Mixing glycerin and baby shampoo or glycerin and epsom salts..

I'm trying to keep things simple and use 1-bottle as an enema additive. Do these ingredients mix together?

Glycerin and soap do for certain. Commercial packets of enema soap contain both. Actually, glycerin is a byproduct of soap making.

I have used glycerine and Epsom salts. You will need to dissolve the Epsom salts in water first, and then add the glycerine.

Just glycerin (50g/L) and salt (9g/L).

Simple, safe and working solution.

Doctors write scrips with 5% glycerine addition for effective enemas, added to Castile soap.

Works for me...i do find the soap amount varies greatly 9ml to 40ml

@reddevil

There is no real reason to mix different kinds of soap together. Solutions of either Ivory bar soap or castile, bar or liquid, have plenty of poo power. You can add either glycerin or Dulcolax if you crave more cramping for an even more powerful enema.

Just be careful in mixing soap with Epsom salt. The magnesium in the Epsom salt will react with the soap to form a water insoluble precipitate and block up the valves, nozzles and tubing of your enema equipment.

Just be careful in mixing soap with Epsom salt. The magnesium in the Epsom salt will react with the soap to form a water insoluble precipitate and block up the valves, nozzles and tubing of your enema equipment.

The reaction will also consume all of one constituent and part of the other, depending on the proportions, leaving a less effective solution. This particular combination is quite pointless.

What is the advantage of mixing epsom salts with Glycerin? I thought they both did the same thing the same way?

@tucker99

I don't think there is any reason for mixing Epsom salt into a soapy enema. As others have said, there is a real chance of creating a lot of hard water scum.

The idea of adding Epsom salt probably comes from this: "This enema consists of 1 oz. of magnesium sulfate, 2 oz. of glycerin and 3 02. of water and is known as the 1-2-3 enema." The two components of this small volume enema are compatible. But the chemistry of mixing soap and Epsom salt doesn't work.

Epsom salt and soap - no

Epsom salt and Glycerin - yes

Soap and Glycerin - yes

Soap and Dulcolax - yes

Glycerin and Dulcolax - yes;

All the 'yes' ones will likely cause a lot of cramping and quickly cause a very strong urge to poo and a very complete emptying.

Much healthier an enema with salt water with chamomile and three/four tablespoons of olive oil and a rinse with sodium bicarbonate.

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J&J baby shampoo and liquid glycerin for my soapy starter, then sea salt in my rinse enemas😍

When I was 10-12 years old my Mom sometimes gave me a 1:2:3 enema (1 oz. Epsom Salts, 2 Oz. Glycerin and 3 Oz. hot water) with a bulb syringe when she didn't have time to give me a large hot soapsuds enema with the enema bag. This was suggested by my best friend's mother who used it on him and it was very irritating but usually cleaned me right out. After 12 she started using Fleet Sodium Phosphate Enemas instead when they became widely available.

I've tried actually a solution with glycerin and salt (normal salt), by getting a liter of normal saline solution (0.9% of salt, 9g) and adding something like 50g of glycerin (5% of glycerin). It actually didn't caused many cramps at all, but it was of course not easy to hold passing the 10 minutes mark. Pretty effective with a couple of bathroom trips afterwards...