An important thing to realise is that we have pressure , both mechanical and chemical, to take care of as far as the bowel is concerned. On the chemical side, we  have the effects of the acidophilus bacteria, acids and putrefactions. On the mechanical side, we have the peristaltic action and the ever present  downward pull of  gravity. Gravity, we must realise , brings on more problems than most people can possible imagine.

When we have a prolapsus, all the organs above the transverse colon are going to fall aswell and those below it will suffer the effects of pressure. When the transverse colon comes down, for example, bladder pressure develops. The uterus can develop flexions and retro flexions and could double over the bowel causing constipation. We sometimes find that there is pressure on the fallopian tubes or the ovaries.

A Spastic Bowel is often associated with Colitis. Like any muscle, when the bowel muscle is overworked tense, and not given an opportunity to rest, It will go into spasm. Muscle spasm is a chronic tightening of the fibres due to hyperactivity in the nerve impulses controlling the muscle action.. The symptoms frequently manifest as constipation, alternating with diarrhoea. Mental and emotional stress are high on the list of contributing factors, coupled with chronic toxaemia and poor diet.

Ballooning of the colon occurs as a consequence of backed up faeces. For various reasons, faeces can accumulate and stretch the bowel wall to enormous proportions. This often occurs in the sigmoid colon as a result a narrowing of the bowel lumen below the ballooning. This narrowing can be caused by adhesions, spasm or colic conditions. When this occurs, constipation can become quiet severe and painful and has damaging effects upon the bowel structure.

A stricture of the bowel normally occurs after an inflammatory disease such as colitis has damaged the tissue. It is a chronic narrowing of the passage way that results in a backup of faeces that are unable to pass through. The faeces accumulate in front of the stricture, causing ballooning while the segment just past the stricture collapses.

Diverticular disease of the colon is occurring at an ever increasing rate. It is a serious bowel disturbance leading to many difficulties and must be avoided. When the diet is lacking in bulk or fibre, the colonic muscle must work extremely hard to force faeces through the organ. When there is a weakness in muscle fibres, a small pouch or sac-like protrudence in the tissue is produced in the colon wall. It looks like a blister on the side of a tire where the air is forcing its way to the surface through a week spot in the tire wall.

Colitis is an irritable bowel condition that is highly associated with psychological distress. Few people truly realise the benefits of a calm and peaceful lifestyle. They are often unaware of the minds ability to sink into the body's functioning ability and upset normal tissue activities. Fear, anger, depression, tension, worries and obsessions can all upset delicate process's in the body, and in particular those of digestion and elimination. Sometimes what we need is a good cerebral laxative to rid the mind of emotional autointoxication and constipation