Take 25 gms of plantain fruit, mixed with half its quantity of tamarind pulp, grind it to the paste and eat it for 2-3 days.

For constipation, drink hot water with lemon juice.

Eat a plantain or a thick slice of ripe papaya fruit before going to bed at night.

Boil horse gram in water, strain and add lime juice and salt to this water and drink one glass full of this solution once daily for a few days.

Take ripe papaya fruit (sliced) mix it with a little each of cummin seed powder, pepper powder, and salt and eat it daily. This will cure constipation, indigestion, and worm trouble.

Take equal quantities of dry ginger, gingelly, and jaggery, grind or powder them together. Dissolve 6 gms of this powder in half glass of milk and drink it daily in the early morning for 6 days

Squeeze out the juice of bottle gourd and a little salt and drink it daily for some days. This will cure chronic constipation.

Mix castor oil with old tamarind pulp, prepare a paste and insert it into the opening of the anus. Bowels will move immediately.

Eat a plantain (soft yellow banana) or a thick slice of papaya fruit before going to bed at night. This will ease up the bowel movement in the mornings.

To say goodbye to constipation, extract the juice of a bottle gourd (dudhi vegetable in Hindi) and drink it. It helps in easy digestion of food and eases constipation.

Also include the vegetable in your regular diet if you have a chronic problem of constipation.