laxation in pregnancy

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1/2 to 1 tea spoon ful of Triphala Churna at bed time with water can be taken to

avoid the constipation. It is best mild laxative for pregnant women. If you are

taking dairy products, then 250 ml of hot cow milk with 1 tea spoonful of cow

ghee will be good too.

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> one of my friend is 2 months pregnant , and she has now a problem of

constipation,...........plz advice some good and mild laxatives for her.

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Namaste

 

Yes, adding tsp ghee to hot milk - and that or more to oatmeal and enough good

fats to other foods helps a lot. Please forgive a contradiction here, yet

several Ayurvedic teacher lineages tell me Triphala is contraindicated for

pregnancy, makes the fetus restless/uncomfortable. There are other choices we

can call on.

 

As Ayurvedic doulas (mother care practitioners) we would be adding extra ghee to

the oatmeal and varying with other cereal grains, not same every day).

Actually, many find the following habit - (preg or not) just starting the day

with tall glass of warm water - opt add good squeeze of lemon or lime - opt add

tablespoon or two of olive or sesame oil makes for no more problems.

 

Or follow this with stewed or soaked raisins and apples, with 4 cloves cooked

in. If not in hot season now, the stewed/cooked version will be wonderful. IN

pregnancy, it is important to minimize things that increase apan pran (which

also can in some cases bring on miscarriage before baby is full term developed).

So Triphala has energetics which do this (so do other things, my teacher Dr.

Shrestha even avoids sesame tahini because of some direct encouragement for

laxation - I feel it is so gentle for most am more attentive to other things).

 

So indirect but equally effective is warm, oily and moist. Even when cooking

rice till the constipation is gone, one may use 3 parts water instead of two

cooking (and use this postpartum also). And the grains are less constipating

with ghee or oil, and with digestive spices. The raisins even more effective

soaked or cooked because hydrated. There are simple principles which help.

Just think, if something pulls moisture from the body going through (actually it

seems all foods need some going from stomach to small intestine they get

squirted but that's another reason to drink enough) then these drying foods will

increase risk of constipation if that is the tendency.

 

Ayurveda also expains that opposite of dryness is not directly moisture, it is

oilyness. One of the properties of water is oily, connective like that, though

food oils lubricate and help loosen and dissolve accumulations in the bowel and

other tissues particularly well. Heat also helps dissolve, just like washing

dishes.Some added " soap " would be carminitave spices. Make sense?

 

Kapha marmas will handle the dryer things best. If more fiber is clearly

needed, my teachers suggest taking a cup of hot milk with psyllium seed husk

stirred in. The warm milk lubricates and hydrates the psyllium, so that it

doesn't compound the problem. Can use water or almond milk also. Oatmeal has

good fiber and bulk to help too, of course.

 

Let us know how this helps, ok?

 

Ysha

Postpartum Ayurvedic Doula Care 16 years

www.sacredwindow.com

www.perinatalayurveda

 

> 1/2 to 1 tea spoon ful of Triphala Churna at bed time with water can be taken

to avoid the constipation. It is best mild laxative for pregnant women. If you

are taking dairy products, then 250 ml of hot cow milk with 1 tea spoonful of

cow ghee will be good too.

> ______________

> > one of my friend is 2 months pregnant , and she has now a problem of

constipation,...........plz advice some good and mild laxatives for her.