I used to work for a gastroenterologist eho specialized in surgery. She was highly vocal about the dangers of colon hydrotherapy. Perforated bowel, serious infections, electrolyte imbalances, fecal incontinence, chronic diarrhea and constipation and can lead to heart and kidney failure but I can't remember exactly why or how. She had seen patients with sepsis from bowel perforations, patients needing bowel resections, patients that spent years trying to get the healthy bacteria to flourish in their GI tract again, patients needing stomas and ileostomy or colostomy bags.

I think the majority of people likely do not have these issues, but I don't think I would risk the possible damage over the very little real health benefit it proposes.

It’s forASSHOLES!

Is this the same as sticking a garden hose up your butt? From what was what told to me by a "friend" it may seem reasonable in the moment but later... not so much.

Sounds like something out of the hydrotherapy craze in the 1800s.

Sounds exhilarating.....at first. Not sure how it ends. Good luck!

It works for horses with colic.....

Well I know of Enemas, Colonics and Colemas. Enemas most folks know about, you just hang something that looks like a hot water bottle above you, put a tube in your butt, fill yourself with water and then release it into the toilet... helping to remove any compacted or obstructed waste. Colonics and Enemas, are just more "comfortable" versions with more water to work deeper into the colon. Colonics use a machine and pump to generate pressure... Colemas have a 5 gallon resevoir that hangs above you somewhere. In both you will be laying on your back on some kind of "board" that is crafted to send all ejected material into the toilet... A colema can be set up in your own bathroom, space permitting... One end of the "board" rests on the toilet... the other on a chair that is slightly higher than the toilet (a pillow for your head is nice).

Yeah, I think they are good for people that have a hard time taking a shit. You should still get checked out by a doc if you have an acute or chronic condition... but it gives you a way to handle "those days" when stuff isn't moving the way it should be. I've only used it a few times... but I was very close with someone who had chronic lower digestive problems, so I learned a few things.

Now, I wouldn't necessarily recommend the therapy to an otherwise healthy person.... there are all kinds of colonies of digestive flora in there... and I'm not sure how helpful it is to be constantly rinsing them out. But it is a great tool for people who are already out of balance and struggling just to get things to move properly again.

Lmao literally a little after if shit

Sounds like a fancy name for a water enema.