Laxatives as a child

Warm whole milk somewhat masks the taste and oiliness of Castor Oil, so can be an effective way of getting someone to take a dose. It can also be disguised in hot coco or coffee or even some kinds of soup. Given this way, it can still be detected, but the full dose can be gotten down without a lot of fuss.

No matte how the taste is disguised the speed of action and poo power seems unaltered.

No matter how the taste is disguised the speed of action and poo power seems unaltered.

You are right and I agree completely, this from my own experience.

For me only enemas, every Saturday morning whether I was okay or not I would have two enemas. The first one I took a 300ml bulbs of warm oil and two liters of chamomile, the second only two liters of chamomile to clean off the oil well.

Pay attention in moving the bowels by swallowing Milk of magnesia:

https://www.drugs.com/mtm/milk-of-magnesia.html#

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323763

https://www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/milk-of-magnesia

As a boy in the 1980s I was given massive amounts of Kodromol not sure if that is spelled right. My mom mixed it with apple or orange juice. It wasn't horrible tasting as I remember.

The problem was it made me go. Mostly causing unpredictable accidents at the wrong time like at school. A few times because of this kids discovered I had an accident and I was made fun of.

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In reading you post, I think your mom gave you Kondremul which is petty much mineral oil. Mineral oil woks by softening the poo and lubricating the inside wall of you bowel. The more a person takes, the greater the effect. A spoonful usually makes it a bit easier to poo but doesn't cause accidents. A bigger dose can soften poo to become like pudding and grease your bowel so it becomes all but impossible to hold the poo in and messy accidents are all but certain. Also, leakage of smelly oil is common.

Hypol mostly & taken (tablespoon) before bed. Prunes both freshly stewed & preserved in jars together with other desserts, along with both warm off the stove juice & chilled kept in the fridge, where backup kids supps resided generally untouched as the enema was favoured

I remember getting a small block of chocolate and didn't think much about it other than its texture seemed a bit off. It tasted OK and never thought another thing about it and never associated the next morning's BM with it either. Only when I discovered it in the medicine cabinet and read the box did I realize what it was. My mother's favorite remedy was always the enema and about 15 minutes after getting one it seemed like the heavens were opening up.

I don't think I ever remember my Mom ever having laxatives in the medicine cabinet. As a matter of fact one time when I was sick with the flu and very constipated she suggested picking up a laxative for me at the store. Her go to remedy was always prunes, either juice of stewed prunes, adn when younger either a suppository or bum bulb enema. The time when she suggested a laxative, I wound up getting soapy enema, but that's another story.

As a reminder other than things like Castor Oil and MOM most laxatives were just some form of phenothaline derivative, which was pulled from the market because of health studies.

One more addition, my Mom was a big believer in just giving a small enema to start a bowel movement, hence the bum bulb enema treatment. I don't know how many times it worked. She tried it on me once with a small bag enema, and had to repeat it with a full bag. The only thing that came out the first time was just soapy water.

One time when we were traveling down to California to visit relatives with my grandmother from the east coast, we stopped at a motel for the night. I remember a conversation between my parents. My Mom was about to send my dad to a drugstore for either suppositories or an enema. I don't know what proceeded the request whether it was for one of us or parents. I do remember my Mom saying "I am not going to give these big kids a suppository". I never found out the result, my Dad didn't go and no one got either a suppository or an enema.

Growing up in the fifties, my siblings and I were never given laxatives, only enemas. Grandma was a retired nurse and a firm believer in enemas for both kids and adults. Mom only gave us enemas when needed, but occasionally gave us enemas out of the blue for seemingly no reason. This happened mainly on rainy days when we had to play inside. Normally she gave us a soapy followed by a rinse enema, but on rainy days when she gave us one out of the blue, they were usually only rinse enemas. However, those enemas were larger in volume than the one-quart enemas we usually received. During those enemas, we had to take as much of a full bag as possible.

At our grandmothers, things were a little different. Having taught her two younger daughters personal hygiene as preteens, she gave them the responsibility of doing our evening bath including enemas. During the summer, when we stayed with grandma for five or six weeks, we normally got at least one enema a week. That was usually on Saturday evening at bath time. Otherwise, like at home, enemas were given as needed. However, occasionally our teenage aunts, like mom, gave us enemas that weren’t necessarily needed. They would say something like, “Y’all are being rather moody today.” Doing this in front of grandma on purpose, knowing she would tell them to give us an enema to take care of it. Giving them an excuse to give themselves an enema.

I was given laxatives a few times if on vacation because I would get constipated! However laxatives are so hard on me, so my mom started taking the enema bag on vacations ☺️