Baking Soda Enemas

Question for Susie or other recipe expert: The military used to ( and may still) include an envelope of 4.5 grams salt and soda mixture to be added to one quart of water for burn victims to drink over the course of an hour. Those envelopes are available online. Would that solution be suitable for enemas?

These were included in the personal first aid kits.

Question for Susie or other recipe expert: The military used to ( and may still) include an envelope of 4.5 grams salt and soda mixture to be added to one quart of water for burn victims to drink over the course of an hour. Those envelopes are available online. Would that solution be suitable for enemas?

That solution is one half as concentrated as a normal saline solution which is NINE grams per quart or liter.

You can definitely use that in an enema.

Question for Susie or other recipe expert: The military used to ( and may still) include an envelope of 4.5 grams salt and soda mixture to be added to one quart of water for burn victims to drink over the course of an hour. Those envelopes are available online. Would that solution be suitable for enemas?

Why would they recommend this for a burn victim. Just curious

The baking soda to drink was most likely to help retain water in the body because after massive burns water is lost through the skin due to "weeping" of the burn due to burn dehydration.

Sodium bicarbonate--baking soda--is an old wives tale remedy for burns and will cause an additional chemical burn if a concentrated amount is placed on a severe burn.

DO NOT USE BAKING SODA DIRECTLY ON THERMAL BURN.

also do not use butter or oil on burns.

IT WILL MAKE THEM WORSE.

A weak solution of baking soda is ok on the skin.

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PLAIN COLD WATER IS BEST FOR RINSING THERMAL BURNS.

If you get a bad burn, get it checked out by a doctor. Do not try to treat it by yourself.

Thanks for your answer, Susie.

I use a 2 quart baking soda enema - 1 tablespoon per quart - for my occasional IBS. I don't know why it works to calm the cramps and spasms I experience, but it does. It is about the only treatment that works this fast and effectively. Usually get the bride to administer a couple of baking soda enemas when IBS symptoms flare up. With her assistance I can take a full bag - never can do more than a quart on my own.

Susie, so two envelopes per enema?

I am surprised to not see much recent posting to this. I've seen talks of baking soda enemas frequently around Zity. I figured the thread would be respectively large.

My gut is a persnickety little thing. Some days it'll take an enema with nay a cramp with Ivory soap, but others it'll cramp rather fierce with even salt and baking soda. No rhyme or reason. It's due to such that I thought baking soda was actually causing cramps, to the contrary of many people's anecdotes, purely on the chance that my gut was just not having it each time I took one.

But then I tried one again just earlier for curiosity's sake. I filled up a 4 quart bag with about two tablespoons of baking soda, after having taken and expelled a 3 quart ivory enema, and thought I'd be lucky to get the same amount of fluid in. Surprise, I took the whole bag! And then it was nearly cramp free for around 5 minutes! And it was the most pleasant enema I've ever had, with surprisingly few cramps.

I did use a colon tube that got around 9" deep, which would make any enema a bit easier to take, but wowza! I couldn't be more pleased… except that expulsion was a real hassle. Lesson learned: baking soda enemas are not for the last enema in a session.

Otherwise, I think I found one of my favorite solutions for taking and holding large, belly filling enemas (my favorite!).

I was thinking the other say…..what if you first had an enema with lets say baking soda but no more than 1 liter followed by a second enema with some citric acid in it, not alot. When the 2 combine, you will get CO2 forming. What a wet fart expulsion.

I , like many other members, enjoy the feeling of a baking soda enema. This morning I filled the 4 quart bag with 2 TBSP baking soda and 4 quarts of water. The enema took about 10 minutes to get it all in (a big deal for me), I retained about 4 minutes, then let it out. My issue with baking soda enemas is they take a long time to be totally gone, this one took 1 hour and 20 minutes before I was empty. A 4 quart (or so) Dr. Bronners peppermint enema is cleared in about 30 minutes, and ivory soap enemas take 45-60 minutes. Baking soda enemas are the easiest of the 3 to retain, especially if 3 quarts, but I need a lot more time to complete the session.

I've found baking soda stops my getting cramps; whether using it alone in water or mixed in with soap. Since I love strong cramps, I don't use baking soda.

Should you do a water rinse after a baking soda enema? Just wondering, as I haven't done before, but maybe I should?

Does it also work with table salt? If so it could be about electrolytes and osmotic pressure. If not… we have to think some more!

Dear asdfg

You don't need to do a rinse after a baking soda enema. Play safe and enjoy!

We have very hard water where we live... We always use some baking soda in an enema to soften the water. Makes it easier to take a full bag.

If my play patients are gassy or have negative reactions to soapsuds, I will use baking soda as an enema solution. It seems to be soothing and gentle, and will sometimes neutralize gas pains. We used to be HUGE fans of the baking soda solution until we started messing with green tea, herbs, and probiotics for after a large clean out.

@Jacana

Salt works quite well with baking soda, especially with a coffee enema. The baking soda raises the pH of the enema to about the alkalinity of the large intestine, helping to eliminate any mucosal irritation, and with the correct amount of salt to get a total salinity of .9%, there will be little or no water transfer in or out of the intestine.

Personally I find baking soda with salt to do a great job and no afterwards soreness in my stomach. It does give a good clean out and can be mixed with Ivory which is one of my favorites.

The summer I turned twelve, my RN grandmother taught my siblings and I personal hygiene and enemas became our responsibility. We started swapping enemas once school started in the fall that year more out of convenience than anything else because we had constipation issues. We didn’t like using the bathroom at school, so we waited until we got home, hence constipation issues and need for enemas. In the beginning we were doing our own enemas but kept getting in each other's way. Having received enemas from both mom and our aunts together plus sharing a bedroom at home and grandmas. We didn’t think twice about nudity so, one afternoon when we both needed a couple of enemas my sister said, she’d give me a couple, if I’d do likewise for her. I accepted and we both got undressed and went to the bathroom. Afterwards, she gave my brother and I enemas, and we gave our sister enemas. It was more convenient, plus we preferred someone giving us enemas over doing them ourselves. It wasn’t long after that that we realized the pleasurable side of enemas, and once that happened, we started doing more enemas for pleasure than for constipation. When we did enemas for pleasure, we started skipping the soapy enema and only used salt and baking soda rinse enemas. That’s when we realized rinse enemas worked just as well for constipation as did soapy enemas. So, for the most part, we only used rinse enemas. However, we still used soapy enemas when constipation was an issue or one of us pacifically asked for one.

I always add baking soda to all enemas, one teaspoon per litre, about 9g/l.

It looks like proportion of baking soda varies quite a lot overhere 😃 Some use 1 tbsp per quart, some 2 tbsp per gallon...

And I saw that Arthur knows exactly the right proportions for baking soda:

"for baking soda... 1,91Oz/Gallon ..//.. 54,25grammes/gallon ..//.. 14grammes/liter at 104°F."

But since my kitchen scale isn't that precise 😉 I was wondering whether he or someone else would be able to convert Baking Soda GRAMMES in MILLILITRES?

Thanks 😃

PS: Looked on the internet, but not always the same result.

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I couldn't find my milliliter measuring cup, but hope this will give you a hint.

"for baking soda... 1,91Oz/Gallon ..//.. 54,25grammes/gallon ..//.. 14grammes/liter at 104°F."

But since my kitchen scale isn't that precise 😉 I was wondering whether he or someone else would be able to convert Baking Soda GRAMMES in MILLILITRES?

Around 14g per litre is right for baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), and you should be able to measure that on your kitchen scale. Grams per millilitre doesn’t make sense: it would be 14 milligrams per millilitre! You couldn’t weigh that with any kitchen scale.

I use one tablespoon of baking soda in a quart for my coffee retention enemas. The baking soda cuts the acidity of the coffee making it much easier to hold, especially for longer periods. I do not use baking soda in the last enema of a series because I find that it slows down the expulsion process.

I don't need/want to slow down the expulsion process so I'll pass on the baking soda!

I don't know why baking soda slows down the expulsion process but I have certainly experienced just that. At this point in my life, completely evacuating an enema is a challenge and adding baking soda to the water would ensure a lengthy, uncomfortable and ultimately incomplete result. Tap water is much more effective in treating my chronic slow transit constipation. I get best results from adding castile soap or docusate sodium to the enema water.