Hydro Colon Therapy Info

Understanding that our quality of life is determined by our daily choices, we have the power to improve our health and well-being quickly and dramatically. Optimum nutrition is a key factor, but our health depends not only on what nutrients we eat but how much of those nutrients are absorbed and how well and regularly the body's waste products are eliminated.

With the proper use of cleansing and detoxification, we can maintain health and vitality, even as we age.

Each year the average American consumes 150 lbs of sugar and 566 cans of soft drinks (“liquid candy”) (1). According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, that is equal to “52 teaspoonfuls of added sugars per person per day.” (2) Can you imagine yourself sitting at the kitchen table gobbling down 52 teaspoons of white sugar – every single day? Well, that's exactly what most of us are doing without even realizing it!

Of course, detoxification should not be limited to the colon. It is just as important to detoxify the liver, kidneys, arteries, and in general, every cell in the body. But internal cleansing must start with the colon because if this region is kept unclean, it will contaminate every other part of the system.

The importance of internal cleansing can best be summed up in the words of Dr. Paul Bragg, one of the “fathers” of natural medicine in the U.S. and the author of dozens of highly successful health books:

Toxins "Stimulate Neurons to Death"

Junk foods and soft drinks contain dangerous additives, chemicals, and many are laced with excitotoxins “found in such ingredients as monosodium glutamate [MSG], aspartame (NutraSweet ® ), cysteine, hydrolyzed protein, and aspartic acid”. Excitotoxins are “substances added to foods and beverages that literally stimulate neurons death, causing brain damage of varying degrees.”

The Role of Fiber

Our widespread colon problems begin with our unhealthy Western diet that is deficient in plant fibers. Fiber is indispensable in maintaining a healthy colon. A person with a healthy colon should in fact have two to three bowel movements per day. With the help of fiber, elimination should be complete, fast and easy.

Dietary fiber plays a crucial role in the proper function and maintenance of the colon. “Increasing the amount of fiber in the diet may reduce symptoms of diverticulitis and prevent complications such as diverticulitis. Fiber keeps stool soft and lowers pressure inside the colon so that bowel contents can move through easily. The American Dietetic Association recommends 20 to 35 grams of fiber each day.”

For colon cleansing, it is best to use a fiber supplement designed specifically for this purpose. Good-quality supplements contain both soluble and insoluble fiber and are formulated to loosen the stool, absorb and sweep away fat and toxins, reduce transit time, and make elimination effortless and complete.

When we start using an effective fiber supplement, we can expect some startling occurrences within a few days. The fiber goes to work immediately by loosening the hardened feces on the walls of the large intestine and gradually sweeping it out of the body. If we are not repulsed to look at what's leaving our body, we'll be surprised to see a lot of mucus and all the different colors of debris. It's hard to believe that all these things could actually be lurking inside us. What's even more shocking is that among the different colors and shapes people often notice various forms of parasites.

Weight Loss Is Almost Guaranteed with Internal Cleansing

There's an important added benefit to internal cleansing that most people experience: weight loss. With a sluggish, toxic digestive system, metabolism slows down, the energy level drops and we're simply not strong enough to start burning off stored fat through exercise or other means. An internal cleansing program can help restore balance in the body and increase the metabolism, reactivating the body's fat-burning mechanism. Plus, after a thorough detoxification program, you'll find yourself much more inclined to make healthier dietary and lifestyle choices. Through a detoxified system, improved digestion, balanced metabolism and a healthier diet you will have no trouble maintaining a healthy weight.

How to Maintain Your Health and Vitality Through Internal Cleansing

Understanding that our quality of life is determined by our daily choices, we have the power to improve our health and well-being quickly and dramatically. Optimum nutrition is a key factor, but our health depends not only on what nutrients we eat but how much of those nutrients are absorbed and how well and regularly the body's waste products are eliminated.

With the proper use of cleansing and detoxification we can maintain health and vitality, even as we age.

Each year the average American consumes 150 lbs of sugar and 566 cans of soft drinks (“liquid candy”) (1). According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, that is equal to “52 teaspoonfuls of added sugars per person per day.” (2) Can you imagine yourself sitting at the kitchen table gobbling down 52 teaspoons of white sugar – every single day? Well, that's exactly what most of us are doing without even realizing it!

Of course, detoxification should not be limited to the colon. It is just as important to detoxify the liver, kidneys, arteries, and in general, every cell in the body. But internal cleansing must start with the colon because if this region is kept unclean, it will contaminate every other part of the system.

The importance of internal cleansing can best be summed up in the words of Dr. Paul Bragg, one of the “fathers” of natural medicine in the U.S. and the author of dozens of highly successful health books:

Toxins "Stimulate Neurons to Death"

Junk foods and soft drinks contain dangerous additives, chemicals, and many are laced with excitotoxins “found in such ingredients as monosodium glutamate [MSG], aspartame (NutraSweet ®), cysteine, hydrolyzed protein, and aspartic acid”. Excitotoxins are “substances added to foods and beverages that literally stimulate neurons death, causing brain damage of varying degrees.”

How to Maintain Your Health and Vitality Through Internal Cleansing

Our widespread colon problems begin with our unhealthy Western diet that is deficient in plant fibers. Fiber is indispensable in maintaining a healthy colon. A person with a healthy colon should, in fact, have two to three bowel movements per day. With the help of fiber, elimination should be complete, fast and easy.

Dietary fiber plays a crucial role in the proper function and maintenance of the colon. “Increasing the amount of fiber in the diet may reduce symptoms of diverticulitis and prevent complications such as diverticulitis. Fiber keeps stool soft and lowers pressure inside the colon so that bowel contents can move through easily. The American Dietetic Association recommends 20 to 35 grams of fiber each day.”

For colon cleansing, it is best to use a fiber supplement designed specifically for this purpose. Good-quality supplements contain both soluble and insoluble fiber and are formulated to loosen the stool, absorb and sweep away fat and toxins, reduce transit time, and make elimination effortless and complete.

When we start using an effective fiber supplement, we can expect some startling occurrences within a few days. The fiber goes to work immediately by loosening the hardened feces on the walls of the large intestine and gradually sweeping it out of the body. If we are not repulsed to look at what's leaving our body, we'll be surprised to see a lot of mucus and all the different colors of debris. It's hard to believe that all these things could actually be lurking inside us. What's even more shocking is that among the different colors and shapes people often notice various forms of parasites.

Weight Loss Is Almost Guaranteed with Internal Cleansing

There's an important added benefit to internal cleansing that most people experience: weight loss. With a sluggish, toxic digestive system, metabolism slows down, the energy level drops and we're simply not strong enough to start burning off stored fat through exercise or other means. An internal cleansing program can help restore balance in the body and increase metabolism, reactivating the body's fat-burning mechanism. Plus, after a thorough detoxification program, you'll find yourself much more inclined to make healthier dietary and lifestyle choices. Through a detoxified system, improved digestion, balanced metabolism and a healthier diet you will have no trouble maintaining a healthy weight.

Preparation Guidelines for Hydro-Colon Therapy

ColonicColonic Cleansing Diet Guidelines

Two days before you're colonic you will want to drink at least 64 oz of clear water per day. It will be important to cut back on all acid-forming foods like dairy, flesh, sugar, bread and pasta, alcohol and caffeine. You will be encouraged to eat alkaline foods like veggies, fruits, nuts and seeds, legumes, whole grains, sprouts, leafy greens, Olive or flax oils, wheatgrass, and whole-grain sprouted bread. 

The rule of thumb is:

If it's living, eat it, if it is not, don't. ...And everything in moderation! 

How to take the herbs:

• Psyllium: Take one teaspoon three times a day before a meal. Or if on fast two hours before or after cleansing herbs. In Mason jar add a teaspoon of psyllium in juice and shake till dissolved and drink down fast. (Caution psyllium thickens up quickly making it harder to swallow the longer you wait.)
  
  
• Herbs: Take herbs per recommendation three times a day, two hours before or after a psyllium shake if fasting or between meals if not fasting. (Caution should allow two hours time after or before taking the psyllium shake)
  
  
• Probiotics, and acidophilus: should be taken alone. Best taken first thing in the am, before foods.
  
  
• Parasite herbs: should also be taken first thing in the morning or on empty stomach.

Prolapsed Colon stated simply, is a condition in which the transverse, or middle section of the colon, has dropped below its natural position inside the abdominal walls. In its most severe stage, the colon has lost all of its tone and drops completely into the pelvic bowel sitting on top of the bladder and reproductive organs. This condition can cause headaches, colds, flu's, low energy, lack of libido, infertility, chronic urinary tract infections, vaginal yeast infections, varicose veins, spider veins, as well as a host of other problems. Constipation, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Diverticulitis, Leaky Gut Syndrome, Colitis, Chron's Disease, and Colon Cancer are all symptoms of a prolapsed, weak, and degenerated colon. In fact, Colon Cancer has become the number one cancer among men and women combined.

Our colons have three sections called the ascending, transverse, and descending colon. The ascending and descending sections of the colon are attached to the body while the transverse section that runs across the top is not. It is held up by its tone and muscularity. As food enters our colon from the small intestine it is in a liquid form that is called chyme. It enters the ascending colon and from there travels across the transverse section eventually ending up in the descending section waiting to be eliminated. As the food enters the transverse section it begins to dry out as the colon draws the water out of the now digested food and then begins to mix the remaining waste with mucus giving it form and solidity. This now solid waste is stored in the descending section until it is eliminated. Normally this all takes 12 to 18 hours if everything is working properly. 

In most people, this is not the way it works at all. Ultimately what happens, due to poor dietary choices, stress, lack of exercise, and nutrient deficiencies we find that food stays in the colon much longer than it was intended. Foods that are low in fiber, like meats, starches, and processed foods actually take up to 3 times as long to pass through the colon and becomes much more toxic as it putrefies. This causes the colon to secrete extra mucus in order to protect itself from the acidic nature of these slow-moving foods. This extra food and mucus is just more weight in the colon helping the prolapsed condition to become even worse as it continues to lose its tone. 

The colon's tone is dependent upon the calcium and L-Glutamine as well as other nutrients. When we are deficient in these nutrients one of the things that happen is our colon gets weaker. As it loses its tone it begins to droop. This drooping is referred to as a prolapsed colon. Another problem with the lack of tone is the peristaltic action is decreased which means waste moves more slowly and we have fewer and smaller bowel movements as well. This added weight increases the drooping of the colon and before you know it your transverse colon is completely in your pelvic bowl sitting on top of the bladder, the uterus or prostate, as well as the veins bringing blood back from our lower extremities. The pressure of the prolapsed colon on these veins keep the blood from flowing as it should and instead it begins to pool up in the veins causing what is known as varicose veins. Not only does the blood not flow out of the legs as it should, neither does the lymphatic fluid or other waste from the lower body. To make matters even worse, when the colon is prolapsed we end up with a protruding lower abdomen, or gut, that gives us an unhealthy appearance. If you work out and still have a protruding lower abdomen, it is very possible that you have a prolapsed colon.

Most, if not all, of the things mentioned so far, can be prevented by a simple colon cleansing program administered by a knowledgeable therapist like Celesta. For the most part, any colon therapist can clean your colon, but only a few know the techniques needed to repair a prolapsed colon and the disorder associated with it. Colon hydrotherapy by itself is not enough to lift the colon back into place nor will it just go there by itself. So when choosing a therapist, make sure they are aware of the dangers of a prolapsed colon, how to identify it, and how to repair it if it is prolapsed.

©Copyright 2000 by Dr. Morton Walker

From the signal stage of history surrounding ancient Egypt, practices of colon hydrotherapy in their most basic form - enemas or clysters - have provided people with internal cleansings adjunctive to their personal external hygiene. The Ebers Papyrus, from the 14th century B.C., prescribes internal cleansing for no less than twenty stomach and intestinal complaints. 

 But in the modern era, it fell to J. H. Kellogg, MD, of Battle Creek, Michigan, famous for his invention of corn flakes and various techniques of good hygiene, to popularize colon hydrotherapy. This happened from Dr. Kellogg’s publication of his article in the Journal of the American Medical Association praising the procedure’s efficacy for saving a dysfunctional large bowel.

That descriptive article was the impetus for the advancement of a highly beneficial therapeutic method that has since flourished and found medical recognition among enlightened health professionals in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and North America. Enthusiastic expressions of approval for colon hydrotherapy are undeniable medical endorsements for this significant complementary treatment which removes metabolic waste from the large bowel without applying toxic agents of any kind.

Board Certified Gastrointestinal Surgeon Dr. Leonard Smith Endorses Colon Hydrotherapy

Thirty years ago, Leonard Smith, M.D., of Gainsville, Florida graduated from medical school and eventually became board certified in general surgery by the American College of Surgery. For more than 25 years Dr. Smith has practiced as a specialist in gastrointestinal surgery. He has dealt with all types of colon difficulties, including operations for colon cancer, colon diverticulitis, appendicitis, hemorrhoids, and numbers of other internal organ problems.

"I am very well acquainted with the colon’s functions, and my true belief is that colon hydrotherapy is the perfect cleansing medium for preparing the patient for colonoscopy. It’s a much better way of getting the human colon ready for an operation than having a patient swallow a gallon of that pre-surgery solution known as ‘Colon-Go-Lately.’ Instead, colon hydrotherapy allows the patient to avoid this solution’s noxious side effects of vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramping, and other troubles," Dr. Smith says.

“Moreover, seriously ill patients tend to be chronically constipated which results in generalized toxemia. It turns out that colon hydrotherapy is the gentlest and most effective treatment for a constipation problem. My recommendation for cancer patients is that they should undergo frequent colon hydrotherapy procedures to make sure the colon’s toxic burden is being kept at a minimum while their bodies are trying to heal,” affirms Dr. Smith. “While not a substitute for eating a high fiber diet, those cancer patients who take colon hydrotherapy often experience the elimination of their aches and pains, improvement of appetite, and they tolerate a tough healing process better.

“I also believe that normally healthy people will find it valuable to take colon hydrotherapy every couple of months in order to experience how well one feels when the colon is truly empty. It’s a fact that most people fail to fully evacuate the colon, something they don’t realize. People undergoing colon hydrotherapy on a prevention basis, are quite surprised at how much waste is removed by the procedure,” Dr. Smith says.

“Without reservation, my wish is to see it become an established procedure for many kinds of gastrointestinal problems. If medical centers, hospitals, and clinics installed colon hydrotherapy departments, they would find such departments just as efficacious for patients as their present treatment areas which are devoted to physiotherapy,” states Leonard Smith, MD “Such is my belief, and I do endorse this therapeutic program.”

Giving Colon Hydrotherapy is Standard Procedure for Sharda Sharma, MD

Located in Millburn, New Jersey as a primary care physician for nearly 26 years, Sharda Sharma, M.D., dispenses medical care of a multi-disciplinary nature to her patients. Dr. Sharma employs colon hydrotherapy, chelation therapy, massage therapy, acupuncture, Reiki manipulative therapy, and much more. She treats the body as a whole (holistically).

“I have trained and certified colon hydro-therapists working as part of my staff. Under my supervision for the past year-and-a-half they have been treating constipation, abdominal cramps, allergies, and a variety of other conditions, including ten patients with hepatitis C. These hepatitis patients respond to colon hydrotherapy and do well,” assures Dr. Sharma. “For instance, Felicia, a 42-year-old high school teacher, had suffered from constipation – no bowel movements for six days at a stretch. She was bloated, fatigued, lethargic, headachy, and crampy. My treatment choice for her was enzyme supplements and colon hydrotherapy twice weekly for thirteen weeks. These treatments solved the constipation problem for Felicia.

“Colon hydrotherapy is excellent as a treatment for yeast syndrome.

A very anxious 50-year-old female, Sara Audrey, consulted me because she was running to the toilet every two hours with either diarrhea or attempting to find relief from constipation. It turns out that she had irritable bowel syndrome complicated by candidiasis. During the administration of colon hydrotherapy, I observed that she was loaded with Candida albicans. I recognized the white yeast organisms floating through the transparent tube of the colon flushing device,” says Dr. Sharma. “But the patient is now in fine shape – much relieved. She has good bowel movements twice daily with no gas. This is typical of almost all patients undergoing colon hydrotherapy.”

Dr. Michael Gerber Uses Colon Hydrotherapy Routinely

“I’ve had a colon hydrotherapy device in my office for 25 years,” states Michael Gerber, MD, of Reno, Nevada. “My present staff person who dispenses colon hydrotherapy under my jurisdiction uses it for all types of patient difficulties. The basic concepts of science have not changed much in the last 25 years; however, the colon hydrotherapy equipment has improved immensely. How the equipment works so effectively is nothing short of astounding. Registered with the FDA, current colon hydrotherapy equipment is safe. It contains temperature-controlled water mixing and backflow prevention valves, plus pressure and temperature sensors, and built-in chemical sanitizing units. Water purification units frequently are installed as well. Disposable single-use rectal tubes, and/or speculate are employed routinely for sterility.

“Undergoing a session of colon hydrotherapy allows comfort and cleansing with no toxicity. Techniques utilized allow a small amount of water to flow into the colon gently stimulating the colon’s natural peristaltic action to release softened waste,” Dr. Gerber advises. “The inflow of a small amount of water and the release of waste may be repeated again and again. The removal of such waste encourages better colon function and elimination.

“The benefits of colon hydrotherapy extend all the way from psychiatric improvement to constipation elimination,” affirms Dr. Michael Gerber.