I knew about the reflexology points on your feet. Thanks Dave for letting me know I do not have to take my shoes off to help my butt.
Producing waste since 1967

I get the whole nerve-linkage thing...but the nerves now respond to directional instruction? Is this where they got righty-tighty lefty-loosey?

Interesting: the path traced is a fairly close approximation of the anatomy of the human colon. The starting point at the base of the fingers would be the anus, and from there it follows the descending, transverse and ascending colon almost perfectly, but in reverse.
That would explain why the DIRECTION of applying pressure is so important - you're tracing the colon in reverse and "pushing" the contents that are begging for release back upstream.

Fudgey- Great point!!! Now it makes even more sense. Thanks.
Producing waste since 1967

The nerves in my ass are connected to my eyes, giving me a shitty outlook on life. If I do this Su-Jok thingy backwards, do my eyes turn brown??

I think I'd completely throw the possibility of stopping the pressure out the window if there's a 4 alarm emergency.

I gonna put all my effort into finding a crapper...not stopping a crap.

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No no, honey. Kitties don't sit on the potty.

I don't think so, AC. But you may wind up with empty eye sockets.

Hmmmm one......two.....three....four hmmmmm again one......two.....three.....four damn one........two.......three......four. OOOPS be right back WRONG DIRECTION peeps!
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The Thunderous Crapper 63 Enjoying home toilet advantage since 2004!

That's very interesting. When our oldest - DungMonkey - was a baby, he had a hard time pooping for a couple months. The doctor showed my wife a little pattern to message on the palm of his hand to make him crap (don't know if it ever worked). I'll ask DungMommy if it was the opposite of the above therapy.

I just did the maneuver in the wrong direction by accident and felt a twinge in my bowels. That's truly interesting.

There is surely going to be some kid who reads this and puts it to use during a sleepover party on the first person to fall asleep.

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very neat-o! I'll have to remember to use this technique at work when I've got to walk half a mile to get to the crapper. I'll be even more evil to some of the folks I work with by recommending they try it in the reverse direction! hehehehe...

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Rock-n-roll! Poopy-poo!

Very interesting! I'll try it when I get one of my full-on urges and see what happens! I'd be even more interested if it does work the other way, and helps me to go properly when I need to and can't get the urge!!

Shitwit - evil yes, funny - very!!!

"But make sure you go counter-clockwise," he said. "Or else you'll have a serious problem."

Ok then, let me make sure I really understand because I don't want to shit myself. With my left palm facing me and my fingers pointed up, I trace counterclockwise circles moving down from my thumb and up towards my little finger and around again to avoid soiling my pants? That would be the reverse of righty-tighty, lefty-loosey.

Anyway, could we get these people to come to NYC and address our horrible shortage of public toilets? They're making a lot of sense.

CCW motion, starting between the base of the "universal salute" and next finger. Down the palm and over, circle the meat of the thumb, across the palm and up the other side of the palm to the base of the third/little fingers. Repeat.
Or, as Hammy said, try CW and see if you can coax a reluctant loaf out the door...

I tried it backwards cuz I thought daphne was full of crap (no pun intended) and discovered that I may need to take this poo stopping method a little more seriously.

Not only did I feel a twinge in my guts, but I got stomach cramps too. I'm assuming it was from the palm tracing and not the Taco Hell I had for lunch.

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No no, honey. Kitties don't sit on the potty.

Does this only work if you trace on the left hand, or will the right hand work also?

Liked your photos taken at Sulabh. But the name Hindware didnot come from the word 'Hind' (behind) but from 'Hindustan' meaning India. Though the name rightly matches their business, its just a coincidence.

Don't know, stainer. From my vague recollection of Chinese accupuncture point charts, there is NOT bilateral axial symmetry of the points. That is to say - what works with the left may NOT apply to the right.

Fudgepump (268) -- 09.01.2007 wrote: "
...what works with the left may NOT apply to the right."

Damn it, Fudgepump! Stop that. Sheesh! You're killin' me, here.

Uhhh...sorry, my dear. What did I doo? I guess this is MY day for obtusity (re: "swallowed a fly..."). I know, I know..."Fudge, you moron - if I have to explain it, just FUGGEDABOUDIT!"
Re: "hind/Hindu"...this reminds me of a post I submitted previously in which I said that I believe that PR's metaphysical belief system should be called beHinduism. (I think it was a Newswire story about an anonymous benefactor leaving cash in public toilets).

GGG - you are causing a late night snigger here!!

Ahhhh! Hammy gets it. :)

Fudgepump (273) -- 09.01.2007 wrote: "..."Fudge, you moron - if I have to explain it, just FUGGEDABOUDIT!"..."

YOU set it up, man! You wrote: "...there is NOT bilateral axial symmetry of the points. That is to say - what works with the left may NOT apply to the right."

(*Ahem*) NOT that I would know personally, of course, but I have HEARD that there are SOME things that SOME people do, that they CAN do with one hand, but CANNOT do with the other hand.

You're right. If I have to explain... In this case, it would be "Fudgedaboudit".

OUCH!! I totally missed the bus on that one, G3. BTW, I liked "FUDGEdaboudit...

BTW: I've heard that guys who try "things" with their other hand call it "getting some strange". Never worked for me - my left hand is too uncoordinated.

What about south of the Equator? Same direction? There's a Diaper Changes in Latitudes joke in here somewhere too.

I realy believed the diagram was of how to wipe with your hand before I read it.

I don't really feel a lot going either way. I kind of need to poop, but that's because I've been reading this site.

I sometimes find that twiddling my finger around in my belly button gets things moving.

I'm quite confused, I was doing a search for Human Directionals and this article popped up. I saw something in the description about marriage between poop and water and just had to read. I've been on online since when AOL 2.0 was the "poop" and thought I had seen everything. The poop report eh? I would have never guessed.

I tried that pattern on my anus, and sure enough my hand farted.