Since the descending time of humans, they are habituated in the natural squatting posture to continue their daily ‘business’. As the civilization began, the habits of human beings like shelter, food, clothing, etc. got changed but what remained unchanged is their seating posture for excretion, which is the squatting posture. Various brands of Indian toilet pan are available in the market which has been made keeping all these in mind.
When babies remain in the mom’s womb they stay in this squatting position. Yoga is an ancient culture in India and it has a popular posture named ‘Shashankasana’ which has the similar position. This asana is performed to have a massaging effect on the abdominal organs and it also stimulates the nervous system to make normal bowl movement. Why are we discussing this? Well, if the picture of ‘Shashankasana’ is rotated by 90 degrees then everyone can identify how it becomes just similar to the squatting posture.
Flush toilet:
When flush toilets got invented in the 16th century, it got the attention of the royalties! They liked the seating posture of it as they found it more dignified. In the next couple of decades, it gets into the masses of most of the western countries. And, till the 19th century, it became their standard of living. But the scenario was a bit different for the eastern world. They stuck to the squatting position to do their ‘business’ with a good quality toilet pan.
Bad effects of switching!
- During the last couple of decades, diseases are on rise especially in the western section of this world. Wait, only flush toilets are not the culprit, their lifestyle and diet pattern also hold the responsibility. These triggered a lot of studies to happen among the scientists. They found that using western styled toilets trigger such bowel related diseases as the sitting posture is in contradiction of human anatomy.
Benefits of using Indian toilet pan: - Using a ceramic Indian toilet pan is a sort of exercise. It’s squatting! Sitting for a couple of minutes in this position strengthens our legs and helps to bring the required motion. It also makes better blood circulation throughout the body.
- It helps in better digestion. How? Squats help in digesting food in a proper manner. Such position also helps to put a proper pressure so the proper bowel movement can happen and the complete wastes go out.
- It prevents constipation. People can use any coloured toilet pan they want like white or black or yellow, etc. But an Indian toilet encourages to excrete complete wastes from the body and colon becomes clear within the body. Various research studies also established the fact that regularly using Indian toilets can help in avoiding several stomach related problems.
Buy any designer or rectangular toilet pan of your choice from the market as using an Indian toilet is good for healthy living.
