it
profession, long sitting works may influence my health badly, which was new information for
me. She called me for a one month treatment package and I have joined it on the very next day. I
started feeling comfortable from the second day of my treatment at NIN. I felt much difference
with my constipation issue on the second day after enema which was followed by a one day fruit
fasting. I was very relaxed after starting with the naturopathy treatment and my headaches and
irritations subsided. On my 3 rd day my doctor referred me to mind body medicine department.
There the doctor discussed me about my condition in detailed manner starting from my
childhood traumas and so on. He advised me to undergo few sessions for mental detoxification
along with naturopathy treatments. It gave me tremendous result & my thought pattern got
changed. I threw out all my emotional baggages, which I was carrying since long. Slowly my
frequency of defecation got improved and I started enjoying my life thoroughly from the third
week of treatment. I could feel the change on me and my health problems and there was a good
improvement in the sleep quality, I have reduced 4.5 kg of weight and I started feeling my body
very lighter than before.

What physician says?
Chronic constipation is a problem which affects all age groups, gives negative impact on
the quality of life, more commonly seen in women. Intake of fluids, regular exercise, position to
defecate, stress etc are directly linked with the constipation.
Initially I asked her history in a detailed manner which would help me to find the root cause of
the problem. Slowly I got to know that her long sitting job, stress, lack of physical activities and
untimely food habits, altogether played a major role in creating a chronic constipation. Family
stress which she had undergone in childhood also is the main precursor for all her problems,
which I got to, know after the mind body sessions. She was under laxatives very often and her all
vitals were observed normal. She was given with eliminative therapies like neutral water enema,
mud baths, mud packs, cold hip baths on the first week and some abdominal massages and foot
reflexology are added from the second week. She was advised to take fruit fasting on first 2 days
and continued with a fibre rich diet in a daily manner. Fruit fasting is advised to take once in
every week. I explained her about the mind body connection, and I referred her to mind body
medicine on her third day. So there doctor had started mind body sessions in the morning and
simultaneously naturopathy treatments were going on in the evening. She had taken 3 sessions of
mind body sessions in 2 nd week of treatment and she felt very relaxed as well as she explained me
that all my frustration and stress got relieved. She had continued her naturopathy treatments for 4
weeks and her whole problem got solved. Her constipation issue also got completely resolved
after 1 month of treatment protocol. She is advised to do yoga in the morning and to continue
with the diet given (fruit fasting in a week and food with much of millets and veggies in proper
timing). I also instructed her to do 15 rounds of Brahmari pranayama daily in the evening.
Dr. Ashwini Roshan
Medical officer
Nin, pune

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