Can Enemas help with cold/flu or other illness?

Reading here takes me back to having a cold and being all stuffed up - the scents of Vicks, red rubber, and Ivory soap come immediately to mind.

I've read a lot of conflicting opinions on this and I'm not going to get in the middle of any of it. I have no imperical data or anything to support it (starting to sound like one of my profs! Sorry, just got done with mid terms!)

When any of us had colds, flu, or a spot fever bad headache or something, Mom has always gone to an enema with us and although it took a while for me to admit it to myself or her, for whatever reason, it works. So, that's all I can offer. BUT, it seems like they are coming back into “style” again as many in my generation are aware because of all the new “benefits” and “types” and all the press gotten from celebs and everything about their enema habits.

I'll admit that the effects of an enema when you feel bad may just reside between the ears. But yesterday was one day after I got my Covid booster shot on Monday. Initially, I didn't think I'd have much reaction to the booster. But I was wrong. I woke up yesterday feeling as though I had been run over by a bus. After a cup of coffee, I decided I was going to take an enema…anything to get my mind off how bad I felt.

After two warm enemas, I can't say that I felt significantly better but I managed to crawl back in bed and slept most of the day. When hubby woke me up to have some dinner he had prepared for me, I was feeling better than I did earlier in the day. Did my enemas have any role in my recovery? Probably not, but they allowed me to relax to the point that sleep was possible…and that was a good thing!

Hubby gets his booster today and I've warned him. I'm keeping the enema bag hanging in the bathroom just in case he needs the relaxing benefits from some warm enemas tomorrow!

Have fun and play safe!

Deb

Hubby gets his booster today and I've warned him. I'm keeping the enema bag hanging in the bathroom just in case he needs the relaxing benefits from some warm enemas tomorrow!

Have fun and play safe!

Deb

Wow - lucky hubby!

That was my mothers excuse to give me enemas She always said you have a good health. Got it weekly until I was 13, then I did it myself.

Can't say one way or the other. But I had a bad cold for over two weeks ( I think ) and just started getting over it Monday. The gal who lives behind me, which is a ex CNA, recommended putting Vick's Vapor rub on the bottom of my feet, then put socks on ( ever heard of it )? She said it absorbs through your feet faster and helps with congestion and aches. Tried it Friday and Saturday night, Then did a few enemas Sunday morning. Started feeling better Monday, might be a coincedence since I rested all weekend and maybe it had run it's course. But feeling better now, and going to get Covid tested tomorrow and get the booster shot. Stay healthy everyone and hope you get to enjoy the Holidays with your family's. 😃

A neighbor says that when she was a child (today she's something like 70 years old) she or some of her brothers had a sign of flu her father was making an enema

Can't say one way or the other. But I had a bad cold for over two weeks ( I think ) and just started getting over it Monday. The gal who lives behind me, which is a ex CNA, recommended putting Vick's Vapor rub on the bottom of my feet, then put socks on ( ever heard of it )? She said it absorbs through your feet faster and helps with congestion and aches.

Suspect this is an Old Wives Tale. “You may have heard that putting Vicks VapoRub (camphor, eucalyptus, and menthol) on your feet or your child's feet will help with a cough. So far, though, there is no evidence that this is effective.”

https://www.verywellhealth.com/can-vicks-vapo-rub-on-the-feet-help-with-a-cough-770258

“Vicks VapoRub — a topical ointment made of ingredients including camphor, eucalyptus oil and menthol that you rub on your throat and chest — doesn't relieve nasal congestion. But the strong menthol odor of VapoRub may trick your brain, so you feel like you're breathing through an unclogged nose. By contrast, decongestant tablets and nasal sprays sold over-the-counter may narrow blood vessels in your nose's lining, leading to reduced swelling in your nasal passages.”

So what was that I used to hear about “toxins” and the way to get rid of them not having any basis in fact? Hmmm…

I'm not sure enemas will have any effect on a cold but I always feel better after I give one, cold or not!

One of our medically oriented members once told me that the lining in your intestines is the fastest regeneration of any type of cells in the body due to the potential for infection from all the bacteria and sloughs off every few days. There is no toxin that is going to stay in your system very long due to this.

I always tell my guy that… so let's keep it our little secret. (and headaches, hangovers, and anything else I can think of)

@Moppys_jalopy , I am now at the stage where I question pretty much all medical pronouncements not based on actual data. Why? Mostly because of the changes in the medical profession in the many decades I have been alive, starting when I was about 30 and including the amazing aboutfaces in recent years based not on actual knowledge, but on profitability of one kind or another. The recent debacle with COVID-19 information (on all sides) is probably the most recent example, but there are many others. Always look for the money flows.

I always tell my guy that… so let's keep it our little secret. (and headaches, hangovers, and anything else I can think of)

@Miss_Sarah I have an ingrown toenail - how would you recommend treating it??? 😈

@Rigel , A series of high volume enemas. I remember reading something on the Internet about that. You take off your clothes. I'll go get it ready.

My grandmother, mother, and myself were raised on a almost strict adherence to twice a week enemas (Wed and Sat) as they all felt an enema was the prevent all/cure all for what ails you including correction of a bad attitude.

After marriage, my father, grandfather and my husband were introduced to this adherence and I must say that none of us is hardly ever sick. If not feeling well, an extra enema or two might be given which seems to get the person back up and running on all 8 cylinders as my father put it !! lol. I know medical science would not support my feeling but it is only my feeling and no one should take it as medical advice. It is merely reporting my personal experience.

I've used enemas for yearsnow. I once was on a very high dose of pain meds, I was on long enough that when they took me off I started having the runs. So I just cleaned everything out. It helped me get through that. And as far as cold and flu go, my doctor I see every month said whatever I was doing to keep it up. Knock on wood.

Apparently there is no medical evidence that an enema should be given when one is sick since medical thinking on enemas has changed over the years. As many older members may remember in the 50s and 60s it was not unusual for doctors to recommend an enema when a child was sick. But for me, if I am feeling sick or “under the weather” taking a nice warm enema makes me feel better. Plus, I figure when I am sick there are residuals from my illness in my intestines which should be gotten rid of sooner than later. And I don't figure it can hurt!

As far as shortening the duration of the infection I cannot say. What I observed was once the patient finished evacuating, they frequently just wanted to curl up and go to sleep.

@Victoria1951 What I observed was once the patient finished evacuating, they frequently just wanted to curl up and go to sleep.

Absolutely, my observations as well. Sleep is often the best medicine after an enema session. I have experienced it myself, so have my husband and daughters over the years. The more the body is relaxed, the better it is able to fight off an illness. It may be purely psychological, but doing an enema cleanse followed by a nap or night's sleep seems to make the patient feel better. It’s old-fashioned, but it's worked in my family.

As far as shortening the duration of the infection I cannot say. What I observed was once the patient finished evacuating, they frequently just wanted to curl up and go to sleep.

I like to curl up and go to sleep after giving one too!

Liquid chlorophyll, about 1 tbl to a qt of warm water repeated a few times during the day. This is what I was given when I was a kid and was home sick. I think it helped. I still do this now and then when I do not feel especially well. Then sleep.

On an anecdotal level I do notice pretty much every time I get a warm enema my congestion clears up for a couple hours. No clue why, it certainly doesn't seem like there should be any effect. Still it has been every time for several years (and I am frequently congested).

Like others I have found that after a serious enema session I want to sleep also. I think it is the after effects of lots of endorphins.

Like others I have found that after a serious enema session I want to sleep also. I think it is the after effects of lots of endorphins.

And sleep can help one feel better after not feeling good.

For me they do, and i will definitely do some when i am sick. But whether sick or well i always feel much better after a series of enemas.

I'm a walking testimony. I can honestly say that I haven't had the flu or the covid in the last 10 years and I take an enema almost daily. No covid jabs for me either. They can shove that crap into someone else's arm. I refuse to be a test subject. Enemas do work though.

Enemas help everything…starting with a bad attitude!

This thread goes back to 2007 and the topic has been hashed over and over - both pros and cons. It's worth perusing the older discussions - lots of repetition!! The one post that stands out to me was from a real colonhydrotherapist".

@colontherapist

I have used the "enemas cure colds" ploy with a number of girlfriends. I have made up so much pseudoscience about enemas and colonics I sometimes believe it myself.

I don't think an enema is going to do anything for a cough or a stuffy nose. I'm thinking that if I sneezed out my asshole then we might be on to something for a cure for the common cold. (get the bag out mom I think junior is coming down with a cold)

Enemas help everything…starting with a bad attitude!

@vatum In bygone years it was pretty well known by Mom's that the enema's seemingly miraculous short term cure of a bad attitude was due to the taxing of one's strength. Enemas create a lot of physical and emotional stress for most individuals and the typical recovery response is sleep. Constipation was merely a convenient excuse/justification for administering an enema when the recipient balked.