Symbolic proportion is when you use another item to explain what something is to someone. For example, you might tell someone an old Nintendo game looked like an 8-track tape.
Mineral oil is used to treat constipation. It is known as a lubricant laxative. It works by keeping water in the stool and intestines. This helps to soften the stool and also makes it easier for stool to pass through the intestines.
Your doctor may recommend mineral oil to treat stool that is impacted, or trapped, in the large intestine. Olive oil is a mild lubricant laxative, but it only helps relieve constipation if you consume more than the small intestine can absorb, reported the World Journal of Gastroenterology in 2012. The oil must pass through the small intestine and into the large intestine before it has a laxative effect.