Adding Lubricant toEnemas

Has anyone ever added a lubricant to an enema solution?

I’ve been using 50/50 glycerin/water enemas and some impactions are hard and difficult to expel even with strong peristaltic action from the glycerin.

If you have added lubricants what did you use?

I would think soap in the water would be considered a lubricant--it's pretty slippery if you spill it on the floor.

I’ve mixed mineral oil with my regular Dr. Bronner’s peppermint, salt and water solution and after the first bag or two (same solution, but much less mineral oil… and sorry, I didn’t measure how much I used. Probably around a cup for that 3rd enema), it was perfect to help get my 32 in SN colon tube in.

If I am very constipated, say after traveling, I will take a mineral oil enema. I only use about a cup, fairly warm, knee-chest. I will then relax and read for an hour or two before trying to expel it. Word to the wise…. to not attempt to pass gas until you are thoroughly rinsed out with soapy water. I had a very embarrassing accident in public long after a mineral oil enema.

One of the common ways I aid insertion of the colon/rectal tube, I will inject about 60ml of mineral or olive oil before taking the regular enema, be it soapy or saline. I do the injection with a plunger type syringe and then take the regular enema with the bag. I've found that the colon/rectal tube, about 24" in length, is much easier to work into my bowel, and the larger volume enema provides fairly substantial cleansing along with expulsion of the oil. If I believe it necessary, I can finish of the cleanse with another enema which often is much cooler or cold.