| Alfalfa | As A Treatment
"...Its documented properties also include: General tonic, laxative, febrifuge, hepatoprotective (liver protecting), nutritive, anodyne, anti-arthritic..."
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Colds and Influenza |
Recommendation Colon Cleansing
"...This is one reason why almost all doctors in the preantibiotic era recommended enemas, or at the least laxatives, for colds..."
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Colon Cleansing |
As A Treatment
"...The orthodox medical establishment perceives colon hydrotherapy to be little more than a bowel rinse, or expensive laxative..."
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Constipation |
The Condition
"...The use of laxatives should be avoided unless the problem cannot be dealt with otherwise..."
Recommendation Bladderwrack
"Bladderwrack has historically been used as a bulk-forming laxative..."
Recommendation Magnesium
"When given orally in sufficient quantities, magnesium citrate or sulfate (Epsom salts) is not fully absorbed but attracts water into the colon and thus acts as an effective laxative..."
Recommendation Cascara Sagrada
"Parke-Davis recognized its use as an herbal laxative, and marketed it as such as early as 1877..."
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Diarrhea |
The Condition
"...Surreptitious laxative abuse continues to be an important and underappreciated cause of chronic diarrhea..."
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Edema (Water Retention) |
The Condition
"...Sometimes the syndrome can occur in women with eating disorders who are taking diuretics or even laxatives in order to lose weight..."
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Fecal Lubricant |
Related Topic
"An example of such a laxative is liquid paraffin, which is indigestible and absorbed only to a small extent..."
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Fig (Powder) |
As A Treatment
"...They are listed in the British Pharmacopoeia for their use in laxative preparations..."
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Fo-Ti / Heshouwu |
As A Treatment
"...using fo-ti have focused on the following areas: Antiaging effects, immunologic effects, hypolipidemic and antiatherosclerotic effects, liver protectant effects, resistance to colds, antimicrobial, laxative and others..."
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Hibiscus |
As A Treatment
"...Other activities attributed to hibiscus are uterine and intestinal antispasmodic, bacteriocidal, appetite suppressant, diuretic and mild laxative..."
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IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) |
Recommendation High/Increased Fiber Diet
"...The synthetic polymers methylcellulose and polycarbophil have been found to be the most effective fibers or bulk-forming laxatives for use in the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)..."
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Laxative/Enema Overuse |
The Condition
"It is possible to become too dependent upon laxatives in order to achieve bowel movements; the bowels relax with repeated use of laxatives and constipation worsens..."
Relationship to Potassium Need
"Potassium loss can occur in cases of laxative or enema overuse..."
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Magnesium |
As A Treatment
"...Used primarily as an antacid, buffering, or laxative additive rather than a source of magnesium..."
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Magnesium Requirement |
The Condition
"...What is the health risk of too much magnesium? Dietary magnesium does not pose a health risk, however very high doses of magnesium supplements, which may be added to laxatives, can promote adverse effects such as diarrhea..."
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Magnesium Toxicity |
The Condition
"Dietary magnesium very rarely poses a health risk, but very high doses of magnesium supplements, which may be added to laxatives for example, can promote adverse effects such as diarrhea..."
Our Question about magnesium-based antacid use
"Magnesium toxicity can come as a result of taking magnesium-containing laxatives and antacids..."
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Osmotic Laxative |
Related Topic
"Osmotic laxatives exert a laxative effect by drawing water into the colon and retaining fluid in the bowel or by changing the pattern of water distribution in the feces..."
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Parsley |
As A Treatment
"...Other traditional uses include the treatment of diseases of the prostate, liver, and spleen, anemia, and arthritis; as an expectorant, antimicrobial, aphrodisiac, hypotensive, laxative; and as a scalp lotion to stimulate hair growth..."
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Potassium Need |
The Condition
"...Potassium loss is increased by excessive fluid loss from sweating, urination (diuretics), diarrhea (laxatives) or the use of aspirin and some other drugs..."
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Psyllium |
As A Treatment
"...Psyllium seed has laxative properties due to the swelling of its husk in water..."
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Sciatic |
Related Topic
"...Although tumors can cause the problem, far and away the most common causes are a lower back subluxation (responding to adjustment) or pelvic congestion and edema (responding to laxatives, exercise, and decreasing portal vein and lymphatic congestion)..."
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Susceptibility To Miscarriages |
Recommendation against Senna
"Anthraquinone laxatives such as aloe, buckthorn, cascara sagrada, docks, meadow saffron and senna stimulate smooth muscles, including the uterus, possibly causing miscarriage..."
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Vitamin A Requirement |
The Condition
"...It also tends to occur in patients with problems absorbing nutrients from the intestine, or in those who abuse mineral laxatives..."
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