Colonics / Hydrocolon

Hello everybody, I would like to ask members who underwent colonics and faced negative health experience during or after the procedure. Positive experience can be mentioned as well.

Many closed system colonics in several American cities, ~1975-2005. No complications whatsoever. Loved every one. Wish I could have time and money for more. 👍🏻

Eric

I have had a colonic one a month since 2010. Mainly closed colonics but occasionally open, not common here in the UK Everyone tells me how well I look Find a reputable therapist and you won't go wrong.

I've had many colonics over the years. I much prefer the closed system over the open. As Thursdays child stated, it's important to pick the right therapist.

That said, I've not had a colonic since before the pandemic started. Maybe it's time to re-start.

A few years ago I started using hydrocolonotherapy. There are no negative experiences. The system I used is a bit different. This is the original method of the Russian doctor. It consists in the fact that the patient sits on a special-chair-toilet. She has a thin tube inserted into her anus. Water is introduced through the tube as with an enema. When the patient compresses the anus, water flows in. When the patient relaxes him, he defecates. During one session, the trick is repeated many times. The method is safe. While using it, I had an enema feeling. The only problem is that it is embarrassing to have a bowel movement in front of another person.

I used to go to a place in Denver years ago. Back when colonics were only $20. There were a couple cone shaped glass containers on the wall. The table had a toilet-like receptacle that you put your butt over. There was a thin metal tube that they put up my rectum. When they turned in the water and it flowed in until you couldn't take any more, then just pushed it out. The tech would massage your intestines both on the way in and thev ay out. You were naked from the waist down to facilitate thr belly massage. The 2 water tanks were refilled 4 times I pretty much had an erection the whole time but it would go down a bit during the refilling. Went there once a week for 5 yrs. She would make comments about my elections but never touched my penis. That didn't prevent me from profusely ejaculating a number of times, once or twice hitting her. She wouldtell me it's no big deal as a lot of guys do it. She would just casually get a warm damp towel and wipe it up including any that fell on my public area. Don't do colonies any more. They are way too expensive for being just a big enema.

I've had a handful of colonics. Most of them were the open system where I was by myself. Had one closed colonic and much preferred that method, but unfortunately the couple places in my area only use the open system. Never had any negative after effects. Haven't had one since before the covid-times. A couple of the colonic places I've visited offer add on enemas as well (coffee, apple cider vinegar, etc.), and I usually add those if I can (have only ever done coffee). One place just add the solution to the open colonic machine at the end, but another had a separate, disposable bag enema they'd use for the add on, but the insertion was self administered. Would love to do more of them if I could find a closed system place that didn't break the bank.

Never had a negative experience or issue following a colonic. Although I Got a traffic ticket on the way home once! Prefer closed over open systems, but we only have open systems here in our small town. Great therapist stays in the room with you the whole time.

I have an appointment next week for a professional enema therapy session from a colonic hydrotherapist next week. I would really like to try a close system experience as well at some point.

I have an appointment next week for a professional enema therapy session from a colonic hydrotherapist next week. I would really like to try a close system experience as well at some point.

Is she providing enemas or an open system colonic?

@dobbs_asdf

Lucky you. I know some, not all, hydrotherapists that use closed systems offer several alternatives:

A stater enema, usually about 1500ml of solution (either plain water or soapy) to clean you of poo, then the colonic.

The enema alone, sometimes followed by a rinse enema and/or a coffee enema.

The colon hydotherapy session alone.

The third option is not a great idea unless you've recently pood very soft and completely. A giant, smelly mess is very likely if the speculum clogs with a lump of poo hard and blocks the exit flow with you holding a bowel full of water that is working. It is very difficult to remove the speculum get to a toilet while holding the solution.

A bowel full of soiled water and lumps of poo on the floor does not endear you to most therapists.

In 1982, where do the years go to?, whilst in London I went to Anne Coult's Sauna for a colonic. On arrival the receptionist ushered me into a changing room and told me to take my clothes off, shower and put on a gown.

A somewhat austere woman, Anne her self?, then appeared and instructed me to follow her downstairs to a basement treatment room. Here there was a couch, what I now know to be, a Woods Gravity colonic apparatus and, behind a curtain , a toilet and a bidet.

She told me to lie on my left side on the couch and that she would have to examine me digitally. Then followed an enema, a release on the toilet and lengthy session with the colonic. Despite her cold personality she wasn't stingy with her time and appeared very skilled. Sadly I wasn't in a position to repeat the experience.

Over the last few years I have had colonics by a number of different ladies but have never had anything quite like that first treatment. The memories are still very vivid!!

I have been to one lady who offers both closed and open, rare here in the UK, colonics. She recommends that new clients, particularly those who are very constipated, start on her Angel of Water and then after a few treatments move to her closed machine.

My Twinkling Granny starts the treatment with a coffee enema but that is released through the speculum pipe. She has also, on request, given me a para-cleanse enema on completion of the colonic. Anothe lady gives me a herbal enema mid way to “pep” thongs up.

There have also had occasions when a therapist has stopped a treatment and told me to pop to the toilet as things were starting to block, but generally those hollow legs empty well!!!

@Thursdays_child

Clinics that offer both open and closed systems are, indeed, are.

You therapist was wise to offer the Angel of Water to those who come in the door with constipation. IMO, an Angel session is, by far, the easiest, gentlest, and most comfortable way to treat a constipated person… even those who are severely constipated and haven't pood in well over a week. Even if the person's rectum is packed with hard poo, the nozzle is thin and can still be easily inserted easily. Once the person is settled and the flow started, it is just a matte of time before results start to happen. Sometimes it takes a half hour or so, but small lumps start to break off and poo out. In my experience there is no strong urge, hindered by being unable to pass a big lump of poo with accompanying pain.

Then, after a while of passing small stuff, a large poo just suddenly happens, almost unnoticed. The whole session is so effortless, comfy and relaxing, I have dosed off or even gone to sleep a number of times and been completely unaware that I was pooing.

Because of how the treatment works, it is especially useful for kids who chronically withhold poo. If they can be gotten onto the Angel and the nozzle inserted, it's all over. Sooner or later they will be pooing freely, without pain, no matter whether they choose to resist or cooperate.

As I've written before. if the person is constipated a closed system can be very problematic. With such systems, either a preliminary enema or an ‘initial fill taken to the toilet’ is all but essential. Big hard poo doesn't go out though the speculum. Period.

Having a bidet in a hydotherapy office is a great idea for those with closed systems. It is not needed with an Angel because of the hand sprayer and toilet slot have the same function.

In about 1973 I was in London and saw an ad from a nurse offering ‘high colonic washouts’ I wish I'd been able to have a session, but timing didn't work.

My wonderful “Twinkling Granny ” colon therapist, who only offers closed colonics, has on a number of occasions mentioned thst she has had a new client in, totally constipated and expecting to be sorted in a single session. As she says "all I could do was to start to hydrate them, book them two more appointments and beg them to drink lots of water and take prune or beetroot juice". Her frustration was more than obvious.

@Thursdays_child

Colonic treat constipation, they do not cue constipation. They can, and often do, fully empty a clients bowel of all poo, but do nothing to prevent the person to be again full of hard poo a week late. That's just the way of things. Anybody that says a colonic can prevent constipation is a fraud.

A colonic makes someone poo, here and now. Nothing more.

While water and laxative juices can help prevent constipation, a client often needs a full cleanout to get things stated.

If you therapist doesn't give large volume enemas, she should be willing to fill a client and send them to the loo to get them started. Also, a full dose of MoM, the night before a session, can be helpful

As one therapist, a cheerful cheeky girl who knows me well, once said. “You are too old for me to alter your diet, so I will keep flushing you out”!!!!

As one therapist, a cheerful cheeky girl who knows me well, once said. “You are too old for me to alter your diet, so I will keep flushing you out”!!!!

@Thursdays_child,

What did your colon therapist granny mean below when she said “all I could do was start to hydrate them……….,” meaning small enemas or drinking a lot of water, or what? Thanks,

Eric

@ericmacson

By hydrate therapists mean filling the client with some water, letting it soak a bit, then releasing. The theory is the water softens the poo enough to help ease passage, but not enough is given to work like a large volume enema. IMO, not very effective., but gentle.

MO

I have had quite a few colonics over the years. Best ones were from the mid-nineties through the early 2000's, in Davenport Iowa, from a “granny” type therapist who had been in practice since the 1970's. I visited several times a year, until the business closed due to her demise. If I recall correctly from her obituary, she had been in her later 80's when she had died.

She had been a favorite therapist. I had seen her on a more regular basis over a longer length of time than any other therapist. It had been around $20 per session. The cleansings were great, although her equipment seemed a bit old fashioned. She used a pretty large speculum that was held in place by a heavy string, looped around the waist with a slip knot. The string was put around the waist by the client with the end of the string hanging behind them, after disrobing and putting on an open back gown. On the table while laying on left side, the speculum was inserted and she would wrap the free string around it, and pass that end through the legs to the client to tie to the waist loop.

She had a long section of clear hose from the speculum to a modified sink drain. After everything was hooked up and secure, you'd roll onto your back, knees bent and we would both watch the stools travel the tube.

Nothing improper ever happened there, but I always got an erection. I believe that it had always been apparent, even though at first I tried to be more discrete about it. Over time though, although I did still try to exercise some sense of modesty through the procedures, I put less effort in trying to not exposing myself.

She got “flashed” a few times, seen it fully exposed and erect “accidentally” more than once, and seemed non plussed. I got a little less “conscientious” about it too, since it didn't seem to matter too much to her either.

During my first year or so of visits, I brought up enemas. She said that she thought that they were good, and that she used enemas occasionally too. After at first volunteering the information without being asked, I would tell her when I had last had an enema. Eventually she would ask me about it.

I would love to find a therapist like her again.. No pressure, no shame about a little fleeting nudity or erections, and someone I could talk about enemas with. I was very comfortable with her.

@edwasss

I'd guess, from what you write, that the speculum your therapist used was the old fashioned, stainless type, perhaps with a stainless, perhaps Teflon, obtuator. Such speculums were common, if not the only ones available, until about the mid-1980s. In the early days, my fist therapist used those on me also.

They had to be washed to get any poo off, cold solution sterilized, then autoclaved, between clients… a lot of work. The water and waste hoses were typically amber latex surgical tubing. They were quite expensive… not far off 1/10 the price ($400 to $700) of a colon hydrotherapy machine.

In about the mid 1980s, a few years after I started getting colonics, Dotolo came out with the first (AFAIK) disposable plastic colonic speculum kit…. nozzle, obturator, water hose, and corrugated waste hose… that was interchangeable with the stainless one.

The stainless ones were heavy, about 2 to 4 pounds, and sure felt cold when first inserted even though stored at room temperature. Because of their weight, they tended to slip out. The end of the speculum was straight, and many still are, so there was nothing for the anal ring muscles to ‘grab onto’ and it'd slip out. Hence the string you describe. My therapist used a narrow, ca 1" wide, strip of cloth.' of the hose while the client was filled

The only real difference I noticed was that ‘crimping the waste hose to cause a pressure pulse into the client’s hose was less intense or effective. I always loved it when the hose was crimped. It is especially great at getting the water up higher, if poo is encountered.

I did, after both hepatitis and HIV became common and known, start to become far more careful, and today would NEVER allow use of a stainless speculum I didn't own.

The speculum doesn't really make any difference. There are now at least a half dozen different plastic designs. Some are one piece, some two. Each has it's pluses and minuses. Some are easier to insert, some pass poo more freely. Once any of them is in you and the water starts, you'll fill and poo, and that's all that really matters.

Very good theapists know how to massage your tummy deeply to work the water fully around your colon and then wok tye water and poo back around, down and out. The massage is, IMO, essential to an effective colonic.

About 20 years ago, I had one colonic that did not go as well as it should. The hygienist had inserted the speculum and had just started to fill me when my intestines started to spasm. I asked her to remove the speculum and let me release the water before an accident occurred. And release I did. For the next half hour. As it was my 2nd or 3rd colonic, and my first with this woman, I did not try to restart the process. I have no idea what happened. Interesting note: this was the only time anyone used a curved disposable speculum on me. Very comfortable.

The rest of my experiences have been positive ones. From my first from a senior citizen, my second from a gorgeous 28 year old woman in NYC, and the rest from my current hydrotherapist. From what I have gathered here, I am very lucky to have found her. She is very happy to indulge my enema needs. She will use my various equipment (bags, nozzles, bulbs, etc) to give me a series of enemas after my colonic. It took awhile to get that comfortable. No happy endings, but I appreciate what I get. This week I'm bringing my new double balloon nozzle!

I just looked that up. I would really like to try it someday.

@Ebbie_Anne

A lot has been written here about colonice, both open and closed systems, and the pros and cons of each. It's worth reading. Also, when you look for a therapist look for one properly certified by, for example, I-ACT.

If a therapist is operating out of a legitimate business, they more than likely have been trained (usually by an I-ACT approved course). Just check the state requirements where you live. I just saw this ColonHydrotherpist requirements in Washington State: (paraphrased for brevity).

Beginning July 1, 2022, the secretary shall issue a certification for a colon hydrotherapist who has met the following…..

• Has completed education and training requirements established by the board……..and passed an approved exam….
• A colon hydrotherapist may not practice colon hydrotherapy unless the colon hydrotherapist has established an affiliation with one or more naturopaths licensed under this chapter. …... A colon hydrotherapist may only perform colon hydrotherapy on patients who have been referred to the colon hydrotherapist by a naturopath with whom the colon hydrotherapist is affiliated and only according to the plan of care delegated from the naturopath to the colon hydrotherapist.

@Rigel

Some states require referrals, some don't.

@Rigel

Some states require referrals, some don't.

Here in Oregon they don't require referrals - for Washington it's a new requirement starting in July. Wouldn't be surprised to see Oregon follow suit in the near future.

https://www.gpact.org/governance.php

GPACT is a global organization that advises colon hydrotherapists to check their local health authority, health ministry, medical board, licensing body, or health department to learn what restrictions may apply to the use of a colonic device in your area. They provide a region by region (i.e. states in the US) applicable requirements. It will point you to the required laws in your area, but it doesn’t interpret them for you!

I have been to three different therapists years ago, all positive experieinces. closed system, once bough home open system, what a disappointment.

I have been to three different therapists years ago, all positive experieinces. closed system, once bough home open system, what a disappointment.

Had both, prefer a closed system but only open systems available here. Not disappointing, but not as good as the closed system.

I take coffee enemas. I’ve been to facilities where you can get coffee infused colonics or a colonic , followed if you desire from a bag or can delivered enema. Only difference was for the latter, I got them on my stomach. Even went to a place where i had my BP and RT taken first.