MOTION ON DEMAND
MOTION ON DEMAND
A SURE (PHYSIO-) THERAPY FOR CONSTIPATION
Dr. M. A. Usmani [Author of HOMEOPATHY of TOMORROW]
I’ve contrived a physiotherapeutic solution for constipation; and have perfected it. It has no failures. It is a matter of training for the manipulation of the abdominal muscles, to synchronize with and invigorate peristalsis of the intestines. It can be performed while relaxing in a posture, either lying or sitting. For the beginner lying posture is more conducive to speedy learning and getting mastery of the art. After a full breakfast, lie down on your back and focus your attention on your abdomen, particularly the right lower quadrant (i.e. the ileocecal region) of your abdomen. Now squeezing and contracting the muscles of this region, and, at the same time, thinking that you are propelling the contents of this region to more right and upward, along the ascending colon, up and up, till you reach the right hypochondrium and from there you propel the contents further across the abdomen to the splenic flexure, and from thence down the descending colon. By reaching near the left quadrant of your abdomen relax the contraction and propulsion. This is one wave of the cycle. Repeat this for many such cycles of contraction and relaxation, all the time thinking and imagining that by so doing you are propelling the contents of the large intestines further and further up and across and down to the rectum. Go on repeating this till you feel urge for going for evacuation. With the sedulous practice of many days you’ll attain the mastery over the management over the waves of peristalsis of intestinal system. Soon you would be able to create very forceful peristaltic waves of contraction and relaxation, with the definite movement of the contents of your bowels.
My patients after having the substantial part of their breakfast with the family, go to their own rooms, with the teacup in their hands, sit in their sofa and sip the tea, while concentrating on their bowels, initiate this exercise (physiotherapy). Their cup is usually not yet finished when they start feeling strong urging for going to the lav.
For the old sinners, that is, the people with age-old costive habits, I add a boost to their exercise. To this I call a ‘pumping motion’ that is added to the above exercise. While sitting on the commode you will continue your exercise by contracting and relaxing your ileo-cecal and abdominal muscles and taking this wave up and across the abdomen and relaxing it the midway of the descending colon. Along with this you will add a pumping force by moving your right knee and thigh in the right-left oscillating movement. This will add a pumping force at the ileo-cecal juncture. When you’ll move it toward your abdomen it will press on the ilieo-cecal quadrant that will boost your contracting impulse. When you become habitual of this exercise, you’ll find that by seating yourself on the commode you automatically start the pumping motion with your right thigh. And you will feel astonished to find that pumping motion alone suffices to trigger the whole process to its fruitful accomplishment.
So much for the exercise and its technique. But a person with costive habits must think of changing his lifestyle. Every food that creates constipation and dryness in the intestines must be shunned. Polished rice and fine flour and bakery products, prepared with this flour should be considered harmful. Whole meal flour should be preferred and adopted. Body systems should be kept sufficiently hydrated with lot of water—preferably warm water, and other fluid intake. Take a full glass of warm water first thing on rising in the morning. Don’t take rice on consecutive days. Take lot of fruits every day; or compensate it with vegetables. Only partaking of dishes of meat or poultry is not a balanced diet. Consuming only meat or poultry is not only not a balanced diet, but can create constipation. Warm things are usually laxative and cold things are costive. Warm milk and warm water are laxative; and cold milk and cold water are costive. Fine foods and fine flour are costive and whole meal and whole wheat is not costive. Therefore most of the bakery preparations—made of fine flour, are costive. Whole full meal bread is more salutary and conducive to health. Warm and hot milk is laxative and cold milk is costive; but when it is allergen to somebody it will upset the stomach, whether it is cold or warm. Summarily, take most of the things warm and hot to save yourself from bacterial infection.
You can come to your work or office daily after evacuating and easing yourself in a serene contented mood.
Dr. Usmani, Author: Homeopathy of Tomorrow