One of the most common gastrointestinal complaints in the United States is constipation. It accounts for 2.5 million doctor visits each year as a result of over 4 million Americans having it frequently.

The Americans who complaint of constipation are most often women and adults of 65 years of age and older. Pregnant women have been seen to commonly have constipation during their pregnancies and it is also common following childbirth or the surgery related with childbirth.

The most common method of coping with constipation is the use of over-the-counter laxatives. This self-treatment method costs around $725 million each year in America.

American Dietetic Association recommends 20 to 34 grams of daily fiber intake. But Americans eat an average of 5 to 14 grams of fiber daily. Worse, adults and children both have been seen to eat too many processed and refined foods that have natural fiber removed from them. This all result in Americans being constipated frequently. there are a number of constipation home remedies available that can give you relief from this problem.

In such cases, a walk in the morning or evening, some physical exercise on an empty stomach in the morning, a course of games in the evening or a course of yogasana (yogic exercises) would prove very useful. Padmiisana, vajrasana, pascimottiinasana, halasana, and sarpasana are some of the common yogic exercises which will not make a person constipated and will relieve him if he/she is already constipated. Kufijala and Sahkha prak Alana are very easy and convenient methods of removing accumulated stool and make a person free from piles. These exercises should be learnt under the supervision of some yoga expert and should not be done just by reading books. it is also important that you know the causes of constipation, the types of constipation like infant constipation, chronic constipation, pregnancy constipation, severe constipation etc. the constipation treatments and the constipation diets that you can take to maintain a healthy digestive process.