Does anyone boil the water for Enema to be sure it is free of bacteria before use?

Does anyone boil the water for an Enema, to be sure that the water is completely free of bacteria in the water before use. Even if the water you use is drinkable without problems. But do it to be on the safe side before you prepare your enema before use.

Then you have to wait until the temperature drops to what it should be.

I wouldn't use water that you had to boil. you can see the problem, if you boil something to cook it, it will still spoil because of the bacteria in the air, on surfaces, even your skin that may come into contact with it. As soon as sterile anything is exposed to the atmosphere the contamination starts. Put sterile water in a nonsterile container, it is no longer sterile. The tap water is pure enough, where your putting the water is a bacterial heaven. I doubt anyone boils their equipment. There are glass buckets that you could no doubt make sterile, more so they are easy to clean well unlike the equipment we generally use. It is easy to force the contaminated enema solution in your rectum or colon back into the equipment from cramps or an orgasm unless you have a check valve to prevent the back flow. A change we put in place over the course of the last decade was to use the enema nozzle on all of the bags as an intermediate connector, we would slide that into a sixteen inch or so piece of clear silicone tubing with whatever nozzle we were going to use attached to that. Some of those short add on lengths had rotary valves and or check valves in them. After the enema, that sixteen inch length with the nozzle you had inserted into the anus came off and was dropped in the sink to be washed with copious amounts of soap. The nozzles on the hoses attached to the bags were never inserted and were clean.

If it’s safe to drink, it’s safe for an enema. Most, if not everything, that goes through your digestive system is not sterile. That’s why you have an immune system. Like @Mike_E said, your kidding yourself if you think boiling water and letting it cool makes it sterile.

I don't boil water before enema use however in my house I have a reverse osmosis system and very good whole house water filtration system. It starts with a 5 micron whole house water filter followed by large charcoal filter tanks and a water softener. Good quality water is good for enemas and overall health. The majority of city water systems use small amounts of chlorine at help keep the water free of a bacteria. My charcoal filters remove the chlorine in the water, however boiling water or agitating it greatly will do the same. Chlorine is a disinfectant and there have been many studies that it has increased the risk of many cancers and many cause other health problems by people that drink chlorinated public water. The amount of chlorine in water can vary greatly, depending on where you live. My water system is sorta expensive to maintain, however it's still cheaper than medical bills due to what chlorine and poor quality water entering your house may cause. Boiling water and letting it cool to the right temperature is a very safe thing do for enemas and your health.

I don't boil our water. I use the hot water straight out of the tap. It is safe enough to drink...it should be safe enough to put up ones bum.

I added a large fiber filter and carbon whole house filter for all my water needs. For drinking I use a Berkey as well. In the process of catching rain water as well. Pre-Distilled ....

Always got them with tap water and still use tap water. Like things slightly cooler but add salt now to prevent electrolyte problems.

Just an interesting note, I noticed a mention of chlorine in the treatment plants for water supply systems as being a problem. You might consider that with the addition of any salt, 60 percent of the compound if it is NaCl table salt is chlorine. Your body uses the chloride ion extensively. As for adding chlorine in even trace amounts, I wouldn't do that, I'd rather use it in the form of table salt on what I'm eating. We get all the salt we need easily within our diets. Lack of salt's components in a diet can lead widespread health concerns. Using salt in an enema is useful to prevent the absorption of extra fluid into the bloodstream.

I have always used water straight from the tap

I have had countless enemas over many, many years with no problems. I figure, if it is good enough to drink, it is good enough to go in my butt. So, tap water and regular coffee. I see no reason for using distilled (or boiled) water and organic coffee as promoted by some.

@Cheryl77177 I agree 100%! Having received (and given) enemas for 70+ years, I've never used anything but tap water and have never had a problem. Like you, I say you can "drink" it at either end!

It seems totally reasonable that if it's safe for drinking it should be safe for enemas. At least it seems reasonable to me.

Over the years as a civil engineer I have worked on a few municipal water supplies. The amount of regulation over the quality of their output is very significant given the level of detail specified. I would not hesitate to either drink or take an enema with any output provided it tests satisfactory as required by the overseeing agencies.

I thought we had perfect water until a civil engineering friend gave me a charcoal water filter, then we realized how bad our water tasted. All of those impurities go in our food for cooking, coffee and tea. The water that goes to eating, drinking and even enemas is filtered. We don't boil it, it's not that bad.

@hoseman1 Well water or city water?

It's city water but it comes from wells situated along a river. Probably the biggest is minerals in the water not bacteria when you wash your car without drying it off, leaves water marks.

I don’t boil water for enemas I do understand for some it’s part of the ritual to prepare their enema like mom or grandma did if it helps put you in the right headspace that’s just fine buy me. Everyone it seems has an enema ritual to prepare there enemas either you picked up from mom or one you developed on your own……

I use plain tap water and never had any issues.

Someone in an enema subreddit claimed you should absolutely never use tap water but failed to provide a reason. It was highly upvoted too. However, strong advice without justification is called superstition so unless someone can give me a valid reason, i'll happily ignore it.

I don’t boil the water as I use tap water and occasionally bottled water. My theory is if you can drink it, you can insert it into your rectum

Any water that is fit to drink is fine for an enema, so, no, I never bother to boil enema water.

@ hoseman1

Water contain soluble compounds in Tap water.

Carbon filter can take them out. But it doesn't harm. Bacteria is killed before it get to tap. City water only filter down to acceptable, and kill the Bacterias due to the volume of water that they have to handle. Carbon filter, 5 micron, chlorine taste is personal preference. City agency only focus on safety. Rainy season, your carbon filter will get dirty faster then the dry season.

If you boil water long and leave it for hours/ day, you will see mineral forming on the bottom of the pot.

Wash car and leave air dry will leave water mark. That is dust mostly.

I don’t boil water

I thought we had perfect water until a civil engineering friend gave me a charcoal water filter, then we realized how bad our water tasted. All of those impurities go in our food for cooking, coffee and tea. The water that goes to eating, drinking and even enemas is filtered. We don't boil it, it's not that bad.

@hoseman we have a water distiller to use for drinking water, some cooking uses, and the canning. I don't use it for subs enemas. It isn't in him long enough to really matter, I believe. But it does taste when drank. Not my favorite thing to do.

Plain tap water is plenty sanitary enough for use in almost any modern community. The minimal amount of residual chlorine is so small as to be a non-issue. The general rule applies that if it is safe for ingestion from the top down it is good to go from the bottom up. Pick temperature to suit preference and purpose. Add appropriate soap as an irritant/stimulant if desired (though I'd rather skip it in a sensual situation to avoid and aftertaste potential 😜). Add a dash of salt for osmotic balance if anyone really cares about such intricacies. Play nice and enjoy. YMMV.

Never boiled enema water but if you are that concerned just buy the gallon jugs of purified water at the grocery.

I’ve been getting enemas for over seventy-five years, with the source of water being the bathroom. Which is another way of saying, it’s simply tap water, and never once had an issue with it. I personally, don’t see the point, in boiling tap water for enema use. However, the source of house tap water is a totally different issue. Regardless of the source of water, any source that’s safe to drink, is safe for enema usage.

Some people do not have access to good clean drinking water, so maybe boiling or using bottled water is advised, but most of us have good drinking water. As I have said before - if it is good enough to drink, it is good enough to go up your butt.

Mike E: Just an interesting note, I noticed a mention of chlorine in the treatment plants for water supply systems as being a problem. You might consider that with the addition of any salt, 60 percent of the compound if it is NaCl table salt is chlorine. Your body uses the chloride ion extensively. As for adding chlorine in even trace amounts, I wouldn't do that, I'd rather use it in the form of table salt on what I'm eating. We get all the salt we need easily within our diets. Lack of salt's components in a diet can lead widespread health concerns. Using salt in an enema is useful to prevent the absorption of extra fluid into the bloodstream.

What is important are the anions/cations or compounds. Table salt provides sodium (Na+) and chloride (Cl-) (baking soda provides sodium and bicarbonate - Na+ and HCO😈. Free chlorine and hypochlorite (ClO-) are very different (as are the compounds formed when they oxidize things such as organic matter). Chlorine in trace amounts is all but magic in preventing waterborne diseases, but you don't want too much of them, so it is a balance thing. Fortunately there has been a lot of research in how to use them in a safe and effective manner.

My mom always boiled water for enemas. I always remember this waiting, because first the water had to boil, then it had to cool down.

I also always boil water for enemas.

I used to then of course I realised it was pointless as explained above. I use tap water directly for my own and giving others enemas.

Y'know this gives me idea for a story in a post apocalyptic world with of course involvement of enemas, but I do not have enough patience to write one. I'll try, and maybe do some actual research too, and throw some alchemy on the way. Sound good?