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Isapgol husk
Isapgol husk is used as bulk purgative or stool softener. It should be used with plenty of fluids at bed time for the proper evacuation of bowels as it swells after absorbing fluid and works as bulk purgative. Isapgol husk is used as stool binder also in cases of diarrhoea when it is taken with curd of small amount of water. In such cases it absorbs water from the gut and makes stool formed or less watery.
It is non irritant to gut and non habit forming, years of use of Isapgol husk has not caused any gut disease. There has not been any report of colonic cancers due to Isapgol husk.
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