CONSTIPATION 
Most people have a general idea of the 
necessity of keeping the bowels open o1 
active, but few fully realize how impor: 
tant that really is. 
If the bowels function properly an¢ 
promptly expel from the body the waste 
matter remaining after the nutritive por- ) 
tions or elements of the food have beer ot 
extracted and absorbed, those waste prod- jr 
ucts will have no time to develop by: vif 
products and do harm. But when waste) H0! 
matter remains too long in the bowel ? 
tract, trouble is brewing. Then it is that” 
gases or impurities develop in this residue 
and eventually find their way into theg 
blood stream. 
allowed to persist, ae have other aerroud 
consequences. In nature’s scheme or sys-| | 
tem for eliminating waste products of the 
body, the bowels are assigned heavy du-' | 
ties, but other organs also have important) 
eliminative work to do.,. In this connec-) 
tion the part played by the urine is at! 
least equal to that of the bowels, while) 
the pores of the skin and the lungs alsc) 
assist in this work of elimination. ' 
Now when all these organs of elimina- 
tion are functioning properly and each is ) 
doing the particular part assigned to it 
by nature, the important work of elimi- 
nation is being well done. In such favor-) 
able conditions the menace of constipa- | 
tion is controlled and the danger of faulty 
elimination removed. And this obviously) 
goes far toward the daily fitness and gen- 
eral well-being of the happy individual) in 
who is fortunate enough to have a full 
measure of elimination. 
But when the bowels become and re-| 
main sluggish, they throw an added bur- 
den upon the other organs of elimination,) 
for nature seeks to carry on the vital 
work of elimination in some way. This) 
may mean that relief will call not only 
for a laxative medicine to promote bowel j 
action, but a diuretic medicine to stimu-) 
late the flow of urine, so as to improve) ‘yey 
elimination through bowels and kidneys. 
This condition also may indicate use of a 
good diaphoretic medicine, to open the 
pores of the skin and assist elimination | 
in that way. As a matter of fact, the 
eliminative work of our skin pores is oe 
heavier and more important than ey 
of us fully realize. 
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