Best Answer: The peripheral nervous system, which it is a component of. The sympathetic and parasympathetic systems are components of the autonomic nervous system.
Also, make the call if: 1  Constipation is a new problem for you. 2  You have blood in your stool. 3  You are losing weight even though you are not dieting.  You have severe pain with bowel 1  movements. Your constipation has lasted more than 2 weeks.  You have pencil-thin stools.
Epsom salts. If the constipation is incredibly resistant to change, then we get a little more serious, Dr. Weizer says, noting that soaking in an Epsom salt bath (five cups of salt) for at least 10 minutes can help. When you soak in an Epsom salt bath, magnesium is absorbed into your muscles, which relaxes the gut.