Sodium

A question that perhaps someone in our group might be able to answer.

We all know that its possible to absorb too much water. I've noticed a few times that retained water can cause some swelling. So the general wisdom is to add some salt or baking soda to keep the solution about the same degree of saltiness as the body ...desired result being that the water is not absorbed to such a great extent.

My curiosity comes is, does the sodium get absorbed, making the body saltier, or if using plain water will the sodium tend to cross to the enema fluid and then be expelled with the other contents?

Mostly curiosity, but there are those of us that need to restrict or lower sodium.

@WaterLog2 I recommend reading a post I made on another thread. It refers to kink positive podcast where they discussed enema chemistry in detail.

https://en.zity.biz/index.php?mx=forum;ox=display;msg=1300773

Update:

In case that thread is removed in the future, here are the links I mentioned…

Zity members with significant enema routines that are outside the ordinary (whatever that means) might benefit from listening to this episode.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-are-people-into-that/id798960436?i=1000450174113

https://shows.acast.com/yapit/episodes/joeosmundson-enemas

If you like her style you can DM me and I’ll recommend some other episode topics I have found exceptionally good.

Stay safe.

The point of adding salt (sodium chloride) or sodium bicarbonate to the water is to balance the concentration of sodium in the tissues, so that there is no net gain or loss of water from the colon. The same applies to the sodium—if the solution is isotonic (the same concentration), there will be no net gain or loss.

Water and sodium ions are crossing the colon wall all the time in both directions. With an isotonic solution, the flows in both directions balance each other.

Ive never added salt and have not noticed any problems

Pretty interesting podcast Joe. I enjoyed it