Dr. Bronner's Castile Soaps

I rather enjoy the peppermint Dr. Bronner's. It's tingly!

I was just looking at the collection of Dr. Bonners soaps on Amazon and notice that they have quite a few options for solutions. Has anybody tried any of the following for an enema? Tea tree oil 70%, almond, or eucalyptus 70%? I see that the lavender and peppermint soaps are well received here.

So far I've only had the baby mild and prefer to keep it to one TBSP for four quarts. I've tried two but that sent me into some intense cramps that prevented me from getting a better clean!

Almond gave me cramps like never before and I often used peppermint with no issues.

Dr. Bronners is ok but i dont use any kind of soap

Agree with @chef below. Peppermint is a treat. The tingles last a while even after the enema is done.

And sometimes, the scent already emanates from the skin before the enema is done... a very interactive experience!

I used Dr. Bonners lavender last night. 4 quarts with a couple of good squirts from the bottle. The wife inserted my two inch diameter nozzle and let it flow. Need to use my three inch diameter. Too much leakage. A good fisting followed expulsion.

I love DB peppermint and lavender, the almond and baby too. Kirk's Coco Castile bar soap and J&J baby shampoo are great, too.

I use the plain Dr. Bronner's when administering an enema seems to be less cramping and cleans the system out great. Tried the peppermint once and the gentleman told me it burned so never used it again.

I use a few drops of the Lavender version normally. Adds just the right edge to warm water. More than a few drops in two litres gives more urgency than I would want for a normal "every few days" enema. But for the occasional "over the top" experience a few squats is it! And yes, just a drop or two gives the two litres a very pleasant scent!

I prefer the mild castle soaps at a rate of one teaspoon/quart, per liter. I don't like the cramping that much. Have used mild and peppermint at this rate, it all feels good to me. If I want a more through clean out will double the soap but go no higher than that. Haven't tried the lavender yet.

Also use the soap as my shower gel and shampoo.

Hi,

I read these post's yesterday morning, and that got me to thinking that it had been a long time since I have had a good soapy enema. the more I thought about it the more my butt tingled until about 3p.m. I prepared everything and filled my 2 quart bag with 2 quarts of warm water and added about two tablespoons of Dr. Bronner's peppermint soap, and using my large nozzle (its 1 1/2" in diameter at the largest point) I got comfortable and inserted it. It all flowed in so easy and 20 minutes later came out just as easy. It sure was what I needed, and the tingle that was left felt great.

I have dissolved a bar of this and use it periodically but like peppermint better. Lavender is ok but the tingling from the peppermint is really quite the experience!

the tingling from the peppermint is really quite the experience!

That is why my sub likes peppermint.

I have used Dr. Bonnars lavender with positive results. It is just a little I do not want to use the word harsher but it works more thorough than the peppermint. I think they are all safe to use in an enema in moderation of course. I want to try the rose and almond as long as the baby soaps also. Has anyone used the other soaps?

I've always enjoyed Dr. Bronner's peppermint soap for enemas. I have never tried the other ones.

We keep tham all around for play. Lavender smells nice vs the sting of the peppermint. I like to end with the citrus orange for a nice finish.

We keep tham all around for play. Lavender smells nice vs the sting of the peppermint. I like to end with the citrus orange for a nice finish.

Didn't know there was a citrus orange... so doing a web search I see there's now some 8 kinds of Dr B's... I only used Lavender, Peppermint, and Plain.

I used a fair amount of eucalyptus one time and it seemed I could taste it.

I used a fair amount of eucalyptus one time and it seemed I could taste it.

Eucalyptus is dangerous (lowers your breathing). Dunno about the concentration in Bronner's but I'd be careful if I were you

Recently I had the fortune of finding a 32oz bottle of Dr. Bronner's peppermint soap at my discount grocer for around 11 bucks, which felt like a great bargain from what I was used to. It's been a long while since I used it with my last memories of it being mediocre, but since I've fallen in love with ivory soap recently, I figure it'd be worth giving it another chance and seeing how I like it now.

The smell brought me back, and even though I don't have much experience with it, I associate it with enemas just as much as ivory. Admittedly, I'm unsure as to how much to start with. I think half a capful for every quart was a mild amount, though I'm tempted to do a full capful for ever quart since I quite love the tingling sensation and scent after expelling. That said, I don't want to have too crampy of an experience that'll keep me from doing at least two quarts (I average 2.5-3 right now). Does anyone have any recommendations on such for leaning back into it?

While I have tried various versions of Dr. Bonners, I like unscented baby mild the most because it is closest to Ivory, my all time favorite! The aroma of Ivory coupled with the sight of my silicone bag filled with the creamy white liquid about to be released deep into my bowels, gives me chills just thinking about it!

It sounds like I'll have to try unscented Dr. Bronner's as well from that earlier lovely description!

Just took my first Dr. Bronner's peppermint soap enema now with input from a friend, and goodness was it interesting. I took just shy of about 4 quarts of relatively hot water with three capfuls of Bronner's (aiming for a mild-to-moderately strong solution). I didn't expect to take the whole solution, but it went right in with relatively little fuss and no pauses in flow over about 8 minutes. It was surprisingly gentle for how milky white the solution was (like 1% milk opaque); a similar amount of ivory would leave me rushing to the porcelain throne around the 2-3 quart mark!

I found that I felt "waterlogged" a fair bit afterwards, and that there was still some solution stuck in me for around three hours or so. That's something where I would much prefer ivory soap instead, since ivory cramps keep going until I'm quickly cleaned out (though maybe a capful per quart or more could help there). That said, the tingling while expelling was just a treat for my butt-centric self, and it was rather comfortable all things considered. The cramps, while not as consistent, came in waves and felt downright toe-curling, drip-inducing pleasant. The juxtaposition of hot water and cool peppermint burn, along with the lovely scent afterwards, was just icing on the cake.

Color me surprised. My last experiences with it years ago were disappointing, but I'm certainly glad that I gave it a second chance now. I figured I would get maybe two quarts in before the cramps became too much, but Bronner's seems all around gentler than ivory, which I can certainly appreciate. It's not even all that expensive with how little soap is needed for a solution (I probably got two dozen bags worth of soap left from what I see left of the bottle), which offsets the bottle price. The liquid soap is also just plain easier to mix in.

I think I'll be pretty evenly split between Bronner's and ivory as to which I'll use for future SSEs from here on out!

A little chemistry lesson: the saponification reaction between potassium hydroxide (a strong base. Spell checker i my worst enema because it originally showed “string base”) and oils produces a liquid soluble soap and glycerin. Although liquid glycerin can be separated from the liquid soap it's more difficult and, as best I can determine, glycerin is not separated from the various Bronner's soaps.

Solid soaps are created through the saponification of oils with sodium hydroxide (think Drano) and it also produces liquid glycerin which is easier to separate from the solid soap. For me, the mass of liquid soap per liter, Bronner's soap produces a “harsher” reaction than Ivory soap. I assert that it's the glycerin content because of my familiarity with my rectum reaction to the glycerin/soap combination. My preferred concentration is 10 ml per liter or approximately 2 teaspoons per quart . It's strong, but not too strong.

As for “flavors" that I've tried:

Lavender produces a nice scented enema and expulsion assuming you like the scent of lavender. I do. And it makes a nice scented soap to bathe with (what? You can bathe with this? It's not just for enemas?).

Eucalyptus reminds me of Pine Sol scent. It produces an interesting warm sensation both flowing in and out. I've seen it mentioned as a possible punishment enema solution and from the standpoint of being a warm “burning” sensation, I understand why. What I found interesting was the scent of eucalyptus emanating from my skin the next day.

Tea Tree produces a nice warmth and tingling sensation in my rectum and Sigmoid. Not really a burning sensation but a sensation of warm stimulation. True of expulsion as well. I'm not sure how to describe the scent…maybe like a wet cedar aroma combined with a medicinal quality.

I have the unscented soap. I just haven't tried it yet.

And then there's the peppermint with its cool burning sensation. Like eucalyptus, I can smell the peppermint scent coming off my skin the next day.

All these soaps produces a nice milky color in water and do a nice job of softening and dissolving the stool contents of my colon for rather complete cleaning and rinsing.

A postscript: this morning I could smell the eucalyptus in my mask as I was riding the bus to work. It was a new mask and had no exposure to the Bronner's soap.

Having read the other posts, I am curious about trying some of the other types of Bronner's' soaps. For the past few years, I have been using the peppermint and lavender soaps. Between the two, I like the lavender because it seems to be a bit less harsh than the peppermint. I do use 1 to 1.5 TBS of soap in a two quart enema, which compared to others here on zity is on the high end of a dose of soap. Using either soap does give me a sense of urgency to expel but I can always make it through the whole 2 quarts. I always check my expels for color, which tells me how thorough the cleanout is. I am always amused by the soap suds sitting on top of the expel and being able to smell the soap. This is kind of weird given non-soap expels are not pleasant smelling.

The other observation I have of doing soap enemas, is that the second enema (baking soda) is even harder to take because my rectum/colon is still irritated from the previous soap enema. I always like to give myself a second or third enema following the first soap enema. For me there is a lingering effect of the first soap enema in terms of making the following enemas produce a strong sense of urgency to expel. This is not a problem for me, but it is something I have become aware of since giving myself soap enemas.

Overall l like SSE even though I don't do them for every enema session, but when I am in the mood for something really stimulating there is nothing better than adding a TBS or 2 to that first enema.

Greetings from Paris, France! Only joined recently (sorry) but have been following your discussions for a little while now. Often, great tips and lots of information! THANKS!

Before reading this discussion, I would never have considered adding any kind of soap to my enemas (btw, not very mainstream in France). But eventually and because of you all 😉 I got curious and quickly found out that Dr Bronner’s is available here in some organic grocery stores. Thus took a bottle of Peppermint.

On my first try, I think I used 1 tsp per quart. Nice feeling, easy to take and to hold on for a while, no cramping, some tingling, but which didn’t last long. Hence thus a higher dosage on my second try, i.e. something like 1.5 TBSP for 2 quarts. That was a mistake 😉 Got pretty severe cramps and had to remove my double-balloon nozzle very quickly. Followed by two rinsing enemas (plain water), which I could hardly take because of the cramping! Lesson (for me): be a bit less greedy next time 😉

@Kinky_Paris

Bronner's soaps tend to create a significant change in reaction compared to the quantities. As I mentioned below, I think it has to do with the glycerin soap combination. My colon tends to “close down” with higher concentrations of glycerin. I don't notice this effect with solid soaps that have a limited residual glycerin content.

Welcome!

I have (all one hemp peppermint and all one hemp citrus ), haven’t tried either yet however I did use the Lavender and found it to be mild, more so than ivory however ivory has that unmistakeable smell that I was used to as a kid that adds excitement to my enemas!

@codjer ….however ivory has that unmistakeable smell that I was used to as a kid that adds excitement to my enemas!

Oh, the scent of Ivory Soap and the red rubber of my enema bag - wow! But speaking of Dr. Bronner's; I wonder what percentage of their soap sales winds up going up people's butt's for enemas 😁

Didn't try lavender Bronner's, but did try making up my own lavender soap once and did try it for enemas. Seemed to work well and smelled nice, but like all essential oils watch concentration if it will be used on mucous membranes.

I use Dr. Bronner's peppermint. It tingles going in and leaves a nice smell going out. It is what they used at Sherema back in the day.