The Health & Wellbeing at Work Exhibition, NEC 6th and 7th March, 2012

Colonic irrigation and The Health & Wellbeing at Work Exhibition

My feet have hardly touched the floor these past three days.  So much interest in colonic irrigation at the H & W Exhibition at the NEC.  We had such a lot of enquiries from people wanting to know the difference between colon hydrotherapy and colonic irrigation.  Is an enema the same as a colonic treatment.  We were able to clear up many misconceptions around the therapy and educate people about the importance of bowel health and hygiene at the same time.

I was amazed at the number of people who thought an enema was the same as having a colon hydrotherapy treatment.  It is absolutely NOT the same.  I was talking to Nurses at this event, and even they thought an enema was a colonic treatment.  We have got a long way to go in educating people about the very big differences between the two.

An enema involves putting about a litre of warm, sometimes soapy water into the rectum via a nozzle.  This is to clear the rectum of any faecal material.  The water is retained anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes, then when you feel the ‘urge to go’, you go to the toilet and release the water and any faeces on the toilet. It was a procedure given to pregnant women in hospitals  when they went into labour, so they didn’t make a mess on the bed when delivering the baby, although nowadays they no longer perform this.  I personally would like to know why?  Do they now give women a gentle laxative to empty the bowels prior to giving birth, or is there an awful mess on the delivery bed!?  Anyone out there who can tell me,  I would appreciate it.

A colon hydrotherapy treatment or colonic irrigation (same thing)  involves a sterile, single-use, disposable speculum being inserted into the rectum approx 2″.  It is not uncomfortable in the slightest.  Attached to this speculum are two tubes.  One thin tube takes the warm, filtered water into the bowel, and a thicker tube takes away the dirty water and any faeces, gases etc.  There is no mess and no odour.  The colon hydrotherapist may sometimes use herbal tinctures to implant into the bowel during the colonic treatment.  Common ones used are peppermint, fennel, licquorice root and chamomile.  These help relax the bowel and help to remove gas pockets.  The colon hydrotherapy treatment takes approx 30 – 40 minutes and usually approx 70 – 80 litres of warm, filtered water is used.  The therapist will aim to get the water all the way around the large bowel, to the cecum, approx 5.5/6 feet of it (not just a couple of inches as in an enema).  On completion of the procedure, the client goes to the toilet to release any water and waste from the rectum.

To watch a professional  colonic procedure, please go to: www.youtube.com/archcolonics

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