Licorice Root and Constipation. Licorice root can be used in chronic constipation because it promotes peristalsis and aids in assimilation, according to James F. Balch, M.D., co-author of Prescription for Nutritional Healing..Peristalsis is the process that forces feces in the large intestine through the gastric system.atural Laxatives. Psyllium laxatives â which come from a shrub-like herb called Plantago ovata â help reduce constipation, moving waste through the intestines. Glucomannan, another type of natural laxative, may be helpful for constipation. It comes from the root of the konjac plant.
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordering the Northern Pacific Ocean, the Gulf on Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Honduras, and Belize. Two mountain chains enter Guatemala from west to east, with a small desert, sand dunes and hills in between.
From 1824 it was a part of the Federal Republic of Central America, until the Republic dissolved in 1841, when Guatemala became fully independent. In the late 19th century, Guatemala experienced a series of authoritarian governments and significant political instability. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Guatemala's potential for agricultural exploitation attracted several foreign companies to it, the most prominent being the United Fruit Company (UFC).