Re: Question about Colonic Hydrotherapy-A

[Guest guest]

Dear Naturopathic Physicians,

I am truly sorry that colon hydrotherapy has been presented and taught so poorly to you in school. Dr. Thom continually talks about BTG. These in themselves can cure some people. (it just may take longer). Hydrotherapy and colon hydrotherapy can do the same. How do we know this? From years and years(and years) of experience when there were no pharmacies to run to buy drugs. I will admit that today with such hideous diets and so many toxins (6 million registered man made chemicals?) that BTG and hydrotherapy really need help of homeopathy, herbs, nutrients and vice versa.

In the old days of my great uncle, the surgeon (1900-1940) every sick patient got enemas to help get the toxins out of the body and not reabsorbed. In those days even conventional medicine knew something about getting the patient back to health.

Do you know that there is 72 hours worth of feces in the GI system? Stuff is being absorbed all that time. OOPS, I will try and make this brief-sorry.

Colon hydrotherapy is extremely important to detoxify patients. Let me explain to you how it really works and why you should consider this as a support therapy.(By the way, I find most docs don't want to refer their patients for colon hydrotherapy because it takes cash. We are all competing for that same dollar.)

I basically think of it this way:

The Colon's function is to drink. It concentrates the feces through that enormous network of blood vessels. As it drinks, all that fluid goes right back to the liver to be filtered. During colon hydrotherapy, you introduce warmer water into the colon first, it expands and can often drink several gallons of water on the first slow fill. This filling engorges the liver too, it swells and in so doing stirs up old matter, debris, toxins and I hate to really imagine what else. As the liver swells with fluid, it is processing as it normally does, only there is a much greater volume than normally occurs. That process is filtering, making bile, putting the waste products into the bile and dumping it into the duct to the Gall Bladder.

The liver tends to release (some people call this dumping) much of the sediment at once in a big burp. Because so much is stirred up now, old sediment is released too. I myself have experience a 'bile' release of thirty seconds of what looked like granulated charcoal roaring from the colon and out through the view tube. That is a long time to watch. What was that? Old dead cells, particulates, toxins, heavy metals, who knows for sure without analysis.

By the way, today when surgeons take out a Gall Bladder full of black bile (remember that charcoal?) they refer to it as very toxic and diseased bile.

It takes several sessions for the liver to 'get it' about releasing easily and also for the patient to relax about it. I use a liver formula the day before that from experience really helps the liver to burp that sediment out. Guess what? Liver COP nightly really help that process too.

I have testimonials from long time chemically injured patients who detoxed (for years) without the colon hydrotherapy and then with it. Everyone says detoxing away the symptoms and getting a feeling of well being comes at minimum twice as fast with colon hydrotherapy. Think of what that could be for your patients while using the Drainage formulas?

In colon hydrotherapy, I think a closed system (like Clearwater) is the best because the therapist stays and manages the water temp, the filling, allows the patient a verbal outlet, comfort, and security. Also I think you get longer, bigger fills that allow release to be much greater. The therapist makes less money because you cant run three rooms at once when you have to be there yourself but this is health care, and it is labor intensive.

The open system is a bed that the patients lays down on and inserts the speculum themselves and controls the intake. The therapist leaves the room. I know of 'therapists' who did not know how to remove an impaction from patients in dire distress on these open beds. This is serious stuff and people should be better trained and willing to do what it takes..

If any of you have had poor experiences, I am truly sorry. My clinic is at your service if you are near by. There are probably some really good colon therapy places near many of you. Or those of you in clinic should work on each other for minimum of 6 sessions. See what I mean. You will be happy you did.

I will answer more questions as needed.

Sincerely,

Dr. Whittaker

Alternative Medicine Clinic

Everett, WA

Question about Colonic Hydrotherapy

Dear Unda friends,What are your thoughts about colonic hydrotherapy? I've often felt that it is a tool that can be used after a client has done some G.I. detoxing, moved a lot of fiber and shifted the bowel flora, and then drainage. Often I don't have the luxury to be asked about it ahead of time, but someone I just started with is asking me about it. She has a sluggish, stagnant system, I believe dysbiosis, and has had to manage her bowels so as not to be constipated. However, I am almost inclined to discourage it because she is someone who hasn't been proactive or participated in her health process, and is someone who has the means to purchase help, but I'd almost rather see her put in the effort and work at her self care process and then, down the line perhaps, do colonics. However, maybe the good benefit will inspire her to move forward?On the other hand, when there is dysbiosis can hydrotherapy further imbalance the system, and what is your thought about its effect on flora content?I had colonics years ago but for me it was more of a luxury following a colon cleanse.Thanks for any comments.

[Guest guest]

Hi and Group,

Thank you for your great post.

Enemas and colonics have traditionally been part of naturopathic care (and

allopathic care before the era of antibiotics).

I think colonics can be done in a way that totally honors the patient's

healing process.

In Europe, many medicines are given rectally, because it mostly bypasses the

liver's " first pass " effect. All sorts of wondeful, healing, nourishing

substances can be added to an enema or colonic to aid the patient in his/her

drainage path. These could include: probiotics, gemmotherapy, wheatgrass

implants, a full range of botanicals, ozone, flower essences, essential

oils, hydrosols, color-water- and yes, Unda numbers! The alternating

hot/cold water would, of course, be great to stimulate GALT.

I think every naturopath should experience colonic irrigation, if only as a

" right-of-passge. "

With the tremendous state of toxicity out there today, I think anything we

can do to clear, tone and support a patient's emunctories is worthy of our

consideration.

" Drainage " is a philosophy of practice, not a modality. Any modality can be

used to help a patient " drain " if the paradigm is there.

BJ Adrezin, MS, ND

Portland, OR

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Subject: Re: Question about Colonic Hydrotherapy-A

Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 08:50:33 -0800

Dear Naturopathic Physicians,

I am truly sorry that colon hydrotherapy has been presented and taught so

poorly to you in school. Dr. Thom continually talks about BTG. These in

themselves can cure some people. (it just may take longer). Hydrotherapy and

colon hydrotherapy can do the same. How do we know this? From years and

years(and years) of experience when there were no pharmacies to run to buy

drugs. I will admit that today with such hideous diets and so many toxins (6

million registered man made chemicals?) that BTG and hydrotherapy really

need help of homeopathy, herbs, nutrients and vice versa.

In the old days of my great uncle, the surgeon (1900-1940) every sick

patient got enemas to help get the toxins out of the body and not

reabsorbed. In those days even conventional medicine knew something about

getting the patient back to health.

Do you know that there is 72 hours worth of feces in the GI system? Stuff is

being absorbed all that time. OOPS, I will try and make this brief-sorry.

Colon hydrotherapy is extremely important to detoxify patients. Let me

explain to you how it really works and why you should consider this as a

support therapy.(By the way, I find most docs don't want to refer their

patients for colon hydrotherapy because it takes cash. We are all competing

for that same dollar.)

I basically think of it this way:

The Colon's function is to drink. It concentrates the feces through that

enormous network of blood vessels. As it drinks, all that fluid goes right

back to the liver to be filtered. During colon hydrotherapy, you introduce

warmer water into the colon first, it expands and can often drink several

gallons of water on the first slow fill. This filling engorges the liver

too, it swells and in so doing stirs up old matter, debris, toxins and I

hate to really imagine what else. As the liver swells with fluid, it is

processing as it normally does, only there is a much greater volume than

normally occurs. That process is filtering, making bile, putting the waste

products into the bile and dumping it into the duct to the Gall Bladder.

The liver tends to release (some people call this dumping) much of the

sediment at once in a big burp. Because so much is stirred up now, old

sediment is released too. I myself have experience a 'bile' release of

thirty seconds of what looked like granulated charcoal roaring from the

colon and out through the view tube. That is a long time to watch. What was

that? Old dead cells, particulates, toxins, heavy metals, who knows for sure

without analysis.

By the way, today when surgeons take out a Gall Bladder full of black bile

(remember that charcoal?) they refer to it as very toxic and diseased bile.

It takes several sessions for the liver to 'get it' about releasing easily

and also for the patient to relax about it. I use a liver formula the day

before that from experience really helps the liver to burp that sediment

out. Guess what? Liver COP nightly really help that process too.

I have testimonials from long time chemically injured patients who detoxed

(for years) without the colon hydrotherapy and then with it. Everyone says

detoxing away the symptoms and getting a feeling of well being comes at

minimum twice as fast with colon hydrotherapy. Think of what that could be

for your patients while using the Drainage formulas?

In colon hydrotherapy, I think a closed system (like Clearwater) is the best

because the therapist stays and manages the water temp, the filling, allows

the patient a verbal outlet, comfort, and security. Also I think you get

longer, bigger fills that allow release to be much greater. The therapist

makes less money because you cant run three rooms at once when you have to

be there yourself but this is health care, and it is labor intensive.

The open system is a bed that the patients lays down on and inserts the

speculum themselves and controls the intake. The therapist leaves the room.

I know of 'therapists' who did not know how to remove an impaction from

patients in dire distress on these open beds. This is serious stuff and

people should be better trained and willing to do what it takes..

If any of you have had poor experiences, I am truly sorry. My clinic is at

your service if you are near by. There are probably some really good colon

therapy places near many of you. Or those of you in clinic should work on

each other for minimum of 6 sessions. See what I mean. You will be happy you

did.

I will answer more questions as needed.

Sincerely,

Dr. Whittaker

Alternative Medicine Clinic

Everett, WA

Question about Colonic Hydrotherapy

Dear Unda friends,

What are your thoughts about colonic hydrotherapy? I've often felt that

it is a tool that can be used after a client has done some G.I. detoxing,

moved a lot of fiber and shifted the bowel flora, and then drainage. Often

I don't have the luxury to be asked about it ahead of time, but someone I

just started with is asking me about it. She has a sluggish, stagnant

system, I believe dysbiosis, and has had to manage her bowels so as not to

be constipated.

However, I am almost inclined to discourage it because she is someone who

hasn't been proactive or participated in her health process, and is someone

who has the means to purchase help, but I'd almost rather see her put in the

effort and work at her self care process and then, down the line perhaps, do

colonics. However, maybe the good benefit will inspire her to move forward?

On the other hand, when there is dysbiosis can hydrotherapy further

imbalance the system, and what is your thought about its effect on flora

content?

I had colonics years ago but for me it was more of a luxury following a

colon cleanse.

Thanks for any comments.