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Peristalsis is strictly mechanical. If you think of pedaling a bicycle up and down small rolling hills, that is like the mechanical action of peristalsis. It keeps pushing foodstuffs forward--even when you become constipated, the muscles will still try to keep 'pedaling'. Chemical action involves enzymes or bile.

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