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Anything in your gut sticks to the surface of charcoal like a magnet and gets carried out through a bowel movement.

Take, for example, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a condition that affects some 15 percent of Americans.

The tumor in his colon had spread to four of his lymph nodes and penetrated the bowel wall.

The thing is that autoimmune diseases—like diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, and rheumatoid arthritis—are on the rise.

But new research shows it is indeed real, and may be the cause of asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, and more.

Yellowish or brown, needle-like or rhombic crystals of hematoidin (Fig. 32) may be seen after hemorrhage into the bowel.

Glycerine and soapy water, equal parts, may be introduced into the bowel for temporary relief of a persistent constipation.

Hence it follows that the lower bowel should be emptied of this matter as frequently as possible, at least once a day.

This contains no food value, and does not ferment, but fills the lower bowel and stimulates it to activity.

Stomach and bowel troubles, and the nervous disorders occasioned by these, stop almost immediately when you fast.

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On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bowel, such as: abdominal, alimentary, celiac, duodenal, gut, and inner.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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