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Hatha Yoga: The Yogi Philosophy of Physical Well-Being1834
do not know it. The walls of the colon are encrusted with impacted waste
matter, some of which has been there for many days, a small opening in the
middle of the mass allowing what is absolutely necessary to pass through.
Constipation means a state in which the colon is not perfectly clean and free
of impacted faecal matter.
A colon filled, or partially filled, with old faecal matter is a source of
poison to the whole system. The colon has walls which absorb the contents
of the colon. Medical practice demonstrates that nourishment injected into
the colon will be absorbed rapidly and carried to the blood. Drugs injected
in the same way reach the other parts of the system. And as before stated,
the fluid portion of the waste faecal matter is absorbed by the system, the
sewage water being used in nature’s work because of the shortage of purer
fluids in the system. It is almost incredible how long old faecal matter will
remain in a constipated colon. Cases are of record showing that when the
colon is cleaned, among the masses of old faecal matter has been found
cherry stones, etc., eaten several months before. Cathartics do not remove
this old faecal matter, as they simply loosen up what is in the stomach and
small intestines, and pass it off through the little opening in the hardened
faecal matter with which the walls of a badly constipated colon is lined. In
some persons the colon is impacted with hardened faeces, almost as solid
as soft coal, to such an extent that their abdomens become swollen and
hard. This old waste matter becomes sometimes so foul that it becomes the
breeding place of worms, and even maggots, and the colon is filled with their
eggs. The waste matter, or faeces, which is passed into the colon from the
small intestine, is of a pasty substance, and if the bowels are clear and clean,
and the movements natural, it should pass from the system in but a trifle
more solid state, and of a light color. The longer faecal matter is retained in
the colon, the harder and drier it becomes, and the darker in color. When
sufficient fluids are not taken, and nature’s calls are ignored until a more
convenient time, and then forgotten, a drying up and hardening process
ensues. When later the movement is had, only a portion of the faeces passes