1.  The patient should eat more vegetables and fruit than in usual

times, and should follow a normal, regular lifestyle, paying attention

to having a bowel movement at a regular time.

2.  The patient should engage in physical exercise so that the   peristalsis of the stomach and intestine can be improved.

3.  The patient should not use purgatives, so as to prevent become  reliant on the medicine.

4. The Chinese massage can be combined to improve the therapeutic effectiveness. The patient should lie supine; he or she should rub the abdomen in a clockwise direction for 10 minutes. The massage should be performed once a day and 10 sessions constitute one course.