CONSTIPATION - Part DOO

[Peter B]

I'm surprised nobody has posted the recipe for the Yakima paste. I don't have any probs in that area but if I did, I would try the spread. It actually sounds like it might taste good.

If anyone knows the recipe, it might be helpful to some if it was posted. We put enough chemicals in our body. A natural solution is the way to go. If it doesn't work, there are always the myriad of laxatives available.

Pain free days,

Pete

[Tbackpain1]

Here ya go:

Yakima Fruit Paste

DOSE: 1-2 tablespoons per day

1 pound prunes
1 pound raisins-pitted
1 pound figs
4 oz senna tea (look in your health food store, it looks like a bunch of leaves)
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup lemon juice

1. Prepare tea-use about 2 1/2 cups boiled water added to tea and steep 5 minutes.
2. Strain tea to remove tea leaves and add only 1 pint tea to a large pot, then add fruit.
3. Boil fruit and tea for 5 minutes.
4. Remove from heat and add sugar & lemon juice. Allow to cool.
5. Use hand mixer or food processor to blend fruit mixture into smooth paste.
6. Place in plastic container and place in freezer. (Paste will not freeze but will keep forever in freezer).
7. Spoon out what you require each day.

Enjoy eating it straight off the spoon.
Spread it on toast or add hot water and make a drink.

* If the fruit paste is not working (you are not having bowel movements) then you need to increase the amount of fruit paste you are taking.

* If the fruit paste makes you have very loose stools then you need to cut down on the amount of fruit paste you are taking. Perhaps even taking it every other day in some cases.

[sallyb]

Another thing that works is just eating fresh coconut.

[wildpinky]

i have the paste in my freezer, just couldnt find the recipe...thanks Theresa :) ...

i use the fruit paste and have for years now and it works wonderfully :D

[BeadLover]

After using senekot and colace for over a year, and having it rip my stomach apart and having to use ever increasing amounts of senekot for it to work, I went in search of something else. I remembered that many elderly folks drink prune juice to keep regular so I thought I would buy some and try it. It was like a miracle drink. I drink a glass of it with 5 colace every other day on an empty stomach and like clock work, 3 hours later, my bowels are moving, and I mean MOVING, lol. It does cause a lot of gas too, which my kids think is very funny, and call it "prune juice farts", but I feel much better using something more natural than the senekot. The taste, well, it takes a bit getting used to, but, if it is ice cold, it is more palatable.

Just another suggestion from another pain patient.

The BeadLover

[caudaequinasyndrome]

i take about 1000 to 1200 mg of colace a day, that's 10 to 12 capsules. i also use benefiber , at least twice a day. i still need a enemeez every am to evacuate.
i found benefiber better than all the others bulk formers. and i tried them all

[razzle51]

I just started Reglan 4 times asay works good