Water temperature critical or ?

Warm water relaxes the bowel. Cool water energises it. Most colon hydrotherapists, who use a "closed" system will vary the temperature of the water during a treatment, in response to what they see in the viewing tube. They may also massage the abdomen and add herbs to the water.

Warm water relaxes the bowel. Cool water energises it. Most colon hydrotherapists, who use a "closed" system will vary the temperature of the water during a treatment, in response to what they see in the viewing tube. They may also massage the abdomen and add herbs to the water.

Curious, in a closed system how do they add herbs? And how do they determine which herbs to add ?

Woods Gravity or a pump system - easy, just a Y connection, with two clamps, in the inlet line with an enema bag. Herbs? Most therapists will do the enema during or at the end of the colonic, but some, particularly if giving a coffee enema will do it at the start.

Coffee Enema – (Organic coffee) To detoxify the liver and stimulate the gall bladder to remove toxins. Helping clean the colon walls. Stimulates Bile flow and removes toxins in the large intestine. Promotes improved digestion. Speeds up detoxification process.

Combination Enema Herbs – (burdock root, raspberry leaves, red clover, wild yam and yellow dock) smooth muscle relaxant herbs, mild laxative and liver stimulating properties. Helps aid the colon when evacuation is unsatisfactory.

Anti-Spasm Enema Herbs – (lobelia, motherwort, peppermint, raspberry leaf and wild yam root) smooth muscle relaxant herbs. Good for nerves, anxiety and stress. Helps with gassy, constipated clients who have a stubborn colon.

German Chamomile – (German chamomile) A relaxation herb used to cleanse the colon and the liver – it helps calm the digestive tract and ease the spasm of IBS, period pains, and migraines. Also helps with chest colds, sore throats, gum inflammation, anxiety, psoriasis, acne, eczema, stomach ulcers. It also has anti-inflammatory properties.

Wild Yam – (wild yam root) anti-inflammatory helping relieve intestinal and urinary tract inflammation Soothes spasm or muscle cramps (menstrual and hormonal stomach conditions) and relaxes muscles and nerves. Also relieves IBS.

Burdock Enema – is good for the kidneys and bladder, skin, hair, blood and breaks don certain calcium deposits.

Para Cleanse – (wormwood, German chamomile, black walnut and clove) Cleanse the colon of parasites. Possible signs of Parasitic Infestation are: stomach pain, constipation, joint or muscle pain (inflammation), infections i.e. bladder, vagina, lungs etc, food and environmental allergies, itching, eczema, hives swelling, rashes, anaemia, fatigue, drowsiness.

Garlic Enema – will cleanse the liver and intestine of mucous congestion, combats cholesterol, clears harmful bacteria and parasites, gets rid of worms, works as a great antiseptic and yeast infections.

Ginger Enema – works as an anti-inflammatory, good to clear congestion, supports the liver, helps headaches and is good for circulation and gas.

Epsom Salt Enema – will sooth and calm the colon, has a laxative effect for serve stubborn hard stools, and will increase the amount of water in the intestine.

Salt Water Enema – this type of enema is generally used in hospitals, relieves constipation, cleanses the bowels, reduces the amount of water in and out of the colon and prevents too much urination afterwards.

Magnesium Citrate Enema – it cleanses, relaxes, re hydrates and alkalises the blood

Red Raspberry Enema – Assists the reproductive system and is a good potassium, magnesium, zinc, silca and iron content.

Green Tea Enema – it release antioxidants into the bloodstream, helps replenish the good bacteria into the large intestine, and is known to help with IBS and Colitis.

Fennel Enema – helps clam the nervous system, relives gas, helps get rid of worms, detoxifying and stimulates digestion.

Wheatgrass Enema – stimulates and cleanses the liver in the same way as for the coffee enema, the mixture is absorbed through the haemorrhoidal vein, into the hepatic portal vein and into the gallbladder and liver. it will also add oxygen to the whole body, it will increase energy levels, the wheatgrass will increase peristaltic action of the colon and will help get rid of old faeces.

Spirulina Enema – helps detoxify the blood and bowels,

Catnip Enema – reduces fever and it keeps it down, it soothes and relaxes the intestine, relieves gas, re hydrates the body, it helps constipation and diarrhoea, it's good for stomach and digestive disorders, it removes toxins and unfriendly bacteria from the intestine.

Linseed Oil Enema – works as an anti-inflammatory, releases sodium from the cells, promotes cellular activity and promotes liver and bowel function.

Castor Oil Enema – helps cleanse the bowls and stimulates the liver.

Aloe Vera Enema – is good for hemorrhoids, works as a anti-inflammatory, promotes the right PH balance within the bowels, assists in the production of friendly bacteria to the large intestines, known to help with IBS and diverticulitis.

Lemon Juice Enema – works as a mild irritant that may increase intestinal cramps, helps cleanse old faeces from the colon and also helps balance the PH factor in the blood.

I find that warmer enemas are more comfy going in and easier to hold for longer periods. I do not exceed 108F for enemas. Some say they go to 110F but I worry about damaging the linings of rectum & colon.

Put your finger into the water in the bag. If it feels right, INJECT IT! The finger check ensures that your enema will be good to the last drop! Believe me when I say that I have injected thousands of drops!

Enjoy your enemas because an enema a day keeps the doctor away!

While I usually use warm-to-hot water, I've found that at least with lukewarm or cool water, temperature doesn't make a difference for me in how much enema I can take. I've laid on my back with the gallon bag hung high and filled with cool water, and opened it wide and drained it about as easily as a gallon of warm water. I use cold water when I feel the need to stimulate my expulsion a little more and get clean, or when I want to feel the water flowing up deeper into me. But when going for maximum volume, I naturally stick to warm or hot water, which just seems to relax my belly more. A couple times I've tried filling the bag with ice cold water or ice cubes, but the sensation was so strong I couldn't take more than a quart or so. It was an unusual feeling to be expelling ice water.

I always liked hot water enemas and would have mom hold the nozzle under hot water before loading it with Vaseline and sticking it into me

I've never measured the temp when giving an enema. I run the water on my wrist and just get it warm, not hot. This makes for a relaxing fill while I amuse myself in various ways.

Some enema takers have indicated that they take them the temperature of their showers. Another indicated that any temperature you can take in your mouth can go in your butt. I take my enemas at between 109 and 115 degrees. For those who take hot enemas, what temperature do you use? Also, what was your highest enema temperature? Has anyone taken an enema at the temperature of say their coffee and did they have any issues?

I never measure the temp except with my fingers, wrist, and/or lips. One time I did take the water temperature and was surprised at how much higher it was than I'd thought it should be. But my sub found it most pleasurable so it worked out.

When I am in a hurry, I just trust my fingers. But, most times I use a digital thermometer (the same one that occasionally ends up in my butt) to check the temperature. My preferred temp is 105-106F. And the cheap (under $10) thermometer I got only goes to 110F, and then reads “HI”, which pretty much means too high for an enema anyway.

Back in the latter ‘50’s the family Pediatrician was rather firm/strict on a “Max” soapy enema solution temp @ 104F. It could be 102F or 103F. but no higher than 104F.when the “Clamp is unclicked”.. Nonetheless…with the Victoria enema bag @ 18"--20" above my (9++) age small butt..it had a rather intense inflow “feel” that felt quite uncomfortable and at 103F--104F felt Very warm…more like “hot” for me…and I verbally fussed/complained/wriggled--squirmed a lot over the in-flow and temperature sensations..I could get really constipated sometimes but the “warm soapy water” enema would clean me out like a colonic everytime..

Water temperature is fairly critical to me. I can hardly feel anything around body temperature, and above 102°F is when I start to feel the lovely warmth that I enjoy about enemas. Anything below 95°F is likely to be crampier the colder it gets while also being more likely to get “stuck” for some reason (that said, water enemas of around 50-60°F can be masochistically fun for me).

I've recently been aiming for around 105-106°F. It's pleasant and reliably easy to attain with my faucet. That said, I've been finding that enemas closer to 107-108°F are much more pleasant, fun, and just plain up my alley.

I must say that I've no expertise here, but from basic searches online, it seems that temps of 110°F are the hottest water temperatures that skin can touch indefinitely without injury, and that the human pain threshold for water temperature is around 106-108°F. So it would seem that it'd be very difficult to scald yourself if you do any preliminary skin temperature check (though warm hands can be less sensitive to heat than a cooler patch of skin of the body like the wrist, so wrist temperature is likely safest.)

That said, the colon is possibly more sensitive to temperature exposure than skin. It'd make sense considering that skin is generally more sturdy than the softer internal tissue. Though there are naturally temperature losses as a result of water going through tubing and just staying in the bag for some time before actual administration, and some folks report taking enemas up to 115°F (!?) without harm…

It's really hard to gleam what's best/safest for someone like me who likes it as hot as possible without pain or damage. Though I think I'll experiment with some enemas around 108°F or maybe even 110°F (but no higher) in the near future. As well, I want to test how reliable the temperature pain threshold is, which I'll likely do by testing with a guessimate from skin feel and then using a thermometer. If it's reliable, I might just do that for most future enemas.

Guess I got some (hopefully painless) enema science to do here!

I just like it hot, I have measured in the past but not normally. My colon is pretty resilient to hot temps and has no lasting damage.

As a boy born in the 1950s, not only were enemas more common my mother was raised in a house decades before I was born and my Grandmother made them a ritual. Sick or not Mom and siblings got old fashioned soap suds enema li twice a month. Fast forward. Grandma comes to stay with us for a long time when I was 10-11 till 15. so she thought that misbehaving by boys particularly was more to due with poor diet and her word, parasites. i was a good boy she w tell me and my mother a chastise mom all the time about not proper bowels or something. So she took it upon herself one day my sister and I were yelling at each other to administer an enema to clean me of the parasites I guess that caused my unruly behavior. Mom was home and grandma would heat water in her own large tea kettle. Really. Mom had on those big oven mitt gloves and grandma put a bar of soap on the top of the red bag poured water from the spout of the kettle into the bag with the bar of soap on the opening, anyone ever hear of that? Somehow she knew when to stop heating the water and I don’t recall thermometers. But this was so hot she w be in jail today. I had several enemas like that when I was maybe 12-13.

so not sure how hot but not only was it uncomfortable it hurt and I cried like whimpering on the toilet. She would watch me while I was on the pot telling me to stop acting like a little girl. If the production wasn’t enough the second time I got one, she went to the kitchen and started heating what must have been already hot water and with my mom holding me down over grandma huge lap, I got another. I waymad at my mothe for a long time.

If I was getting an enema for punishment it was hot water and the nozzle was coated with soap.

Personally, I find if i start the enema with a bag of water at about 98 degrees, quickly followed by a bag at 40 degrees followed by another bag at 100 degrees followed quickly by a bag at 40 degrees and finally a bag of 104 degree water, I can take it w/o a problem. 1st bag -2qts, 2nd Bag - 1 qt, 3rd bag -2 qts, 4th bag - 1 qt, and final bag 2 qts..

I never pay too much attention to enema temp. - I like them hot, and stick my finger in the open-top bag to feel if it's okay.

I do prefer a warmer enema, but temperature is not critical! or even critical, unless taken it to extremes.

Best test to determine if it is safe (face it, thermometers can and do fail) is to bring the water to the temperature you think is good then sip it. If it is uncomfortable or painful in your mouth that is about how it will feel in your rectum.

Don't drink the solution unless you're ready for surprising results.

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