Man vs. Wild Foul, Fetid Freshwater Enema Recipe

I just saw an episode of Discovery Channel's show Man vs. Wild where Bear Grylls, on camera, took an enema with water he had recovered from a barren rocky outcrop off of the western coast of Panama. The water came from a small pool under a rock overhang, which was full of bird excrement and plant debris. He was floating on a makeshift raft in the middle of the sea, teaching sea survival skills. He told of a story where a family was adrift on a similar raft, with no drinking water supplies, and the mother, a trained nurse, kept her family alive by giving them enemas with the water they had gathered in a small pool, which they couldn't drink because it was contaminated with turtle remains and blood.

Has anyone else seen that episode? Unbelievable, but that was the craziest suggestion I have EVER heard of for an enema.

Sweetmeo, Yes I saw the same proram and the first thing that ran through my mind was...Wonder how many people from this site were watching.It was wild to say the least.

I saw that too. Some of those programs are very informative.

But, you know, that show is actually another "reality" program where people are dumped on a deserted island. Personally, I don't believe he really did it. The audience is only MADE TO BELIEVE he did it through the magic of television editing.

I can't believe anyone with any brains would think that all that contaminated water going up their colon wouldn't cause just as many problems as if it had been swallowed.

I saw the program of the English family stranded at sea. And yes the Mom did give here kids enemas to rehydrate them, didn't see the Bear Grylls show yet but I'm sure I will.

I'm sure that if it were salt water it, some of it could be absorbed and used by the body. But would I use seagull shit infested water???? NOT A CHANCE.

That guy is soooooo fake. He does it all for show. If you want to see a REAL survival show watch Survivorman with Les Stroud. There's no camera crew, just him and HE is the one who shoots all the footage.

Owen, if you used a sea water enema in a survival situation, the sea water will draw water into the colon and cause you to dehydrate and die even faster because it is hyperosmotic.

I don't know why he even suggested that in his show.

Wow I had no clue thanks Susie. So does this mean that a salt water solution done at home helps to purge you out even more than plain water?

My thinking was that since salt prevents the colon from absorbing water one could use salt water from the ocean as an enema to absorb a little bit of water..... Enough to survive.

Wow I had no clue thanks Susie. So does this mean that a salt water solution done at home helps to purge you out even more than plain water? My thinking was that since salt prevents the colon from absorbing water one could use salt water from the ocean as an enema to absorb a little bit of water..... Enough to survive.

When you are stuck on a raft, dying of thirst in the middle of the ocean surrounded by 3.5 E+14 gallons of sea water, DON'T drink it. It will speed your death.

A strong salt water solution will clean you out better than plain water because you will have a few return trips to the toilet after your initial expulsion resulting from the water the residual salt brought out of the bloodstream into the colon to flush out a bit more fecal debris. Make sure to drink water or Gatorade if you use strong salt water enemas.

"Make sure to drink water or Gatorade if you use strong salt water enemas."

I do that anyways but thanks for the tip. In all the posts I've read about salt water enema's I've never seen it mentioned that salt water draws water into the colon.