How Senokot Dual Relief Works

How do Senokot Dual Relief Tablets Work?

Senokot Dual Relief Tablets are a constipation and bloating remedy containing the ingredient senna, extracted from the senna plant and fennel. As a 'motility enhancer' it works in a similar way to prunes or figs by gently stimulating the natural process by which food moves through the digestive system. The fennel helps to gently relieve bloating which can often accompany constipation.

Mouth

Food enters the body via the mouth where it is chewed. This action helps to break up the food enabling it to be swallowed and enter the oesophagus / food pipe. The chewing action also releases enzymes which help to break down the food in preparation for the digestion process.

Oesophagus / Food Pipe (Gullet)

Senokot Dual Relief Tablets travel down the oesophagus in the normal way.

Stomach

In the stomach Senokot Dual Relief Tablets are broken down into smaller particles releasing sennosides, which are one of the active ingredients responsible for relieving constipation and also fennel which helps to relieve bloating.

Small Intestine

The sennosides pass through the small intestine unabsorbed and then pass into the large intestine in the usual way.

Large Intestine (Colon)

The sennosides are then activated and start to gently stimulate the muscles in the wall of the colon. In doing so the sennosides help to promote regular muscular contractions and relaxations and help restore peristalsis. This in turn allows any hard and dry stools which have accumulated in the colon and rectum to be passed out of the body in the usual way. The fennel gently helps expel gas from the intestines.

Rectum

This is essentially a storage reservoir at the end of the large intestine and adjacent to the anus for accumulating the faeces prior to elimination from the body.

Anus

The opening at the end of the digestive tract which allows waste matter to pass through into the outside world.