Soap or not in the enema ?

I've read a lot about people using Ivory soap or Castile soap in an enema. Does anyone enjoy just having a plain water enema using distilled water. I don't just want to move my bowels I love to enjoy an enema. I usually start with 32 ozs warm distilled water very low elevation on the bag and the flow completely open laying face down it takes a while to deliver but sure does feel good. After I expell my first one I'll have another one 48 ozs with the flow at half open which takes a longer time to deliver. It usually takes me about two gallons of distilled water working my way up too a full 64 ozs water to run clear with rest periods between them. When I've completed the enemas I'm on my back it usually takes me a half day to about all day to accomplish a clear run, it's a good feeling really enjoyable and relaxing and I usually wear a jockstrap and sometimes a black mesh t-shirt, no socks. I have been know to watch gay male to male porn during the rest periods.

Distilled water is not a good idea and may lead to electrolyte imbalance: better use an isotonic solution (9 g of table salt per liter of water) or a mild soapy solution.

Well, it looks like you have found a very comfortable system that works for you using just distilled water. If it works don't fix it as the old saying goes, but don't turn a blind eye to exploring other enema solutions that might even be better.

I used tap water for years then after reading about the multitude of ingredients you can add to an enema solution, I started to experiment with various additives. I do on an occasion use Bronner's Castile soap if I am doing a series of enemas- the soap enema will be the first then followed by either 2 Epsom salts enemas or 2 baking soda enemas. And yes, the soap enemas will stimulate you to expel the enema which is why it's' a good first enema then followed by the soothing rinse salt enemas.

If you want to comfortably hold enemas, Epsom salts or baking soda are excellent enema additives. You don't have to use a soap at all.

I was very content just to use tap water for enemas and then I discovered what a great big world was out there with regard to various enema additives. I also do coffee enemas and coconut oil enemas- both are very soothing. A friend of mine once gave me a greet tea enema and it was very soothing. So, my advice to you is try experimenting with some things and see if you like it- you may be surprised how good they feel.

I have always used Ivory soap whether or not i use anything else.

For a series of enemas until clear, one or two bags of nice and soapy solution works fine to start🤪If things are nice and clean I’ll just do sea salt and water😎It all depends😘I liked using the clear glycerin bars . I’ve not seen them in a while. Does Neutrogena soap work😳?

I prefer to use a glycerine-based soap (the kind in a semi-transparent bar). Drop the bar into an open-top fountain syringe and allow a few minutes for some of the glycerine, which is heavier than water, to settle to the bottom of the .bag, and use a douche, or similar nozzle with multiple small openings. This will allow more of the glycerine to be delivered to you in the earliest stage of injecting the enema, and the smaller holes will help to homogenize the solution. You'll probably notice the difference with a more-complete expulsion. and the "hollowed-out" sensation in your abdomen afterward. Let us all know if this helps.

My siblings and I were taught personal hygiene by our RN grandmother as preteens. She taught us to do one two-quart enema with Ivory soap. Then one two-quart enema with salt and baking soda added to rinse out the soap from the first one. If we had any trouble taking either enema, we were to repeat it and continue. For the most part, as teenagers, we followed what she taught us. But by the time we were in High School, we’d realized that doing two rinse enemas gave us the same results as a soapy then a rinse enema. We still did Ivory soap then salt and baking soda rinse enemas. Primarily for constipation relief or the occasional tummy rub, once or twice a month. They were generally done laying across our bed, but not always. The enemas we did for pleasure were done in the knee chest position in the bathroom, however, we used the bedroom occasionally for them as well.

I and my sub have usually used castile soap whether bar castile soap or Dr. Bronners. We have a few bars of Ivory somewhere in the house. Not sure where, but if they were ever needed I'd be sure to find them.

I always use soap when doing an enema. Either Dr Bonners or Castile soap. Ivory soap is sometimes used if i have in the house.

I have tried every kind of soap there is and in the end imo you can't beat a good old bar of Ivory

I have used plain water for my first but usually use J&J for mild, Dr B for thorough and Ivory for nostalgia.

I almost always use soap in the first enema. I use either Dr. Bronners Peppermint or Ivory. I like Dr. Bronners because it produces more cramps. And until recently I always used the liquid Dr. Bronners soap. Recently I bought a bar of Dr. Bronners Peppermint and used it. I made sure the water was very soapy before I put it in the enema bag and then did the enema. I did have near the cramps of when using the liquid soap. So from now on, it will be liquid Dr. Bronners peppermint or a bar of Ivory. I occasionally use Ivory just for a change but my favorite is the Dr. Bronners.

For my first enema, I always use soap. Occasionally, I have used soap in my second enema if I am extremely constipated. In the past I preferred to use Ivory, but it is just not that convent to use. These day, I just use Dr. Bronner’s peppermint.

I will always add a soap to the first enema I give to females. It helps to ensure that the colon will get a good cleanse. Then I will give two large wam water rinses. And then the females will be ready for whatever is next.

I use regular enemas for chronic constipation. My gastro doc suggested I use a mild soap solution instead of either salt or baking soda to avoid introducing too much sodium into my system. I use 10ml (2 teaspoons) in two quarts of water

My wife and I always use liquid Castile soap for the first enema. Then a plain water rinse.

Some do, some don't. In general adding soap increases the peristaltic response of the colon, which some people like either for the results or for the feeling or for both. In some cases there is a psychological connection to a "good soapy enema" that might not be present with a plain water enema.

In general unless you are taking lots and lots of water you don't need to worry too much about electrolyte imbalance. There have been a few case studies on that, but that is mostly either people who took gallons and gallons of plain water (and who knows what shape they were in before), or people who took a strong sodium solution, retained it, and had renal issues (hypernatremia).

Usually if you can drink your tap water there isn't much benefit to using distilled, but like with soap or no soap do what feels best for you.

In my case I think that the right answer is "It depends." If I'm looking for a good cleaning out then I'll use some soap. I've tried Dr. Bronner's and find it OK, but I still keep going back to using a bar of Ivory--might just be the nostalgia. On the other hand if I'm looking for just a pleasurable enema then I'll usually opt for some baking soda. That was what I learned to use many years ago when taking an enema for PMS symptoms and just wanted to bask in its internal warmth without necessarily needing a real cleaning out.

Castile soap is good, especially if you like cramping. I love the cramps that come with an enema.

Like Emom, “it also depends.” Times when I was constipated, I added Dr. Bronner’s or swishes of Conti Castile (with olive oil) bar soap to the enema to achieve an effective cleanse. Sometimes I paid the price of waiting until I was so tied up that I needed a “warm soapy enema.” Sometimes those enemas were uncomfortable. Cramps that really contracted the bowel to empty were not so sexy, but they worked.

However, other times when I was just feeling out of sorts, headachy, bloated, stressed, and I wanted to get away and spend some quiet me-time, a little baking soda and maybe some Celtic sea salt, mixed with a quart or two of warm water, combined for a different type of enema, that sometimes also resulted in an intense outpouring of emotions. I'd call this a "therapeutic" enema. For those who have experienced this catharsis, I don’t have to explain further. Let’s say that I could go from being miserable and grumpy to feeling amazing like a new me. Women who have a favorite enema bag and use it on occasion for this purpose know what I’m talking about.

I'm with the "it depends" crowd. A good hot soapy enema works wonders at times , but a long slow saline or tap water enema has it's own therapeutic value, especially when shared or administered along with a good sensual massage and other manipulations.

@Vicki_V said,

For those who have experienced this catharsis, I don’t have to explain further. Let’s say that I could go from being miserable and grumpy to feeling amazing like a new me. I think women who have a favorite enema bag know what I’m talking about.

Then @sse4fun said,

A good hot soapy enema works wonders at times , but a long slow saline or tap water enema has it's own therapeutic value, especially when shared or administered along with a good sensual massage and other manipulations.

My siblings and I discovered what @Vicki_V and @sse4fun are talking about as teenagers when we were swapping enemas with one another. It worked when we got grumpy or were upset about something. It worked for my wife and I whenever we were in a bad mood as adults, and it worked for our kids when they were grumpy and out of sorts. Mom, grandma, and our teenage aunts did the same thing when we got moody or grumpy as kids. That’s why they gave us a salt and baking soda enema, out of the blue, at odd times. We’d forgotten that, as young teenagers, until we rediscovered it for ourselves. Worked then, and it still works today.

I've started using soap in my first and second enemas in a series everytime and really enjoy the effects and benefits. I use the coconut oil soap sold by optimum health network. I take 2 quarts with a decent amount of soap for the first. Then celtic sea salt and slightly less soap for the second in any 2.5 quarts. Then 2.5 quarts of just saline for the third. Then 2.5 quarts with 4 tablespoons of organic light roast coffee brewed in a French press and retained for 15 minutes. I think it would be best if I started doing a 15 minute retention of the second soap and saline enema as well. I also should try to get closer to a 3 quart volume for the third one. Maybe this evening I can try out these modifications.

Having all the health issues that I do, if I don’t use soap (my favorite is Dr. Bronner’s peppermint liquid soap, followed by the lavender version and by ivory soap, in order of preference) or glycerin or something like molasses, I will be stuck with a few quarts of solution inside my bowels until they decide it’s time for it to come out. Since that can be even a number of hours later, it is clear that soap or some other stimulant is a must for my enemas.

If I want a more sensual and erotic experience, I’ll add less soap and keep the water lukewarm or warm. If I need a good, deep cleanout, I will use either cold (not ice cold but perceptibly cold) or very warm water and twice the recommended dose of Dr. Bronner’s, sometimes with a magic bullet or two dissolved in a 4 quart bag. I always use salt (I eyeball it, but it’s about a teaspoon or 9 gr per quart), too. I need the cramps to have the enema do its double function: clean me out and help me have spectacular orgasms.

I always put soap in the first enema, sometimes a lot of soap to make it good and crampy. After the first enema usually its plain water.

For my first enema in a series I always use soap. Ivory, Dr Bronner's peppermint or lavender, J&J baby shampoo, OHN goats milk soap. I especially enjoy Dr. Bronner's peppermint, refreshing and tingling when I release.

Adding soap depends on what I want my sub to feel. Slight bit of soap for little to no effect, more soap makes more cramps. It depends also on my mood. More soap means I'm more cranky. Not too much. It makes him feel sick, which is not the results I ever go for.

Decades ago “soapsuds enemas” given in hospitals to totally clear the lower GI tract the night before surgery could be brutal. Imagine that you’re already scared about being in the hospital and what they’re doing to you to prep.

Right after visiting hours, a nurse comes in with a cart and tells you that your doctor has ordered enemas until clear. You see a ceramic container on the cart and a long tube that you are sure the nurse will be inserting high up your behind. Enemas till clear with a full bowel with the soap they used could be very uncomfortable and take a while. It could be as long as two hours later that the nurse is satisfied that you’re running clear. By then you’re so exhausted that you can’t sleep. You can’t have any liquids by mouth after a certain time, so the nurse needs to give you a shot to help you sleep.

My grandmother was sharing some of her hospital memories and told me what she had to go through in the 1940s when she had her gallbladder removed. I’m glad they don’t put you through that ordeal after visiting hours anymore. Thankfully, some procedures have changed.

The enemas of my childhood were characterized by strong curd soap enemas. This was always followed by two enemas of the same size with clear water to rinse out the soap residue; a procedure that was deliberately unchanged from my 5th to about 12th/13th year of life passed; only with the difference that the equipment used changed from the bulbs to the rubber enema bags and colon tubes.

I can recall the smell of the curd soap as well as the cramps I had to endure. The clear water enemas administered afterwards felt like a salvation. Despite hating enemas, I would occasionally ask my mom if she could give me a third one with the plain water, as I figured the soap wasn't all out.

It wasn't until my mid-20s that I discovered the enema for myself, but viewed from the erotic side. Considering my past childhood soap era, soaps never came into the choice as an enema solution.

Water, enriched with salt and different types of tea, sometimes a coffee, flowed through my intestines. It just felt good. That's how I loved my enemas...until now...

Now, after almost half a century without soap enemas, I can't say which devil ridden me to buy soap for enemas.

I discovered OptimalHealthNetwork's site, where you can also read very interesting things about enemas. I hope that my order of the following products does not turn out to be a flop:

OHN Goat Milk Enema Soap - Frankincense and Myrrh and

OHN Goat Milk Enema Soap - Chamomile and Sage, too

OHN Colon Cleanse Essential Oil Blend

The weekend is "washing day" .... maybe I'll come back to the soap ... I'll report how this soap works ...

For enemas from the enema bag, I always used soap. First choice is Ivory original bar soap. Second choice is Dr. Bronner's Castile, and lastly is Dove original beauty bar. Interesting, each soapy produces it's own kind of cramps and expulsions - all of whicn I like.