Haemorrhoids: Natural Treatments That Really Work!

By George John Georgiou

Many people with haemorrhoids try to suppress the symptoms with medications or surgery, only to find that their haemorrhoids return as the underlying causative factors have not been identified and removed. This book will help you to understand some of the factors that may be causing your haemorrhoids such as constipation, chronic inflammation, f

• Language: English
• Publisher: George Georgiou
• Release date: Jan 19, 2019
• ISBN: 9789925569151

George John Georgiou

Dr. Georgiou, Ph.D.,D.Sc (AM).,N.D., is a chartered biologist, iridologist, naturopath, herbalist, homeopath, nutritionist, bioresonance specialist, acupuncturist, clinical psychologist and clinical sexologist. He has been a clinician most of his life and is the Director Founder of the Da Vinci Holistic Health Center in Larnaca, Cyprus (www.naturaltherapycenter.com) which specializes in the natural treatment of chronic diseases, heavy metal toxicity and Candidiasis, along with many other health problems. He is also the Founder Director of the Da Vinci Institute of Holistic Medicine (www.collegenaturalmedicine.com) as well as the Da Vinci BioSciences Research Center. He is the author of 23 books, a clinician and researcher.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Da Vinci Haemorrhoids Treatment Protocol: Be Haemorrhoid Free Forever !

Chapter 2: The Holistic Model of Health

Chapter 3: Toxicity: Underlying Cause of All Diseases

Chapter 4: Detoxification: The Health Secret of all Time

Chapter 5: Food Intolerances, Inflammation and Disease

Chapter 6: Candida: A Universal Cause of Many Diseases

Chapter 7: Curing with Energetic Medicine and Bioresonance

Chapter 8: Emotional, Psychological & Spiritual Roots of Disease

Disclaimer

Summary and Concluding Remarks

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Haemorrhoids:

Natural Treatments That

Really Works!

Dr George J Georgiou, Ph.D.,N.D.,D.Sc (AM)

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Dedication

First, I would like to bow deeply to the thousands of patients who have helped me understand the complexities of this disease process and who need to take credit for the time spent with them in refining this protocol over many years.  

All these patients over the years have been my laboratory for developing many treatment protocols through trial and error, backed by research.

I would also like to thank all the researcher scientists, lecturers and teachers who dedicate their life to helping others, and all the courageous health professionals who go against the grain of the establishment, while thinking outside the box.

A loving hug of gratitude to my wife and 4 children for their support and understanding during my professional endeavours throughout these years – they are all blessed.

Finally, I deeply embrace the Divine faith that I have been blessed with, that has helped me believe in the innate healing abilities of the body, through the power of Natural healing, without chemical intervention.

A profound blessing to you all and may your healing journey be fruitful and fulfilling!

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Contents

Chapter 1: The Da Vinci Haemorrhoids Treatment Protocol: Be Haemorrhoid Free Forever !

Haemorrhoids are normal  cushions of tissue that are filled with blood vessels found at the end of the rectum, just inside the anus. Together with a circular muscle called the anal sphincter, haemorrhoids help control bowel movements (Fig 1).

When people say that they have haemorrhoids, what they really mean is that their haemorrhoids have become enlarged. Enlarged haemorrhoids are often associated with symptoms such as itching, mucus discharge or bleeding. Bleeding happens when hard stools damage the thin walls of the blood vessels.

Swollen haemorrhoids might come out of the anus and can then be seen as soft lumps of tissue. These are called protruding or prolapsed haemorrhoids. Larger haemorrhoids can make it feel like something is pushing against the anus, which can make sitting very uncomfortable.

Fig 1 Normal anorectal tissues

Normal haemorrhoidal tissue (Fig 1) accounts for approximately 15-20% of resting anal pressure and provides important sensory information, enabling the differentiation between solids, liquids and gas.

When this normal haemorrhoidal tissue becomes inflamed, haemorrhoids can form (Fig 2). When we refer to haemorrhoids, we normally refer to this diseased tissue, not the normal haemorrhoids that everyone is born with.

Haemorrhoids (also called piles) are distended varicose veins in the anus. All veins are lined with valves that permit blood to flow in only one direction (back to the heart). Excess pressure on these valves can cause them to weaken and fail, allowing blood to flow in the wrong direction or to stagnate. The vein may engorge with blood, which in the anus, results in a haemorrhoid.

Although haemorrhoids are often painless, the swollen wall of the vein is fragile and thus is prone to rupture and bleeding. Stagnant blood promotes formation of clots in the vein, which are typically painful and, in severe cases, may require surgery.

Haemorrhoids usually affect people between the ages of 20 and 50 and are especially common in those who are constipated, pregnant, or obese, owing to increased pressure within the veins of the lower abdomen.

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External and Internal Haemorrhoids

While external  haemorrhoids are innervated by the same nerves that supply the skin in the perianal region, internal  haemorrhoids aren't innervated at all and do not cause pain, even when enlarged.

Fig 2. Internal and external haemorrhoids

Enlarged internal haemorrhoids are detected in two-thirds of all patients during routine anorectal examinations. The absence of innervations explains why so many people with a history of straining may not realize that they have irreversible haemorrhoidal disease until suddenly confronted with haemorrhoidal bleeding or prolapsed haemorrhoids.

In the case of external haemorrhoidal disease, the pain emanates primarily from the inflammation of the skin protruded by dilated haemorrhoidal veins, by the venal thrombosis, or both. The external dilation (that can be seen or felt) is caused by venal thrombosis. The thrombosis is caused by a blood clot (thrombus).

The vein’s altered shape causes skin folds (tags) which may protrude temporarily (after defecation) or permanently. The haemorrhoidal dilation reduces after the blood clot dissolves and the affected vein shrinks, though rarely completely.

Internal Haemorrhoids

We have already mentioned that internal haemorrhoids do not present pain. However, they can bleed, prolapse, and, as a result of the deposition of an irritant onto the sensitive perianal skin, cause perianal itching and irritation.

Internal haemorrhoids can produce perianal pain by prolapsing and causing spasm of the sphincter complex around the haemorrhoids. This spasm results in discomfort while the prolapsed haemorrhoids are exposed.

Internal haemorrhoids can also cause acute pain when incarcerated and strangulated. Again, the pain is related to the sphincter complex spasm. Strangulation with necrosis may cause more deep discomfort. When these catastrophic events occur, the sphincter spasm often causes concomitant external thrombosis. External thrombosis causes acute cutaneous pain. This constellation of symptoms is referred to as acute haemorrhoidal crisis and usually requires emergency treatment.

Internal haemorrhoids most commonly cause painless bleeding with bowel movements. The covering epithelium is damaged by the hard bowel movement and the underlying veins bleed. With spasm of the sphincter complex elevating pressure, the internal haemorrhoidal veins can spurt.

Internal haemorrhoids can deposit mucus onto the perianal tissue with prolapse. This mucus with microscopic stool contents can cause a localized dermatitis with itching, which is called pruritus ani. Generally, haemorrhoids are not the primary offenders; they are merely the vehicle by which the offending elements reach the perianal tissue (Fig 3).

Most symptoms arise from enlarged internal haemorrhoids. Abnormal swelling of the anal cushions causes dilatation and engorgement of the arteriovenous plexuses. This leads to stretching of the suspensory muscles and eventual prolapse of rectal tissue through the anal canal. The engorged anal mucosa is easily traumatized, leading to rectal bleeding that is typically bright red due to high blood oxygen content. Prolapse leads to soiling and mucus discharge (triggering pruritus) and predisposes to incarceration and strangulation.

To summarise, the general symptoms of internal haemorrhoids include:

Pain

Itching

Painless bleeding

Pressure

Prolapse (protrusion outside of the anus)

Urgency (feeling of having to have a bowel movement)

Mucous discharge

Fig 3. Internal and external haemorrhoids

External Haemorrhoids

External haemorrhoids cause a blood clot or thrombosis of the external haemorrhoidal vein. Acute thrombosis is usually related to a specific event, such as physical exertion, straining with constipation, a bout of diarrhoea, or a change in diet. These are acute, painful events.

Pain results from rapid stretching of innervated skin by the clot and surrounding oedema. This pain can last 7-14 days and resolves with resolution of the thrombosis. With this resolution, the stretched anoderm persists as excess skin or skin tags.

External thromboses occasionally erode the overlying skin and cause bleeding. Recurrence occurs approximately 40-50% of the time, at the same site (because the underlying damaged vein remains there).

Simply removing the blood clot and leaving the weakened vein in place, rather than excising the offending vein with the clot, will predispose the patient to recurrence.

External haemorrhoids can also cause hygiene difficulties, with the excess, redundant skin left after an acute thrombosis (skin tags) being accountable for these problems. External haemorrhoidal veins found under the perianal skin obviously cannot cause hygiene problems; however, excess skin in the perianal area can interfere with cleansing.

To prevent a possible necrosis of strangulated haemorrhoidal tissue, an affected individual must seek immediate medical attention. When it isn't available, the prolapsed haemorrhoids should be returned back into the anal canal in order to relieve pain and prevent possible necrosis (dead tissue) and infection. The affected area must be cleansed with warm water, which also helps to relax the anal sphincter. Petroleum jelly or non-medicated haemorrhoidal cream should be used to lubricate prolapsed haemorrhoids and the surrounding area before manoeuvring them back inside the anal canal.

To summarise, the symptoms of external haemorrhoids include:

Thrombosis (clot within the haemorrhoid) causing pain, itching and sometimes bleeding with clots.

A painful, swollen lump that looks like a purple grape is a thrombosed haemorrhoid.

Grades of Haemorrhoids

Haemorrhoids are classified by grade, which is based on how severe they are (Fig 4):

Grade 1: Slightly enlarged haemorrhoids that cannot be seen from outside the anus.

Grade 2: Larger haemorrhoids that may come outside of the anus at times, like when passing stool, but then go back in on their own.

Grade 3: Haemorrhoids that come out of the anus when passing stool or engaging in physical activity and do not go back in on their own. They must be pushed back inside the anus.

Grade 4: Haemorrhoids that are always outside the anus and can no longer be pushed back inside. A small bit of the anal lining may also come out of the anus, which is known as rectal prolapse.

Fig 4. Stages of haemorrhoids

Epidemiology

Although haemorrhoids are recognized as a very common cause of rectal bleeding and anal discomfort, the true epidemiology of this disease is unknown because patients have a tendency to use self-medication rather than to seek proper medical attention. An epidemiologic study by Johanson et al. (1990) showed that 10 million people in the United States complained of haemorrhoids, corresponding to a prevalence rate of 4.4%.

In both sexes, peak prevalence occurred between ages 45-65. The development of haemorrhoids before the age of 20 was unusual. White people and higher socioeconomic status individuals were affected more frequently than black people and those of lower socioeconomic status. However, this association may reflect differences in health-seeking behaviour rather than true prevalence.

In the United Kingdom, haemorrhoids were reported to affect 13% - 36% of the general population (Loder et al, 1994; Gazet et al, 1970). However, this estimation may be higher than actual prevalence because the community-based studies mainly relied on self-reporting and patients may attribute any anorectal symptoms to haemorrhoids.

Constipation and prolonged straining are widely believed to cause haemorrhoids because hard stool and increased intra-abdominal pressure could cause obstruction of venous return, resulting in engorgement of the haemorrhoidal plexus (Loder et al, 1994).

Defecation of hard faecal material increases shearing force on the anal cushions. However, recent evidence questions the importance of constipation in the development of this common disorder (Johanson et al, 1990; Johanson et al, 1994; Pigot et al, 2005). Many investigators have failed to demonstrate any significant association between haemorrhoids and constipation, whereas some reports suggested that diarrhoea is a risk factor for the development of haemorrhoids (Johanson et al, 1994).

An increase in straining during defecation may precipitate the development of symptoms such as bleeding and prolapse in patients with a history of haemorrhoidal disease. Pregnancy can predispose to congestion of the anal cushion and symptomatic haemorrhoids, which will resolve spontaneously soon after birth. Many dietary factors including a low fibre diet, spicy foods and alcohol intake have been implicated, but reported data are inconsistent.

What are the Symptoms of Haemorrhoids?

itching around the anus

soreness, redness and swelling around the anus

a lump hanging down outside of the anus, which may need to be pushed back in after passing a stool

a mucus discharge after passing a stool

painful bowel movements

bleeding after passing a stool - the blood is usually bright red

Although haemorrhoids are painful, they are not life-threatening and often go away on their own without treatment. If you have them often, you may develop symptoms of anaemia, such as weakness and pale skin due to blood loss, though this is rare.

What Causes Haemorrhoids: The Medical Perspective

The following is what classical medicine believes are the major causes of haemorrhoids:

Researchers propose that haemorrhoids develop when the supporting tissues of the anal cushions disintegrate or deteriorate. There are some contributing factors for haemorrhoids, including:

being overweight

diet – fibre deficiency, eating wrong foods

regularly lifting heavy objects and strenuous physical activity

aging – increases after age 50

pregnancy and giving birth – putting pressure on the rectum and anus

heredity

constipation or chronic diarrhoea

faulty bowel function due to overuse of laxatives or enemas

spending excessive periods of time on the toilet with strenuous bowel movements

spinal injuries – lacking an erect posture

staying in the same position for a long time – can cause inflammation

portal hypertension – increased pressure within the portal vein that drains blood from the intestines to the liver  

spicy food, flavourings with high salt content - causes inflammation

psychological stress causing muscle tension that restricts blood flow

general weakness of the veins (chronic venous insufficiency)

persistent coughing or vomiting may put pressure on the anal veins and impede blood flow

Although many patients and clinicians believe that haemorrhoids are caused by chronic constipation, prolonged sitting, and vigorous straining, little evidence to support a causative link exists. Some of these potential aetiologies are briefly discussed below.

Decreased Venous Return

Most authors agree that low-fibre diets cause small-calibre stools, which result in straining during defecation. This increased pressure causes engorgement of the haemorrhoids, possibly by interfering with venous return. Pregnancy and abnormally high tension of the internal sphincter muscle can also cause haemorrhoidal problems, presumably by means of the same mechanism, which is thought to be decreased venous return.

Prolonged sitting on a toilet (e.g., while reading) is believed to cause a relative venous return problem in the perianal area (a tourniquet effect), resulting in enlarged haemorrhoids. Ageing causes weakening of the support structures, which facilitates prolapse. Weakening of support structures can occur as early as the third decade of life.

Straining and Constipation

Straining and constipation have long been thought of as culprits in the formation of haemorrhoids. This may or may not be true. Patients who report haemorrhoids have a canal resting tone that is higher than normal. Of interest, the resting tone is lower after haemorrhoidectomy than it is before the procedure.

Pregnancy

Pregnancy clearly predisposes women to symptoms of haemorrhoids, although the aetiology is unknown. Notably, most patients revert to their previously asymptomatic state after delivery. The relationship between pregnancy and haemorrhoids lends credence to hormonal changes or direct pressure as the culprit.

Other Risk Factors

Haemorrhoids can be passed on genetically from parent to child, so if your parents had haemorrhoids, you’re more likely to get them. Consistent heavy lifting, being obese, or having other constant strain on your body can increase your risk of haemorrhoids, too.

Standing too much without taking a break to sit can cause haemorrhoids to develop. Consistent anal sexual intercourse and diarrhoea can also increase your risk of haemorrhoids.

Other risk factors historically associated with the development of haemorrhoids include the following:

Lack of erect posture

Familial tendency

Higher socioeconomic status

Chronic diarrhoea

Colon malignancy

Hepatic disease

Obesity

Elevated anal resting pressure

Spinal cord injury

Loss of rectal muscle tone

Rectal surgery

Episiotomy

Anal intercourse

Inflammatory bowel disease, including ulcerative colitis, and Crohn’s disease

How are Haemorrhoids Diagnosed?

It’s important to know that internal and external haemorrhoids are diagnosed differently. External haemorrhoids may be identified via a physical exam, an overview of haemorrhoid history or in some instances, may be visible to your physician.

For internal haemorrhoids, there are different techniques that your physician might utilize to reach a proper diagnosis. These include:

Digital rectal exam: performed in order to check for growths within the anus. Your physician inserts a gloved and lubricated finger into your rectum. If your physician feels any abnormalities, he or she might recommend additional testing.

Sigmoidoscopy: a small fibre-optic camera called a sigmoidoscope is placed into a small tube and positioned into your rectum. Because of this, your physician can view the inside of your rectum to check for haemorrhoids.

Proctoscopy: this procedure involves your physician inserting a thin and hollow tube with a light at the end into your anus. This enables him or her to see the entire anal canal or the last section of your large intestine.

Anoscopy: a device called an anoscope is inserted into your anus. Your physician can examine your anal-rectal areas for haemorrhoids.

Colonoscopy: a 4-foot long, flexible and narrow tube called a colonoscope is inserted into your anus and is moved slowly into your rectum and through the colon. Because of a tiny camera and light source attached to the tube, your physician can examine your rectum and some sections of your colon.

A colonoscopy might be recommended by your physician to examine your colon more extensively, especially if:

The signs and symptoms might indicate that you have another digestive system disease

You exhibit risk factors for colorectal cancer

You are over 50 years old and have not had a recent colonoscopy

Prognosis

Most haemorrhoids resolve spontaneously or with conservative medical therapy alone. However, complications can include thrombosis (Fig 8), secondary infection, ulceration, abscess, and incontinence. The recurrence rate with nonsurgical techniques is 10 - 50% over a 5-year period, whereas that of surgical haemorrhoidectomy is less than 5%.

Regarding complications from surgery, well-trained surgeons should experience complications in fewer than 5% of cases. Complications include stenosis, bleeding, infection, recurrence, non-healing wounds, and fistula formation. Urinary retention is directly related to the anaesthetic technique used and to the perioperative fluids administered. Limiting fluids and the routine use of local anaesthesia can reduce urinary retention to less than 5%.

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Fig 8. Thrombosed haemorrhoid

Prevention of Haemorrhoids

While haemorrhoids aren’t life-threatening, they can be very painful. In order to prevent these swollen veins around your anus or lower rectum from affecting you, you must work on keeping your stools soft. Excessive straining during bowel movements and other complications caused by constipation are major factors that increase your risk of haemorrhoids.

Here are some tips that you should consider:

Drink plenty of fluids: ideally, drink six to eight glasses of pure and non-fluoridated water per day in order to soften your stool.

Refrain from consuming alcohol, soda, energy drinks, caffeine and fructose-loaded items, since these contain artificial ingredients and sugars that can do you more harm than good.

Avoid straining during bowel movement: straining and holding your breath while trying to pass stool creates greater pressure in the veins found in the lower rectum. If you consistently do this, it could lead to the development of haemorrhoids.

Relieve yourself as soon as you feel the urge to: prolonging your urge to relieve yourself increases the possibility that your stool could become dry and harder to pass, straining the passageway and possibly triggering the development of haemorrhoids.

Switch from using toilet paper to a bidet: using toilet paper to wipe your backside can cause irritation. A bidet is not only a gentle option, but it saves you more money and lessens hand contamination. However, if you do not have access to a bidet, clean yourself using fragrance-free wipes or damp toilet paper.

Exercise: long periods of standing or sitting can increase pressure on your veins and slow down your body, including bowel movements. When you exercise, you essentially prevent constipation by allowing the waste to move through your intestinal tract, thereby decreasing the pressure on your veins. As a result, you lower your risk for haemorrhoids. Working out also allows you to get rid of excess weight, another factor that could make it more likely for you to develop haemorrhoids.

Avoid long periods of sitting: sitting down for a long period of time, particularly on the toilet, increases the pressure on the veins in your anus, which could result in the formation of haemorrhoids.

When on the toilet, squat rather than sitting: when you sit, you prevent elimination by pinching off your anal canal. Opt to squat instead, since this position puts your knees closer to your torsp, changes the spatial relationships of your organs and muscles and relaxes and straightens your rectum — all resulting in efficient elimination.

Eat high-fibre foodand consider fibre supplements: fibre is effective at softening your stools, increasing your bulk and preventing straining that can lead to haemorrhoids or worsen complications from existing haemorrhoids. If you’re adding fibre-rich food to your diet, just make sure to do so slowly to avoid gas problems. If you want to use dietary supplements, choose organic psyllium husk (considered to be a simple and cost-effective way to add fibre into your system) and drink eight glasses of water a day. If you’re dehydrated because there isn’t enough fluid in your system, fibre supplements can lead to or further aggravate constipation.

What Causes Haemorrhoids: The Holistic Medicine Perspective

Apart from the medical perspective that we have just looked at, there are many other possible causes that are not generally considered by the medical profession. Let us examine what some of these other causes are:

Constipation and Haemorrhoids

The compelling suspicion that a stagnant bowel filled with putrefying matter can leak out and become a source of infection for the rest of the body, was first suggested by the ancient Egyptians.  In the 19th century, this became known as The Theory of Autointoxication – self poisoning from one’s own retained wastes. This idea has been enthusiastically embraced by every subsequent generation. One of the main causes is constipation.

Constipation has done more to provide the health profession with an obvious solution to undiagnosable ailments than any other simple complaint. It is defined as ‘the difficult or infrequent passage of faeces" and is associated with the presence of dry, hardened stools.

The Oxford Dictionary defines constipation as Irregular and difficult defecation. The question is, what is a regular bowel movement? There is no norm. Regularity becomes a meaningless expression when some people have a bowel movement regularly every Sunday morning, while others regularly empty their bowels after every meal.

Ideally, you should defecate as many times as we you have a proper meal, usually 3 times per day. The main rule still is that we have a bowel movement at least once a day.  The stool should be fibrous, light in colour, float in the water, break up easily and cause no pain or discomfort to pass – in fact no toilet paper should be needed.  Pain or discomfort while passing hard or dry stool at less than daily intervals can be considered as constipation.  Many people have suffered heart attacks as a result of vigorous efforts to have a bowel movement, as continuous efforts to evacuate material from the rectum increases the heart rate, blood pressure and respiration.

The main problem with constipation is not really the regularity of our toileting habits, but whether the stool is large, and the degree of straining required to empty our bowels – this is what will cause haemorrhoids. Those that have small stools and never strain never develop haemorrhoids, regardless of their age and gender.

So, unless you eliminate large stools and straining, and restore the natural functioning of the large intestine, haemorrhoids will always get worse.

However, if you restore the imbalances of the gut inside the affected colon, and no longer need to strain to move your bowels, haemorrhoids most likely will remain dormant for the rest of your life and are no more harmful than wrinkles on your face.

If, on the other hand, you don’t restore intestinal flora and continue straining, the haemorrhoids may get worse and even become infected.

There are several factors that are often misunderstood by health professionals when treating haemorrhoids but are important factors if you want to control them.

Eliminate Dietary Fibre and Gases

If you genuinely wish to prevent haemorrhoids, then you really want to reduce fermentation and pressure in the colon as much as possible. Dietary fibre or fibre laxatives are likely to add bulk, change the pH from a mild alkaline to an acidic environment which will cause mucosal inflammation, eradicate friendly bacteria and generally cause a dysbiosis with many infectious bacteria inside the colon.

So, fibre is likely to add bulk to your stools, increasing the weight from a normal 75-250g to 300-500g per day. These large stools are going to be rough on the delicate tissues of the colon, rectum, and the anal canal. Basically, it will be impossible to eliminate these large stools without straining, given that the anal opening is no more than 3.5cm, while large stalls can be larger than this, which is the scenario for haemorrhoids.

Intestinal gases are the by-product of healthy bacterial activity and are always present in the healthy bowel. Excessive gases stretch the colon and rectal walls and stimulate the defecation urge.  These gases should not be suppressed but released whenever the urge arises.  

There are several ways to reduce gases, as follows:

Take digestive enzymes that will help to break down fibre, before it reaches the gut.

Reduce the consumption of indigestible carbohydrates. Cut out dietary fibre which feeds bacteria, cut out unfermented dairy produce that contain lactose, as well as processed food, all of which add fillers such as pectin, inulin, guar gum, cellulose gum, or agar-agar, that pass to the large intestine indigested, and provide ample feed for enteric bacteria, producing plenty of gas.

Avoid sugar alcohols. Do not consume any foods that contain indigestible sugar alcohols (hexitols) such as sorbitol and mannitol, commonly found in bananas, apples, pears, berries, prunes, sugarless gum; or sugar substitutes in most low-carb products that call for a lot of sweetness, such as cookies, ice cream, snack bars, cakes and the like.

Cut out gluten. Foods that contain gluten affect intestinal permeability — the ability of the mucosal membranes to absorb not just water, electrolytes, nutrients, and vitamins, but also gases. Cereals, especially from wheat, are loaded with gluten, sugar, and fibre. Commercially baked goods such as pizza, bread, pasta, and pastry also contain a lot of gluten.

Restore beneficial bacteria. The body’s symbiotic bacteria reduce gases by controlling the population and feeding habits of the undesirable strains that are the most prolific at producing gases.

After a meal, release gas in private as this is when it is likely to build up. Glycerin suppositories can speed up peristalsis, as well as helping with gas expulsion.

As we grow up, we learn to suppress the defecation urge by constricting our rectums with our pelvic muscles. While still young, we squint, grimace, and cross our legs to accomplish it; later in life we can suppress all but the strongest urge, completely unnoticed, but with major disadvantages. If you keep suppressing defecation for too long, usually over a day, retained stools gradually impact, dry out, harden up, and require straining to get expelled regardless of size. When that happens, the chaffing of dry stools against the delicate lining of the anal canal causes haemorrhoids, pain and bleeding.

To summarize, you should move your bowels as soon as you sense the defecation urge, usually after each major meal. In this ideal situation, stools are soft, small, and barely formed, which is perfectly normal. They weight no more than 100–150g which is optimal. These natural bowel movements have some characteristics that we should note here:

Strong defecation urge. Ideally, a strong sensation to move bowels is experienced after each major meal, or at least once daily.

Small-sized stools. The stools are small, soft, and finger-sized, sometimes barely formed – this would correspond to the Bristol Stool Scale type 4 to 6.

Small volume of stools. The weight of the stools is usually no more than 100-150 grams per bowel movement.

Unnoticeable act. The act of defecation is an effortless, quick, and complete passing of stools. It is no more noticeable than the act of urination. There is absolutely no conscious effort or straining.

If your bowel movements aren't as described above, it means they are no longer natural, and you are facing an elevated risk of developing haemorrhoids.

Treating Constipation

Constipation should not be taken lightly! It is a huge burden on the entire body due to the high amounts of toxins leaking from the bowel into the blood stream, causing a huge toxic burden on the whole body.

At the Da Vinci Center, there are certain herbal formulas that we use successfully to treat constipation and increase the transit time of the bowel to alleviate constipation. One powerful herbal formula is called CONSTFORM , another is OXYGUT . The other herbal formula that can also be used if these two do not work is COLFORM .

I have never had a case of constipation that did not see benefit when 2 or all 3 of these remedies are combined. It is critically important to get the intestines mobile, emptying the toxic waste so that it is not constantly reabsorbed.

The first choice is the CONSTFORM which is a fast-acting colon cleanser, designed for the chronically constipated in need of strong treatment for a blocked bowel. Purgatives have been combined with carminatives to prevent griping.

It is a powerful intestinal cleanser, which will blast loose residual intestinal congestion and get any bowel cleanse program off to a good start.

You can take up to 2 capsules x 3 times daily or adjust dosage to suit. The ingredients it contains are:

Rhubarb powder

Barberry powder

Glucomannan 90%

Alfalfa powder

Cayenne powder

Garlic powder

Aloe vera extract (200:1)

Dandelion root extract (4:1)

Ginger root extract (20:1)

Nettle leaf extract (4:1)

OXYGUT combines well with the CONSTFORM and will help to eradicate many bad microbes that will be causing a dysbiosis; mainly due to the magnesium oxide zapping these microbes.

In addition, particularly for chronic cases of constipation, the COLFORM should also be added.

COLFORM contains a range of active herbal ingredients which help to cleanse the intestinal tract, soften the stool, stimulate the liver and improve peristalsis. This, in turn,