A substance that helps the expulsion of food wastes from the body through the digestive system
A laxative food or medicine is one that you take to make you go to the toilet. The artificial sweetener sorbitol has a laxative effect Molasses are mildly laxative and something of a general tonic. a medicine or something that you eat which makes your bowels empty easily (laxativus, from laxare , from laxus; LAX). Substance that promotes defecation. These include irritants (stimulants) such as cascara sagrada and castor oil, bulk formers such as bran and psyllium, saline laxatives such as Epsom salts or milk of magnesia, glycerin, lubricants such as mineral oil and some vegetable oils, and stool softeners. A high-fibre diet is more important than laxatives in correcting simple intestinal constipation
Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; opposed to astringent
A laxative is food or medicine that you take to make you go to the toilet. Foods that ferment quickly in the stomach are excellent natural laxatives