Soapsuds Enemas ... A Change in Opinion

I've used enemas as a boost to health, and to indulge a "clean streak" for many years, and since the first truly effective one I received (while hospitalized as a 10-year-old) involved warm water and soap (after Fleets had failed), taking an enema with nothing more than plain water has always semed about as sensible as a long hot bath or shower without soap.

That being said, I've also long maintained a watch on curezone.com, a major "alternative health" site, and a colon therapist who's a regular there maintained a strong stand about the possbility of soap as a carcinogen. So I moderated my regimen by using glycerine, or taking a plain water rinse enema after "soaping up".

But it now appears that the lady in question has revised her thinking:

http://curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1696769#i

Comments, anybody?

Just goes to show ya... Don't blindly believe everything you read on the Internet!

Anecdote: I was given a variety of solutions as a child until age 7 then used soapsuds until age 22. From age 30 on, it's usually been two soapsuds enemas a month with some form of rinse (plain water, lemon, garlic, salt & soda etc.) So I've been a regular with SSE for about seven decades.

I come from a family riddled with colon cancer or removed polyps. I've only had one polyp removed (age 69). Age-wise I've outlived all but one relative. Docs complain about my diverticulitis. When I feel a twinge of pain, it's a cleansing enema and I'm good to go for another couple of weeks.

About 25 years ago a G.I. doc told me that most colon cancers probably evolve from a polyp spawned by a spot of waste lodged in one spot in the colon for a length of time -- he said, probably over 3 months. So, two months is as long as I'll go without a good cleanse.

I'm sensitive to glycerin so I prefer scraps of Ivory that have been soaked and dried a few times to reduce the glycerin content.

There is only so much to say that the beloved pharmaceutical lobby tirelessly wants to make their products tasty to us.

That says it all:

„And in my own practice, where I often have to relieve fecal impactions, I found salt solution enemas far less effective than soapsuds, often requiring larger volumes and more repetitions to achieve success.“