Anyone aware of any enema related research/stifies: evaluations?

I am curious to know as I have not seen any information on clinical studies involving enemas of different types to deal with certain conditions.

What I have seen in the question of gall bladder flushing with coffee enemas; that there is no totally supporting evidence to say enemas work.

Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.

I'm constantly looking on Research for enemas all the time and I can't find any in Connecticut it sucks

If you are referring to studies from evidence based medicine then you need to look at professional journals from areas like medicine and nursing. You could try Google Scholar and type in your topic. I have come across many clinical studies of enemas using this basic resource. Also there are medical research databases . Maybe some of the MDs on here ---not playdocs--- could point you to specific sources. As to your specific interest in coffee enemas , I highly doubt you will find much supporting evidence on benefits from mainstream medicine clinical studies. If you do ,please let me know.. As you likely know most of the evidence on benefits of coffee enemas is anecdotal .I suppose it comes down to what you accept as "evidence". Good luck in your quest.

I'm constantly looking on Research for enemas all the time and I can't find any in Connecticut it sucks

@Stevie7808,

This comment sounds like you’re looking for ongoing clinical trials or active research in CT that you can personally enroll in to be one of the patients or anonymous subjects of the study, rather than completed published research on enemas. Nothing wrong with that, but what exactly are you looking for?

Eric

PubMed, the US NIH’s publically available searchable database of published medical research:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Eric, MD

Google Books and the Wayback Machine contains a wide variety of research, reports, and medical suggestions authored by physicians as well as others in the nursing profession. While "scientific" studies don't get to the core issues in many instances relative to enemas, it isn't a topic that interests many physicians or those that would fund such things.

I have read online concerning colon hydro therapy as an alternative colonoscopy prep. I believe the "Danbury" Hospital proposed this as a viable method. The physicians/m.d.'s of earlier generations certainly advocated and prescribed the use of enemas in their practices. References have also appeared in regards to coffee enemas in analgesia.

While there may well be a "placebo" component of enema use, I still believe that reports on the dangers of enema use are overblown. That, of course, is assuming that safe and sane solutions, volumes, and delivery mechanisms, are being employed. Most medical procedures, surgeries, and medications, have a very significant risk factor associated with them. Mom and grandma didn't kill anyone in our family with the enema bag or bulb, and we all still have to poop as an aspect of our existence. The only money spent on laxatives or stool softeners was to comply with the modern prep instructions that today's doctors insist on. Believe it or not, but those are more tolerable if comingled with an enema series to cleanse from the top on down to the exit.

I don’t have access to medical information other than what is available to the public using Google and similar searches so the majority of the information about enemas, especially coffee enemas, is negative. But, as sse4fun said previously, mom and grandma never killed anyone with their enema bag or bulb. As someone who has grown up with enemas and who has used them frequently to this day, I just don’t understand the negative slant enemas have.

To responders, thank you for your input.

Gerson’s use of coffee enemas in treating cancer, they must keep records related to outcomes, AKA patient mortality rates.

Their treatment protocols — juicing, strict diet, multiple coffee or chamomile enemas daily — have long been scrutinized and dismissed by mainstream medicine. In fact, subjecting the body to 3 to 5 enemas per day is considered dangerous. Gerson claims that the treatment extends the life of many of their patients, but actual results are cloaked in secrecy.

I'm not aware of anything published in the last few decades anyway but can't say i keep up with the literature. Until the advent of the current biologics, hydrocortisone enemas were in common use for the treatment of ulcerative colitis but even there, I never saw published articles.

Probably the eww factor much of it created as we grew up. The infamous "don't touch back there" @Cheryl77177 .

The anecdotal aspect of our opinions here on Zity, are of noteworthy consideration. Yes, we are rather biased, but so are those who post or publish such fearmongering and negative opinions.

The Gerson therapy may not cure cancer, but just might offer some hope and relief of some of the symptoms that those afflicted must deal with.

The placebo effects of an enema not only penetrate our colons, but seem to have a psychological effect as well. We, as a group, have likely overcum most of the negativity. I don't believe it's a bad thing!

Gerson therapy certainly doesn’t cure cancer!!!

Enemas are great for constipation, can help symptoms of IBS, and can cure nocturnal enuresis in children, among other things.

But coffee enemas do not “detoxify” anything. So don’t abuse the liver you were born with: don’t drink alcohol regularly and expect coffee enemas to somehow undo the damage you are causing your liver.

As near as I can tell from studying this, the only "benefit" of coffee enemas is a good cleaning of the colon, and a mild high from all that caffeine going in at once. BTW, contrary to what one might think, heat destroys caffeine, so if you want to get the max effects from coffee enemas, use light roast, or unroasted coffee beans. (Which is why online coffee enema "kits" contain green coffee.)