Prune Juice as an enema Solution

Drinking prune juice (yuck) is frequently used to promote relief of constipation. I am wondering if anyone has ever used prune juice for an enema and what the results were. I have never tried this but and it is just something that I have wondered about recently. Denise

Interesting concept

Prune juice is has a lot of natural sugar in it. May have some interesting results if taken rectally! If you try it, let us know how it goes!

As @Rigel said, prune juice has a lot of sugar in it. I suspect the results would be delayed, but very painful as the sugar feeds the bacteria in your colon, creating huge amounts of gas. It would likely be similar to a M & M enema, but probably slower and milder. The laxative effects of prune juice, like several oral laxatives result from the metabolic products of digesting the prune juice. Castor oil works the same way. The main difference with a castor oil enema and a prune juice enema, would be that the castor oil would work like mineral oil, since it would not be digested, and has nothing to feed the colon flora.

Maybe it can be helpful as a drink, but as an enema - solution ?? - i don't know ??

The sugar in the juice could cause gas issues during and after. That can make holding the enema harder. Similar to a milk and molasses enema. I've never used fruit juice in an enema. Because of the sugar content.

If you try prune juice try a small amount of juice in a a larger bit of water. Slowly increasing the proportion of prune juice to see what affect it has on you.

It would be similar to putting some sugar in enema water but more expensive.

Prune juice is high in sorbitol a sugar alcohol and fiber both have lasting effects on the bowels when taken orally

Lactulose (sorbitol, erythritol,manitol are also a sugar alcohol) and is sometimes given rectally as retention enema . It lowers the blood level of ammonia but really isn't that laxative when taken rectally .when taken by mouth ,you will soil yourself involuntarily,without difficulty.

YMMV