便秘是老年人常见疾病之一。由于老年人身体机能减退,活动减少,因而造成结肠张力及蠕动减弱,排便反应迟钝,易发生便秘。便秘日久,可引起肛裂、便血、痔疮,给老年人的生活带来极大的不便和痛苦,也为一些疾病的产生理下了隐患。而且,食物在消化分解时所产生的废物、毒素,如吲哚、硫化氢等,因为便秘得不到及时排出体外,就会经肠壁吸收进入血液循环,加速衰老过程。因而对老年性便秘进行自我防治不仅是十分必要的,也是可行的。其具体自我防治方法有: 一、调饮食,和五昧老年人脾胃虚弱,五脏虚衰,既赖饮食以养,又因饮食为害,故尤当注意饮食五 Constipation is one of the common diseases in the elderly. As the elderly body function decline, activity decreases, resulting in decreased colon tension and peristalsis, defecation reaction, prone to constipation. Constipation, as time goes by, can cause anal fissure, blood in the stool, hemorrhoids, to the elderly life has brought great inconvenience and pain, but also for some diseases under the management of hidden dangers. Moreover, food digestion and decomposition generated waste, toxins, such as indole, hydrogen sulfide, etc., because constipation can not be excreted in time, it will be absorbed by the intestinal wall into the blood circulation, accelerate the aging process. Therefore, self-control of senile constipation is not only necessary but also feasible. The specific methods of self-control are: First, adjust the diet, and Wu Mei elderly spleen and stomach, the five internal organs and weakness, both rely on diet to raise, but also because of diet damage, it is particularly necessary to pay attention to diet five