Magnesium Citrate as an Enema Solution

I know the effects that Magnesium Citrate have when taken orally. Has anyone ever experience using Magnesium Citrate taken as an enema? I would think it would be really effective way to get things "moving" but have not heard of anyone ever using it as an enema solution. Denise

Good question. I have a bottle in the medicine cabinet that was on standby for my colonoscopy. I’ll follow this thread to see whether I can put it to good use.

It will probably do a similar task, though only to the large bowel and as far as the enema penetrates. The magnesium citrate will osmotically hold on to water and the Mg+ ions will encourage peristalsis, though not as much as a full stimulant or irritant additive(if I recall correctly). Worth a try, though.

I would get a opinion from a medical professional Before trying!!!

In the enema the cleanout effect is small, like epsom salt

If you dring it the magnesium citrate clean you out completely, small and large intestine.

If you put in an enema solutions you clean only the large intestine.

I have taken 1/4 cup epsom salts in 2 qts of warm water as an enema. After expelling the volume of water, the salt residue causes a second round of expulsion a little while later. Overall, not as effective as when taken orally, but still a nice effect.

Lately, I have been using 1 TBS of Epson Salts (magnesium sulfate) per quart in a two quart enema. Overall I would say the enemas are quite mild and soothing and certainly not irritating or cause cramps. I would imagine if I increased the amount of Epson Salts it would begin to increase the clearing effect. On the box it recommends using 2-4 teaspoons in 8 OZ of water as a laxative. So my enemas are much less potent than what they recommend for an oral laxative.

As far as Epson Salts go it should work reasonably well as an enema for the colon and not be too harsh.

The best use of magnesium citrate is orally to clear the small intestine.

Essentially when you clear your system, you have to solve the basic problem: The stomach releases part of it's contents into the small intestine about every 20 minutes, and the small intestine releases part of it's contents into the large intestine at the same approximate interval but almost never in sync with each other.

This makes the small intestine very hard to clear. The best way: Fasting for 12 or more hours to clear the stomach

enemas to clear the large intestine and than a saline laxative like magnesium citrate to clear the small intestine

Unless you'll be hosting visitors in your lower intestine you really don't need to clean out the small intestine. That doesn't mean it's bad to do it, just that you really don't have to. It's also a lot more trouble then just knocking the big stuff out of the colon.

I have dumped a half pint of Mag Citrate into a gallon of cool filtered water. It was fun and a little different.

I'm kinda new to enemas... I was wondering if you can use magnesium citrate in place of an over the counter saline enema? Is it safe? I've seen those enema challenges in porns... Could this work as well? Maybe mix with water?

Mag citrate will work as well rectally as by drinking it to clean the distal colon, but not as well if you want to clean the small intestine.

For the most part though the purpose of Magnesium Citrate is to maintain or draw more water into the bowel. If you're doing an enema just fill the bag a bit more and save yourself the money.

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Thank you 😃

If you take it at the oral strength make sure you're hydrated and do note that it may burn like a Fleet enema because it will pull water into the bowel. I would cut it down at least 1:1 if I was to do it.

To be completely honest, though, it sounds like you're pretty new to enemas. I'd go for a quart or so of warm water and see how you like that. It can be surprisingly effective.

Don't know that I would do that.

In a situation where Magnesium Citrate is appropriate, it's best use is to clear the small intestine .

The small intestine is the hardest part to clean out.

The small intestine releases part of it's content into the large intestine about every 20 minutes and likewise the stomach releases part of it's contents to the small intestine about every 20 minutes, but they are ALMOST NEVER in sync. So the best use of magnesium citrate is To clear the small intestine

Fast 12 hours or more to clear the stomach-DO NOT FORCE YOURSELF TO VOMIT!!

Enemas till clear will clear the large intestine

THEN about an hour after the lat expulsion , a magnesium citrate to clear the small intestine then when the magnesium citrate has run it's course a small volume enema just to make sure you got it all out.