Potassium and prunes are natural constipation remedies that you can quickly use to help you get constipation relief.
How Potassium Relieves Constipation
Potassium is needed in your colon walls to ensure that peristaltic action occurs. Without potassium, colon walls are weak and unable to respond and contract properly when fecal matter needs to be moved.
Potassium in your colon wall tissues brings in more oxygen, which is required for good cell function and the elimination of toxins. In addition, potassium creates an alkaline environment inside and outside the cell, which helps protect cell walls from bacteria, fungus, and other pathogens.
Potassium is a powerful source when it comes to cleaning, feeding, and building your colon walls. Removing the thin layer of buildup that hardens mucus, dried fecal matter, waste derby, heavy metals and other heavy metals against your colon wall can be accomplished by eating those foods that are high in potassium.
Excessive buildup on your colon walls of fecal matter and toxins is a cause of continual constipation. This build-up prevents your colon’s walls from functioning properly.
Additional Uses for Potassium
Potassium is necessary for reducing anxiety and depression. These conditions can affect the peristaltic movements of your colon. Lack of it causes muscles and organs to sag and lack tone.
Potassium also draws water out of the body. So when potassium is in your colon, it attracts water and pulls it into the fecal matter. This makes your fecal matter softer and easier to move along the colon.
Creating a Drink
To get more potassium into your diet, make a constipation remedy drink by,
Pour hot water over dried prunes and wait 10 minutes. Then eat the prunes and drink the juice. Do this on an empty stomach in the morning.
The high concentration of potassium and vitamin A, in prunes, stimulates enzymatic processes. These processes melt down fecal wall wastes and dissolve blockages. They also activate peristaltic action to move this waste out of your rectum.
Foods that Contain Potassium
The foods to eat that are high in potassium are:
- Kale
- Cabbage
- Yellow tomatoes
- Spinach
- Carrots
- Broccoli
- Cucumbers
- Cauliflower
- Alfalfa sprouts
- Goat milk
- Sesame seeds
- Wheat germ brewer’s yeast
- Flaxseed, grapes
- Green peppers
- Pineapple
- Beets
- Potatoes with skin
- Blackstrap molasses
Consult Your Holistic Practitioner
If you have any kidney disease, do not take potassium supplements unless directed by your doctor. If you are pregnant, take potassium only under a doctor’s direction.
If you are on any type of drug, do not take potassium unless directed by your doctor.
When you have constipation, it is best to take a potassium supplement. Once you have your constipation eliminated, you can back off on the potassium you are taking and rely on your potassium dose from the foods you eat.
Generally, the recommended potassium dose is 1000-3000 mg each day, taken with meals.
