Best water for Enemas

As above does anyone have a type of water they use, or just tap water ? I have read distilled water is excellent for enemas & I have used it before. However mostly its just plain tap water boiled & cooled.

Would the water from a dehumidifier be the same as distilled water? It would not have the chlorine and other chemicals in it and could also be boiled first. Anyone know? As a P.S., would this be considered soft water?

Dan

Heavy water, will cause an F bomb

Tap water for me. If the water is safe to drink, it’s safe to use in enemas! And no need to boil it first; that’s completely unnecessary.

Just tap water. It has served me well for 76 years.

If you would drink it, its OK for an enema, thats my philosophy. On the dehumidifier water I'd say no. They work by blowing moist air over cool metal coils. Water condenses like on a glass of icewater on a humid day. Thats OK as far as it goes, but anything thats in the air is going to end up in the condensed water that then sits in an open container till you dump it out. Who knows what things it could attract there? Mine occasionally has a bit of mold that forms on the coils, so thats not a good thing to inject either.

I just use tap water that is safe to drink. I have heard that distilled water tends to leach out important minerals that your body needs but have not verified that nor checked into from a liscensed medical authority. Denise

I used to stare at two cartoons my old country doctor had on the wall of his office (mid-1950s)The first one pictured a guy in a gown with a cute young nurse chasing him, brandishing a pair of large scissors. The caption had the doctor shouting “No, no nurse, I said slip of his spectacles!”

The second depicted the same nurse talking to the doctor and the caption was “Mrs. Jones called and wants to know if she should boil the water for her enemas while they are traveling in Mexico.” Both of these cartoons elicited interesting thoughts in my young mind.

To my knowledge, hospital nurses traditionally have used tap water when giving enemas. The visiting nurse who gave me enemas at home decades ago ran water from our bathroom faucet. That was good enough for my use. However, when our older daughter suffered with COVID-19, I heated bottled spring water when she asked me to give her enemas to clean her out. I can't explain precisely why. I guess I was paranoid during that time about the virus being in the local groundwater. That had been a rumor in our area.

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Tap water 100 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit (38 to 40 degrees Centigrade)

Get a shower water filter and give constant feed into your over-head enema reservoir. Showers with both Hot and Cold knobs give the best volume and temperature control, so that your fill is comfortable and even, without air bubbles. I recently saw a shower filter advertised to add in a little Vitamin-C tickle, but have not tried it.

When i get more info on it, i will let you know. An old 1950s mail order catalogue store is offering them.

If you have a little flow indicator in your delivery hose, various salts will stiffen up the spinner. Maybe a PH meter will add interest. I wonder how many are watching that with their enema play? I have not. And, this C vitamin is sort of the opposite of sprinkling baking soda powder into your solution, aye? People worry about getting soap in their eye, so i wonder if my tooter mite even hate this?

I just use tap water that is safe to drink. I have heard that distilled water tends to leach out important minerals that your body needs but have not verified that nor checked into from a liscensed medical authority. Denise

That’s just an urban legend about distilled water. Water is an excellent solvent, and any water will dissolve numerous salts. Distilled water does the same—because it’s water.

In fact, distilled water is perfectly safe in an enema, but also perfectly unnecessary if you have drinkable tapwater.

I have to echo those who promote tap water for their enemas. I feel that if the water is good enough to drink it is good enough to go in your butt.

@Cheryl77177 and if it isn't good enough to drink, it definitely doesn't go anywhere near my back passage let alone my toothbrush. For our amazing train trip (fifteen days, 3,300 miles) through Southern Africa my fabulous colonic hydrotherapist produced two boxes of https://www.microlax.ie/why-choose-microlax. She was a midwife and a community health nurse, has probably seen more bottoms than most, and was very enthusiastic about their efficacy. And yes they are good, although not as good as a bag enema and definitely not as good as one of her colonics combined with a coffee enema, but I'll be packing them for future trips where the water quality may be a little questionable!

I have always used tap water, whether it was from a well or public system. Never had an issue.

I suffer from sinus problems. I use a Navage to flush my sinuses. I was warned my my ENT to never use tap water in it as the bacteria in the water can cause real problems even death. Therefore, I buy distilled water. If I am doing anything but a coffee enema, I used distilled water. I admit that I am probably over cautious but better safe than sorry.

I have a water softener with a charcoal tank with it that removes all the chlorine in water. It’s softened tap water with no chlorine in it. I have also used regular tap water that was not softened and had chlorine in it for enemas. The only difference between the two that I noticed was that softened water requires less soap to get the same result as hard water. It also seems like soft water is more comfortable to use for an enema than hard water. Some areas have soft tap water however I live in a area with hard water and water softeners are very common.

Used to order a TWE for patients in the hospital--"tap water enema"

That’s simple, tap water. I’ve been given or given myself enemas with tap water for seventy plus years without issue.

Just very warm tap water, and lots of it. Occasionally with some Dr. Bronner's or Ivory mixed in.

I use warm to coolish tap water buffered and made somewhat 'isotonic' with a bit of sea salt or on certain 'occasions' baking soda...

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