Constipation is the mother of all diseases. Constipation and stagnating stools provide the ideal breeding ground for the dangerous bacteria which may produce poisonous toxins. These toxins may be absorbed into the blood causing what is called auto-intoxication. Such auto-intoxication may lead to serious complications from ordinary headaches to nervous break down. Constipation is also linked with such diverse diseases as varicose – veins, gall-stones, diabetes and heart diseases. Diarrhoea, dysentery, ulcerative colitis, piles, fistula, diverticulitis disease and appendicitis are some of the more common diseases effecting the colon which result from constipation and indigestion. According to medical opinion, constipation and cancer go together. Which is the cause and which is the effect, which came first and which came later can easily be verified by going into the past history of such patients.