Would it be safe to drink soapy water?

Sure it would be disgusting and a punishment, but that would be the whole point!

I know children once had their naughty mouths washed out with Ivory Soap.

And I've retained multi-quart Ivory Soap enemas for 15 minutes or so.

But what about drinking one or two quarts of Ivory Soap water?

I was thinking, normally one drinks coffee and takes soapy water enemas. What if I reversed it and took a coffee enema and drank soapy water while I retained the coffee?

Sounds really nasty, doesn't it? But would it be safe?

It would be pretty nasty, but patients usually recover. 😉

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002739.htm

In the old days, it was considered one way to induce vomiting.

that was in the days when everything was just soap, before things like dish washing detergent and such, including some liquid hand soaps became chemical detergent, engineered to break down grease and biological enzymes.

Knowing that, I wouldn't drink the stuff.

I wouldn't recommend it. In theory the ingestion of pure soap such as Ivory or true Castile soaps would not be dangerous, however most 'soap bars' and 'liquid' soaps today conatin numerous chemicals beyond soap (perfumes, deordorants, anti-bacterials and other chemicals), and many products such as dishwashing detergents have very high pH (very Alkaline), so could seriously damage the delicate mucous membranes, so ingesting them might be quite hazardous.

LisaK you are right on. I'm quite sure that if you mixed up a batch of real "soap" in a couple quarts of water the person would upchuck long before the liquid was down. You have to look carefully to find real "soap" in the retail market today. I have never tried health food stores.

Why would you want to?

During the Vietnam war, prisoners (soldiers, missionaries, tourists) in various SE Asian countries were tortured in various ways. One of the methods left no visible marks or evidence - prisoners were given soapy water as their only drinking water. The amount of soap was small, but produced nausea and stomach cramps and, over time, caused their bowels to bleed from the constant irritation. Unless you have a POW fetish, I would not recommend it.

Thank you. I was thinking along the lines of Ivory Soap from a bar. Yes, I was planning it to be unpleasant & nasty, but not harmful.

Yes, there are modern soaps that are NOT good internally. I once used a degreaser liquid soap in an enema and it was noxious and near poisonous. VERY BAD IDEA!

Again, Ivory soap is drank to induce vomiting.

I got a bar of ivory soap put into my mouth as a kid for having a dirty mouth and swearing. The melted soap got into my teeth and it was horrible. I don't think I could drink soapy water.

Cody