How much soap?

What kind of soap and how much is used in a soapy enema solution?

Thanks

Ivory - enough to make the water cloudy

Add the soap until the color of water change to white like milk

I use plain old Ivory, In a jug with a closing top.

I put the bar in the jug and fill it with water. Shake it up well, and let it set for 2 or 3 days.

Then I shake it up again, and I put any other substances like Epsom salt or glycerin in the enema bag. I fill the bag about half way with that soapsuds, then the rest of the way with hot water. I attach the hose, set the bag aside and do my prep. When I get well into the prep, I hang the bag ands let it hang there a few minutes. That lets the two strata of water mix well

I like to use Dr. Bronner’s Peppermint soap. I use one cap full per quart of very warm water.

I was raised with a bar of Ivory swished in the enema can, but now prefer the various Bronner types sparingly or the milder goat milk soap.

Dr. Bronner's Peppermint for a minty fresh feel that last all day!

Oh yes, Dr. Bronners peppermint soap is the best! i use a good squirt in my 3 liter bag. But be careful, if you use too much the cramping is intense and you will feel it all day long. Best to start with just a little and work Your way up to what is most comfortable for you.

Even your farts will smell nice!

I haven't tried the Peppermint yet, I am using the Baby Mild Dr. Bronner's as I had read somewhere that the oils in the Peppermint and Lavender will wear down latex enema bags.

One caveat I want to share with everyone: prior to using the Castille soap, I was actually using Softsoap Anti Bacterial soap (about three squirts in the bag before filling it with water) and while it was just mildly irritating it when I would use it for a quick enema that was not retained, when I used the same solution and retained it for a few minutes, it was extremely irritating, made me quite sick and left me expelling soapsuds the following day. That's when I switched to the Castille, and I find that not only is there no irritation, it actually seems to offer a far better clean out!

I don't know what others experience has been with other soaps than Castille or Ivory-buy based on my experience, I'm going to say that if a soap says for external use only-as a lot of these liquid antibacterial soaps do-I should probably avoid using it in an enema solution!

Antibacterial soap would actively kill off the intestinal flora (as opposed to flushing it out mechanically). So certainly not a good idea.

When it comes to soaps, I have stuck with Lavendar Castille, plain Castille, and J&J Baby Shampoo. I used to receive Ivory soap enemas as a child. All seem to be satisfactory, with no ill effects, but I do find the castille soaps provide a much stronger urge to expel than the J&J shampoo; hence I find the castille's more stimulating and satifying. I too would avoid any anti-bacterial stuff, or any that indicated they were for external use only. I'm into pleasure, not problems or pain.

Dr Bronner's Peppermint Castile Soap for me when I do soapy enemas. One cap full for my 2qt bag works nicely.

I use a square container that has top latches that tightly closes that I keep 3 to 6 bars of Ivory melting in a water base. I fill my bag with a small about of water to purge the air and then pour the content of the container in, next it to fill the container with running water and top of the bag. At times I add Peppermint extract to the bag.

When I was young it was always Ivory soap and plenty of it.

Yes, I like soapy enemas. I usually grate the soap on a grater so that it melts faster. Usually one heaping tablespoon per bag, but I use two tablespoons almost as often. I use Ivory soap. Umelted ivory soap pieces doesn't sink to the bottom of the bag and possibly obstruct the drain tube. I also like my water hot. Just hot enough that I keep my wrist comfortably under the tap, but still feel the heat. Also anytime I take a soapy enema, I always rinse with the size enema composed of tap water (sometimes with sodium bicarbinate for a soothing feeling, sometimes just with salt).

I use Dr. Bonners when taking solo enemas. When they are given to me Ivory is the soap used.

I have tried Kirks Castille. It is mild and melts quickly. It is easy to get too much in the solution.

Sometimes melted Ivory soap, sometimes Dr. Bonner's peppermint; it depends on my mood or the whim of my eMate.

My experience has been that additives including soap added nothing to very warm tap water. But I have not tried it all. Salt, soda, various soaps do nothing for me.

A warm Ivory soap enema does a good job of cleaning me out. I usually follow it with a warm salt water rinse.

I just discovered something after 10 yrs. I have no sigmoid (cancer), much like a sink with a gooseneck pipe beneath it. I also have radiation burns in the upper rectum and lower decending colon. When the smallest amount of waste hits these areas, they go into a wretching spasm and expell at once. I've dealt with this by irrigating every 3 days. Problem has been if I use tap water or NaHCO3, it stays up in the ascending and part of the transverse. If I use soap that's too strong, my transverve clamps down about midway and won't let the rest empty.

Last night I experimented with a very mild soap solution. It worked great! All areas of the colon emptied, without te mid-transverse clamp-down. I guess the macho part of me thought a strong soap solution was what a man should use. With just a little Neutrogenia in warm water the peristaltic muscles react and allow the ascending, hepatic flexsure, all the transverse and the descending to move everything out in short order. This will allow me to function normally for about 3 days, not interfering with work or home life.

I'm sure other soaps would work also, as long as the solution is very mild. My gut is atypical, since surgery, chemo. and radiation, but I think I've stumbled onto the right mixture. Sure is nice to not have the hepatic and splenic flexures clamp down, as well as the mid-transverse clamp. I get a relatively fast total emptying of all areas of the colon, without all the repeat visits to the toilet I was getting.

I know this post is long-winded, but my discovery is really great. If anyone out there is having trouble with soap suds, try cutting the soap amount way down and see what happens.

With lower G.I. tract feeling very good,

Jim T.

I like castille unscented soap, ivory, or the green olive oil based soaps you get at ethnic markets. Olive oil is strong!

Thanks for all the good suggestions--I still only use water, and I want to know what soap feels like; is it different?

^^^^ It does feel different. Why don't you try it? You do have soap at home, don't you? 😁 😁

The soap is a wetting agent and does help it flow around and through feces a little more easily than plain water. For some people it can cause a little cramping, but it doesn't last.

A capfull of Dr. Bronners lavendar into 2 or 3 liters does the trick for me. Smells nice, good cleanout & no cramps.

Vapor

--Why don't you try it?--

Ok, talked me into it. Will report later!

Ivory soap is the only kind I'll use. They no longer sell the Ivory liquid bath soap but I still have a couple of bottles that I hoard.

Ivory soap is classic. I have used Prell shampoo with good results also.

Depends on my mood,for the most part my 1st enema in a series will be soapy almost every time and like many people here either ivory or Dr.Bronners peppermint is my choice.I couldn't give exact measurements though.I always keep a bar of ivory in a jar half full of water.It melts in the water over time and there is a thick white soapy mixture at the bottom of the jar,when I want to use ivory I simply pour a good amount of this into the bag,fill the bag half way and shake it and it will be full of bubbles.Thank I fill it up the rest of the way,than put more water in the jar to replace what I took out and there is more next time I go for the jar.For peppermint I also give no exact measurement a few good squirts will get the job done,you dont need that much and a large bottle can last me a while.

I Woud say one of those two make up 90% of my soapy enemas although every now and than I will take a few squirts of baby shampoo or melted Neutrogena.They are more soothing and relaxing than ivory or castile to me but even though it melts fairly quickly in hot enough water Neutrogena annoys me waiting for it to melt,I may have to put a bar of it in a jar like I do with the bar of ivory.I used to love to use dish soap before I knew any better,I stopped using it when I found out it was bad for you although to be honest I remember no ill effects once it was expelled although it used to cramp and make me sweaty and tingly all over.Can anyone tell me why dish detergents are so bad,I have read detergent is harmfull a million times but cant recall ever reading exactly what it does that is bad,all anyone says is "Well you wouldnt drink it would you"...Umm..No but there are plenty of solutions I wouldnt drink that have filled my bag (And me lol) over the years.Im not exactly relaxing here sipping on a nice glass of ivory suds either

I use either 1/8 of a bar of ivory, or a big squirt of baby shampoo, or a small squirt of doctor bronners. Yes, a lot of soap in any case... definitely enough that it's milky and foamy!