1.Constipation

Constipation is a condition in which the patient has fewer bowel movements than normal or when their bowel movements are more difficult than normal. Medically, constipation is referred to as a functional disorder that causes excessive straining during a bowel movement either with difficulty or with incomplete or infrequent, hard stools.

A patient may be having chronic constipation if they have two or more of the following symptoms persisting for more than months:

• straining to pass stools

• lumpy or hard stools

• a sensation of incomplete evacuation or a feeling of having to pass stools again

• feeling of blockage in the rectum that is not allowing stools to pass out

• passing stools less than three times a week

• needing help to pass stools, example: pressing hands on the abdomen or using a finger to remove stools from the rectum.

2.Irrelevant Bowel Syndrome

Irrelevant Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common disease of the intestines in which there is complaint of turbinate, pain, discomfort, flatulence, vata, diarrhea and occasionally constipation.

IBS is a chronic illness in which most people are persistent in discomfort and many people experience severe symptoms. IBS has a negative effect on the life, does not feel like working, anxiety, fatigue, frequent diarrhea, and some patients also have disappointments due to this.

It is not like other diseases of the intestine, there is no change or abnormalities in the structure or tissues due to IBS. Disease is diagnosed on the basis of the medical presentation in relation to how often the complaint is maintained and its duration.