Always empty the bowels and bladder, especially the bowels, whenever you have the least desire to do so. Do not allow a little personal inconvenience or laziness to prevent you from doing this. The wastes from the bowels and bladder, especially the bowels, are poison that should always be expelled from the body just as soon as possible. The free drinking of water flushes the bladder and helps to loosen the bowels. A glass of hot water soon after reveille will not only help to loosen the bowels, but it will also benefit the stomach and flush out the bladder.
Some people drink a big glass of water either hot or cold, every morning before breakfast.
Proper physical exercise and eating ripe or cooked fruits will also do much to keep the bowels open. Pressing and rubbing downward with the left hand on the lower left side of the belly will do much to induce a movement of the bowels Most constipation come from swallowing food in large chunks, drinking large quantities of cold liquids with the meals and eating heavy articles of diet, such as, beans fried pork, hot bread. Do not get into the habit of using laxatives to keep the bowels open. Their continued use is injurious. Use the natural means suggested above.