Enemas Origin

Reading and thinking were did enemas start.

I believe it all started as a necessary requirement back before recorded history.

Some one took a high dive into a pond, stream or lake, bottom first and the result was a total anal flushing.

The word got around, probably chiseled in stone walls to transfer the medical information.

Finally a simple prescription for constipation was pasted on to todays high tech society.

I guess some lucky ones found it to be sexually stimulating and fun.

Beckie

I suppose it was even in ancient times of Egypt.

Legend has it that Egyptians elevated the ibis to sacred status because it could give itself an enema with it's beak.

Aactually, the true origins of enemas dates back to ancient Egypt if I recall correctly. One can Google the subject to find out more

The origin of enemas started with some of the first doctor's or what they may have been called back then.

The belief was that the cleaner the colon the less likely people would be sick. So it was encouraged to have ones colon cleaned out.

The original enema bags were made of leather and then another form was similar to a bellow. Fill it, insert into rectum and squeeze Bellow till empty.

There are stories of a king who was getting an enema while conducting meetings with his followers.

We know they were practiced in certain cultures well before the dawn of written history.

As a result, we may never know the exact origins, but they ARE ancient!

Certainly they predate the Romans and were already in widespread use by that time.

Before that we are dependent on what is mostly a fossil record.

We may never know the true origin in the story of man as to the enema but today ………… aren't you glad there was one . I have always enjoyed the study of history but then we all have a personal history as to our affinity for the enema . My enema history like most who post here began in the home with a caring mother . That she incorporated the enema as to her personal hygiene regimen only enhanced our sessions as she was most empathetic when it was my / her / our enema time . We had a strong bond as mother and child such that the mutual trust and care we experienced from the reflected lens of my personal ' history ' was positive . It is interesting from the standpoint of history the evolution of the enema as we know the procedure today as has been reviewed by other contributors on this thread . I have always enjoyed viewing the historical equipment over the passage of time utilized for administering an enema which in times past seemed a bit ' primitive ' but which ' got the job done ' in their day .

Enemas were practiced in pre-Colombian mesoAmerica. There are Mayan figurines depicting enema administration.

I read a number of years ago, that enema usage goes back over five thousand years. Just don’t remember the source publication.

The first enema , Youtube George Carlin " the first enema " to darn funny . but pretty sure the first enema was some cave dude doing his cave gal in the butt and peed in her

Egyptians were famous for their “clean bowels,” and other cultures admired them for it (1500 BCE). They didn’t have the fancy equipment doctors have now: Enemas were typically self-induced by sitting in a river and using a hollow reed to direct water into the rectum.

So for you survivalists out there, put that in you bucket of survival techniques!!!