Enema recipes to sooth irritated colon

Hi all

So recently it seems my colon becomes irritated after a series of enemas resulting in a sore/inflamed feeling there for a few days.

I'm not sure what triggers it but as a life long enjoyer of enemas this is disappointing and could spell the end or certainly reduction of my sessions unless I can find a way to soothe my colon afterwards.

Any proven recipes that help with this? I've used baking soda in the past and in small amounts that seems to help but open to better suggestions.

I'd be more concerned that something seems to have changed rather than a different enema solution. You might want to rule out other causes.

Yeah that's fair. I saw a doctor about it, they ran blood tests and did a stool sample and all the results were normal. Given a few days my colon settles back down and all is well

I don't need to take enemas, I just enjoy them so anything that helps keep my now apparently sensitive colon happy would be appreciated, otherwise I'll just have to give up on them.

Add 15 to 20oz of coconut oil .

I have been given up to 32oz. Pour the oil into your enema bag then get your self a good quality aloe juice I have taken up tp 3qt . I'm given first the coconut oil enema then given the aloe juice enema the aloe enema will push the coconut oil in deeper then hold your enema for 30 to 45 minutes. use an inflatable plug nozzle if you have or put a plug in after you take your enema to help hold .please let me know what you think. I take this enema mix at least ones a month .

Warning you will drip oil for a while make sure you have a free day you will need it .

Enemas with camomile tea were used with a soothing effect as an alternative to soap suds enemas. They can be retained for a longer time without the urge to defecate. In very rare cases, people might react with an allergic reaction to camomile.

Well two very different options there

Liza I love coconut oil, I use it on my skin and it's transformed my dry skin issues. I love the idea of it in an enema but was taken aback by the quantity you mentioned when converting that into grams, that's a huge tubs worth - surely it would be leaking for days!! Also it's borderline solid at room temperature so you heat it up?

I'm surprised the aloe juice would do anything with so much oil coating the walls. im not familiar with aloe juice, is that something you normally drink or an additive for water

Elover I've not tried camomile either, do you just make up tea using tea bags and add it to the water?

I'm guessing drinking it first would be wise if an allergic reaction is possible

An emollient enema is best for an irritated rectum/colon. You can buy slippery elm bark powder at a health food store. A tablespoon of it dissolved in ten to twelve ounces of hot water. Cool to 103 to 105 degrees and use a bulb syringe to inject it.

A knee chest position is ideal to get it in deep but also lying on your back with several pillows under the hips will work. A six ounce bulb syringe of it works well and any such enema should be retained until it is absorbed. A flax seed enema is cheaper and works wonderfully. I add two tablespoons of flaxseed to the same amount of boiling water and let it cool. Then strain the seeds through cheesecloth or my girlfriend uses a cheap pantyhose to strain it. She pours the liquid with the seeds and squeezes out as much mucilaginous gel as she can.

She will inject the enema into myself at bedtime or I into her and by morning all or almost all is absorbed.

Finally another recipe is to dissolve two teaspoons of potato starch in just enough cold water to completely dissolve it. Then add ten to twelve ounces of boiling water and stir well to completely dissolve the starch. Cool to 103 degrees and inject using a bulb syringe. Use potato starch not corn starch. Same as previous enema recipes, it should be retained which is why it is best given at bedtime. Otherwise you might feel the need to expel it which defeats the purpose of the enema.

The potato starch enema was given to myself and my sisters by mom when we had diarrhea. A four ounce bulb syringe was used at first then a six ounce and an eighth ounce syringe by our teens. If we expelled it prematurely, mom prepared and gave a second such enema. So expulsion was not an option even if we didn't want to retain it. The white bulb syringe got much use as we were growing up.

In studies the enemas that are least irritating to the colon are PEG and normal saline (out of a set of soapsuds, tap water, glycerin, phosphate, PEG and normal saline). I would look at what you are taking for your enema series and see if you can reduce the irritation to start rather than attempting to go back and soothe it.

Perhaps starting with a salt/soda mix (the soda does help to buffer a bit more than just table salt), if that doesn't work try the normal saline+PEG.

Makes total sense apart from PEG, what is that?

Makes total sense apart from PEG, what is that?

Polyethylene glycol-electrolyte solution (PEG-ES)

https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a603032.html

PEG-ES is in a class of medications called osmotic laxatives.

Camomile tea enema: Soak 3 to 4 tea bags in half a liter of hot water, dilute it with cooler water to get 1 to 2 liters of enema solution, i.e. the amount you normally take without cramps. You might drink a small quantity of tea first, according to literature allergic reactions to chamomile are rare, but cannot excluded to people suffering from allergies to other substances and plant.

PEG: this is polyethylene glycol is used for orthograde colon irrigation as preparation for colonoscopy and bowel surgery.

Not sure if she will send to the US, but this is really good. https://cleansingherbs.co.uk/fluid-extracts-tinctures/25-german-chamomile-250ml.html

I will chime in and give a big thumbs up for coconut oil. I will usually do 2 or 3 cleansing enemas with baking soda or Epson Salts first so that my colon is clear. Then I will do about a cup or cup and 1/2 of just coconut oil using a colon tube so it does get high into the colon. I don't mix anything with the oil since it doesn't mix well with other solutions that have water in them. Plus, a cup of coconut oil or maybe a little more is easier to retain given the low volume compared to a regular enema. I will purposely not expel the oil enema and just try to retain for as long as possible. It will usually make its way down to my rectum slowly and come out in small amounts. As others have said, you can leak or if you think you are going to pass gas, don't do it. It's the oil so be close to a toilet for the rest of the day so those small urges to expel end up in the toilet and not on your clothes.

I also believe you can do coconut oil enemas several days in succession to really create an anti-inflammatory effect. You might notice a difference after just one session but several days in a row will likely produce a more noticeable positive outcome.

Not sure if she will send to the US, but this is really good...

I'm intrigued by this option

https://cleansingherbs.co.uk/fluid-extracts-tinctures/21-enema-herbs-500ml.html

Snake oil, or something genuinely useful?

I use a number of herbal tinctures. Recommended by my very trusted colon hydrotherapist, in her day job a colo-rectal nurse. German Chamomile for relaxation, Wild Yam when I am gassy, Combination enema herbs for a really thorough cleanse - keep the toilet to hand - and paracleanse is what it says.

@Luscious_Liza my colon therapist used to do this

When the colonic was over she would put me on a tilt board on the floor. I had to hold it for 20 min. Never got a straight shot of it. It was always mixed with a qt or more of water. She always used a small colon tube to get it up high.

Is coconut oil really cheap in the U.S? In the UK the quantities suggested would be £8-9 a time at the top end, that's $11 a go!

@Public_Enema my wife has been giving me this enema solution for about 5 years at least once a month which we find so helpful and relaxing. After a good deep cleaning soapy enema the coconut oil aloe mix is so soothing

Hello @Jimbobofmoo

We use both liquid coconut oil or heat up Solid coconut oil to 103 degrees To melt they both work very well

Makes total sense apart from PEG, what is that?

You don't have to get the preparations with electrolytes, simple generic Mirilax works just fine.

We use both liquid coconut oil or heat up Solid coconut oil to 103 degrees To melt they both work very well

I'd worry about the solid coconut oil going back to solid once it is expelled into the sewer/septic system. Coming out of the warm bum into the cooler toilet. Chunky, clunky, pieces of solid coconut oil could then form. Just a thought that crossed my mind and why the solid coconut oil suppositories are still in the fridge. I don't want to cause issues with our septic system.

Good afternoon @MissStress

We have city sewer line so not really an issue for us. 😊

I'd worry about the solid coconut oil going back to solid once it is expelled into the sewer/septic system. Coming out of the warm bum into the cooler toilet. Chunky, clunky, pieces of solid coconut oil could then form. Just a thought that crossed my mind and why the solid coconut oil suppositories are still in the fridge. I don't want to cause issues with our septic system.

As a practicing critical care nurse as well as someone with certification (from Cornell University) on preventing/reversing certain diseases through diet, as well as a regular reader of research on the colon ('gut') microbiome, i probably have a different take on this, and may be cast out for my views lol. (Just to be real here, i'm not judging, just putting this out there. i regularly take a Man's cock and semen inside of my gut, and sometimes His urine).

We have 10x more bacteria living in our gut than we have cells that make up our body (who's the host?). We live in symbiosis with bacteria. Frequent enemas alter that environment. So does what we eat. https://www.wcrf-uk.org/our-blog/could-you-eat-30-plant-based-foods-each-week/

In healthcare, there is an intervention of giving a "fecal implant" to people with unhealthy guts, particularly to those with c-diff. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3365524/

One of the doctors i work with, who also happens to support the above mentioned diet, jokes with me that she could sell her feces because she has such a pristine diet that transplanting her micro biome would be beneficial to most people lol.

In healthcare, there is an intervention of giving a "fecal implant" to people with unhealthy guts, particularly to those with c-diff. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3365524/

One of the doctors i work with, who also happens to support the above mentioned diet, jokes with me that she could sell her feces because she has such a pristine diet that transplanting her micro biome would be beneficial to most people lol.

@tallslenderguy There was a C-diff outbreak in the recovery floor after my wife’s last surgery. Everybody was in the yellow gowns. I asked the attending doc about the efficacy of fecal implants vs repeated dozes of vancomyacin (sp?). He said inplants were very effective, up to 95% efficacy on the first implant. The hard part was aligning the donor and recipient for a clean transfer! 😀. The doctor was a Serious joker!

How about Preparation H anal haemmorhoid cream or Anal Ease pain relief cream?

Not a recipe to soothe an irritated Colon but a simple remedy to treat the possible "end" result of such an enema

• Vaseline Intensive Care with Aloe Vera hand cream

• Nivea facial moisturiser

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As @codjer notes

How about Preparation H anal haemmorhoid cream or Anal Ease pain relief cream?

Namely because they are rectal soothing creams specifically designed for the purpose of alleviating irritation

In healthcare, there is an intervention of giving a "fecal implant" to people with unhealthy guts, particularly to those with c-diff. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3365524/

One of the doctors i work with, who also happens to support the above mentioned diet, jokes with me that she could sell her feces because she has such a pristine diet that transplanting her micro biome would be beneficial to most people lol.

@tallslenderguy A pill made from healthy bacteria found in human waste was just approved to fight gut infections — an easier way of performing so-called fecal transplants. It can be used where there are risks from repeat infections with Clostridium difficile. I assume the pills have a coating that gets through the stomach and dissolves in the colon

https://www.foxnews.com/health/fda-approves-first-fecal-transplant-pill-healthy-bacteria-found-human-waste

Good afternoon @MissStress

We have city sewer line so not really an issue for us. 😊

Coconut oil, butter, grease any kind of fat will solidify in the sewer pipe under your house or in your yard before it hits the city sewer main.

Coconut oil, butter, grease any kind of fat will solidify in the sewer pipe under your house or in your yard before it hits the city sewer main.

Very good point @drfistherass . Your own connecting line could clog up. Then you are responsible for the repair. Hence why one shouldn't put liquid fat, that solidifies when cold, down the drain.