Sodium<unk>  saline is one of the most effective osmotic laxatives (secondary in action only to magnesium<unk> . Its laxative action is the result of osmotic imbalance that extracts bound water from stool and pulls it back into the large bowel. The increased water content softens the stool and stimulates the bowel to contract (move its contents to the rectum). Sodium<unk><unk>  improves the wetting and penetrating abilities of the solution, sorbitol enhances the water-releasing effect of sodium<unk>  and<unk>  helps to lubricate the stool. The combined action helps to soften hard stools and relieve constipation without straining in a very short period of time ~ 15 min. The ingredients are not absorbed, distributed or metabolised by the human body, all of the composition is being excreted in faeces.
Sodium citrate/sodium lauryl sulfoacetate/glycerol
Potassium citrate/potassium hydrogen carbonate
Sodium phenylacetate/sodium benzoate
Lactic acid/citric acid/potassium bitartrate
Acid-citrate-dextrose
Sodium nitrite/sodium thiosulfate
Turk's solution
Ringer's lactate solution