Home Remedies or Tips to Cure Constipation in Children
Created by Shikha Garg Updated on Nov 27, 2019
You know your child is constipated when they have difficulty in passing stool; their stools are hard and may or may not have blood stains. Constipation leads to numerous health problems and some of the common ones your child might face is gas troubles and colic. So how do you, as a parent, ensure that your child is not constipated and has a healthy growth?
Here, I am sharing a few home remedies that have been tried and tested by me and have also been passed through elders to relieve your child of constipation.
Home Remedies to Avoid Constipation in Your Child
Here are few tried and tested constipation home remedies to relieve your child of constipation. Read on
- Jaggery: Jaggery is an age-old remedy to avoid constipation. It is believed that jaggery (gud) as we all know it, activates the digestive system and thus Jaggery activates the digestive enzymes in the body, promotes bowel movements and thus helps prevent and relieve constipation.
- Sweetened Water: Water is a good way to relieve constipation. You may give 1/2 cup RO Water + 1tsp sugar solution.
- Avoid fried food: If your child is constipated then avoid giving your child fried foods or even spicy food.
- Say no to biscuits: Biscuits and namkeen with their high maida content also aid in constipation so avoid them at any cost.
- Increase liquid intake: Water is good during constipation and so is any other liquid like soups and juices. So say yes to veggies with high water content like carrots, tomatoes among others.
- Soaked raisins: You may also give overnight soaked raisins to relieve constipation in your child. However, ensure that you give it in moderate quantity.
- Honey to ease constipation: Honey has laxative properties and you may give 1 tsp honey twice a day during constipation.
- Seasonal fruits: Seasonal fruits also help in relieving constipation. So try and give fruits like apple, grapes, oranges and pear. You may also give boiled Rajma, boiled Black Gram Dal, boiled lobhia, Paneer chopped into small cubes, boiled potato, Suji kheer, milk daliya, rice kheer etc. Avoid giving guava in constipation, as it is difficult to digest and may create problems for your child.
Constipation leads to crankiness in your child. So ensure that the child drinks ample amount of water. These are some of the home remedies I found work well with children with constipation. In case you have more tips to add to my list, please do share in the comments box.
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| Dec 04, 2019
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| Dec 04, 2019
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| Aug 26, 2019
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| Jun 22, 2019
thank you so much for this helpful info 🙏
| Jun 22, 2019
thank u very much for this highly informative article as my daughter is suffering from constipation several time now I will use it thank u
| Apr 25, 2019
my 1 year baby boy pass stool very hard every day any suggestion to soft
| Mar 19, 2019
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| Dec 13, 2018
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| Nov 25, 2018
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| Nov 17, 2018
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| Nov 16, 2018
gauva actually it's a relief in constipation but u r saying it's reversed hw
| Nov 16, 2018
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| Nov 16, 2018
Nice information thank u
| May 30, 2018
my baby is 8months old n she s facing constipation problem, how to avoid it?
| May 29, 2018
thank you for sharing useful tips.
| Feb 19, 2018
how to add Jaggery in 3 yr old child's diet for constipation? plz give recipe ideas
| Dec 28, 2017
thank you so much
| Dec 28, 2017
thank you so much
| Dec 25, 2017
Can any of these remedies be given for 3 month old baby? breastfeeding baby of 3 month didn't pass stoll since more than a week
| Dec 25, 2017
Can any of these remedies be given for 3 month old baby? breastfeeding baby of 3 month didn't pass stoll since more than a week
| Dec 25, 2017
Can any of these remedies be given for 3 month old baby? breastfeeding baby of 3 month didn't pass stoll since more than a week
| Dec 25, 2017
Can any of these remedies be given for 3 month old baby? breastfeeding baby of 3 month didn't pass stoll since more than a week
| Aug 31, 2017
hello all.. my baby is 9 months old and suffers from constipation.. iron supplement given by doctor worsens his constipation.. what can i do to relieve his constipation??
| Aug 29, 2017
Hii. .mera beta 2saal 6 months ka h.. wo bahut active h bt uski height or weight nhi badh rha h,, uska weight 10 kg h... or din me 4 baar motion pass krta h.
| Aug 19, 2017
give two bananas daily.... if ur child eats only one banana then give two half bananas... in cold weather give elaichi bananas... proven solution of regular constipation... but yes chronic problem may need medicines... also give green Dal.. soak and grind and make into cheela... or any other way.. give all veggie soup... pressure cooker beetroot carrot tomato potato cucumber/bottle gourd beans spinach coriander etc and grind... add butter salt Nd black salt... lemon juice and give.. do not. strain .
| Jul 03, 2017
yes i give seasonal fruits. papaya regularly helps in constipation.
| Jun 25, 2017
eating banana too helps in constipation
| Jun 25, 2017
thank you so much
| May 29, 2017
thanx so much
| May 29, 2017
This is really helpful. Thank you so much.
| May 29, 2017
thank u sooo much its really very helpful
| Mar 13, 2017
I mean Prunes
| Mar 13, 2017
Dates and Prunex also helpnand ofcourse moong dal khichdi with unripe papaya cooked in some desi ghee.
| Feb 25, 2017
most welcome dear
| Feb 25, 2017
@ shikha, yes I know dalchini stick. I try this today only. thakyou so much shikha
| Feb 25, 2017
@ Divya , Whatever you are giving to the little one is perfect. Another thing is you can give fruits to your child in the presence of sunshine during cold. And you can also give sweet lemon water any time in cold, that gives immunity to the child against cold . do you know dal chini stick? Cardamom and Sauf. till the time she has cold you can use dal chini stick . while boiling Milk put very small piece of it and peeple stick for 4-5 days only. do it. I do it for my daughter during bad bad cold and it really works. Use cardamom and sauf in dishes accordingly. Both are good in constipation.
| Feb 25, 2017
thank you shika, by baby diet is idly or chapathi for breakfast. rice with too dal or moong dal and curd rice and she prefers some vegetable s like cauliflower, carrot, potato this is for lunch . for snacks oats porridge or cornflakes or wheat rawa upma or homemade cerelac .for dinner soft rice with dal. she drinks 400ml milk per day and she eat fruits in between but not everyday because she is suffering from cold caught regularly so I can't give fruits daily. she drinks 700 to 900mp water per day.
| Feb 25, 2017
Hi Divya, if she is still facing the same problem. Could you Plz tell me her diet chart? Another thing don't give milk more than 4 times. Give her "Himalayas Bonisan drops ". It is really good. This is my personal experience with Bonisan drops. Really satisfactory. And safe you can try for long. Side by side take care of water content.
| Feb 25, 2017
my 22 months baby constipated from the age of 1 year to her till now she is suffering with constipation. I have tried all home remedies but no use finally I consulted my paediatriain he suggested me muout power for 3 months course . during the course she was very happy and her stool were very normal. I stopped the medicine after 3 months, after completion of course she was ok for only 30days again started same problem. what can i do now. please tell me
| Feb 20, 2017
its gd information
| Feb 20, 2017
One of my friends son had constipation which caused anal fissures thus leading to stomach infection. For children, constipation can be dangerous if not taken care of.
| Feb 20, 2017
thank u for the information. very interesting.
| Feb 20, 2017
To avoid constipation, Give fiber food & raw papaya is very helpfull..
| Feb 15, 2017
It is a myth that eating guava creates prob in constipation, it just creates better situation and soothes ur stomach during constipation I myself had few at night during consti and at next day morning i felt relief as stomach was cleaned
| Jan 03, 2017
Nice info.. n prunes do help 2 avoid constipation..
| Dec 28, 2016
thanks.. nice suggestions
| Dec 27, 2016
@ abhishek , yes, they support to guava in constipation. But as per the food science and Nutrition studies it is difficult to digest. And I have personally experienced that it creates trouble.
| Dec 27, 2016
Thanks a lot Shikha for the information. Just a quick question - you mentioned Guava is difficult to digest hence should be avoided. But I heard completely opposite of what you suggested. My parents/grandparents have always forced us to eat as much as Guava as possible especially when we are constipated. There theory may be completely wrong. Any thoughts?
| Dec 22, 2016
very good information ...
| Dec 21, 2016
thanks fr sharing
| Dec 21, 2016
thanks for sharing
| Dec 14, 2016
thanks for sharing
| Dec 11, 2016
thanks for sharing this
| Dec 10, 2016
Thanx for useful information
| Nov 29, 2016
thank u very useful
| Nov 27, 2016
Good
| Nov 15, 2016
thank you for sharing.
| Nov 11, 2016
Thanks for useful tips
| Nov 10, 2016
useful n informative home remedies thanku
| Nov 09, 2016
thanks for sharing....
| Nov 08, 2016
thanx for the information, very useful
| Nov 08, 2016
Thank u for sharing.. Very useful tips
| Nov 07, 2016
Handy and useful tips.
| Nov 07, 2016
Good tips. as my child have constipation problem thanks for sharing
| Nov 07, 2016
very nice suggestion ,thanks for sharing
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