Here are some herbs for treating constipation. The lasting solution for this is to eat whole grains and high fiber diet and avoid refined foods that take out the fiber and to go for a vegan diet if we can or to sparingly eat meat. As an interim measure there are some herbs that you can take for treating constipation. These herbs for constipation are nettle, dandelion and fengugreek.

How to use Herbs for Constipation cure.


Drink herbal teas made up of nettle, dandelion and fengugreek and dandelion coffee.
Supplement these with magnesium to improve bowel regularity and liver function.
The patient should also take slippery elm powder.
When the above herbs fail to work then you need to try cascara sagrada, senne or turkey rhubarb.
In case of chronic constipation take aloe vera, triphala, red chrysanthemum flower essence, wild blue -green algae or spirulina, flax oil, psyllium, milk thistle, vitamin C with bioflavanoids, vitamin B complex (rice based) and magnesium.
Also make sure that on top of the herbs you drink a cup of warm water with some lemon squeezed in it when you wake in the morning; do it again about two hours before bedtime. This is very cleansing to the system.
source:http://www.medicinalherbsplus.com/2011/10/herbs-for-constipation.html