What is stool retention? Chinese medicine massage method to relieve constipation

Stool retention generally refers to feces that have not yet been discharged from the human body. In life, when people cannot deal with feces normally, they can actually achieve bowel movement through traditional Chinese medicine massage.

What is stool retention?

"Fecal retention" is not a medical concept, as I have not found a definition for it in any textbook. In this way, it is difficult to understand what "fecal impaction" is. Literally speaking, it should be the feces accumulated in the body, that is, the feces accumulated in the body and not yet excreted. From the perspective of the food digestion process, after chewing and initial digestion in the mouth, the food enters the stomach through the esophagus, is fully mixed with gastric acid and various digestive juices, and then enters the intestine, passes through the duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum, and is excreted from the body. In this process, only when the food residue enters the colon, the water in the residue is absorbed, and the residue begins to gather and take shape, can feces begin to form. Therefore, the so-called stool accumulation should be the feces accumulated at the end of the colon and ready to be discharged from the body.

Traditional Chinese medicine massage laxative method:

First, use your fingers to rub the Zhongwan point 13 cm above the navel, 50 to 100 times in a clockwise direction; then use your palms to rub the abdomen (with the navel as the center), 50 to 100 times in a clockwise direction; then use the little toe side of both palms to push and rub from top to bottom 50 to 100 times; then swing your waist 50 to 100 times in a clockwise direction; finally, put your hands on your waist and lift your anus 50 to 100 times to strengthen the tone of the levator ani muscles.

Every morning or before going to bed at night, place your left hand below and your right hand above, and massage your navel 36 times clockwise, then 36 times counterclockwise. If you persist for a period of time, your constipation will show obvious improvements. Moreover, this method can promote intestinal peristalsis and is also very helpful in eliminating belly fat.