I had the feeling I couldn’t poop for some reason for two days, I also had some sickness from being exposed to too much AC (the doctor said), the doctor gave me medicine against the other stuff which works wonderfully. But my stomach hurt a lot so I ordered a 1 liter bottle of prune juice because I heard it helps against constipation.
Once it arrived I drank the whole bottle at once just to be sure, because I heard it’s a natural mild laxative and my stomach hurt so much.
And it worked very well, after 2 hours I was running to the toilet and getting rid of whatever was stuck in there. It worked very well, my stomach stopped hurting after one more hour, wonderful!
But I didn’t need to drink the whole bottle, I’m stuck on the toilet the whole afternoon now because as soon as I get out, 2 minutes later I need to run back in, so it’s just easier to stay on it.
I think like a cup or two might have been enough.
I would say this also goes for dried prunes, once I ate most of a bag and got a similar experience, it just takes a bit longer before you run to the toilet.
It goes for anything with sorbitol in it, which prunes are high in, humans are generally not able to process it which leads to a bowel movement or gas
Dried or fresh cherries will also produce the effect in sufficient quantity. Which is how I learned not to eat a bag in a sitting.