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It’s uncomfortable. You feel lethargic or dull, unmotivated or lacking in energy. You have no appetite or sense that when you do poo, you’re not finished, there’s more that won’t come out. Maybe you need to poo all the time but nothing or only a little is produced.

No matter what form of constipation plagues you, it’s a sign that some part of the gut is out of balance.

Below are top remedies that address the symptoms and target the roots of the constipation. Holistic and long-lasting, homeopathy offers a no side-effects solution, tailor-made for you:

Unsatisfactory Never Done Feeling
Nux vomica suits patients who have a constant ineffectual urge to pass stool. To little avail. Stool is passed but the patient feels there is more that has not emerged. Often sedentary, these patients may have piles, too,  which respond well to Nux.

No urge to stool
When your bowels don’t more for days on end, have a look at Alumina. There’s straining to pass even soft stool. The intestines are slow and sluggish and there is usually a lot of fecal matter there. Alumina is a key remedy for bottle feeding babies and for the elderly.

Balls, dry and hard
Opium is another remedy where there is no urge to pass stool. It is hard and dry and in the shape of balls. When constipated, patients who have a history of taking laxatives benefit from this.

A headache and a bloated abdomen accompanying constipation may point to Bryonia. Stool is passed with much difficulty. The lumps that emerge are dry and hard as if burned.

Bashful stool that protrudes and then slides back in suggests Siliciea

Bloating and gas are keynotes of Lycopodium, a remedy for dry hard stool that is hard to expel.