Liquid Ivory Soap

I seem to have read somewhere that we should not use LIQUID ivory soap in an enema solution. does anybody have any input on this?

There's a major difference in the chemistry of Ivory liquid dishwashing soap and Ivory bar soap. My suggestion is that you stay as far away as possible from the liquid stuff.....WAY to harsh on the colon. Stick with the tried and true Ivory bar soap for you enemas, if you like that 'gotta-go' feeling. Use a cheese grater to prepare a modest size mound of soap savings and stir briskly into a gallon jug of fairly warm (not hot) water. By the time you get it poured up into the bag and undressed, it should be about the right temp.

Liquid Ivory Dishwashing DETERGENT IS NOT SOAP.

It can irritate, burn and/or injure the colonic mucosa depending on how much you use.

Hospitalcare, your solution, (no pun intended), is correct. Years ago Ivory did sell their "soap" in a plastic pump bottle but that is long gone. Shaving a bar of soap allows complete control of the amount of soap you use.

I sure miss that Ivory liquid hand soap in the pump bottle. the bottle was white plastic and looked like a giant bar of Ivory. so convenient!

i sure miss that Ivory liquid hand soap in the pump bottle. the bottle was white plastic and looked like a giant bar of Ivory. so convenient!

Fortunately we kept several of those wonderful liquid Ivory soap pump bottles. We discovered them years ago when the kids were young and we still use them ourselves now. When the level gets low, we dissolve Ivory shreds in hot water and pour the strong soap solution into the pump bottle. Not as convenient as it was to just buy a new bottle but it works well and it certainly takes us back to the good old days. A squirt or two in the bag is wonderful!

I really can't help myself, every time I go to the pharmacy or grocery store, I still look for the Ivory hand soap in the pump bottle, but it is never there. I do miss it so . . . .

I would avoid all liquid soaps aside from Castille Soap.

Dishwashing liquids are detergents, not soaps, and have a LOT of chemicals I don't want inside me.

Hand soaps often have rubbing alcohol or SD alcohol the keep them in a jell form and/or be more effective as sanitizers.

I and my mother have always used Ivory bar soap for preparing enemas. Even today the aroma of Ivory soap means that an enema is about to be taken or given.

Janet S

Ivory soap, either bar or liquid is just not the same formula as it was years ago. Use pure castile soap or goat milk soap. You wont get the cramps that you will with regular bath soap, unless you want to give someone cramps, that is!!

. . . .Hand soaps often have rubbing alcohol or SD alcohol the keep them in a jell form and/or be more effective as sanitizers.

SD alcohol does not make anything stay in a gel. "SD" stands for "specially denatured" and is applied to ethyl alcohol to make it undrinkable because it tastes so bad. The chemical that makes it "SD" is denatonium benzoate, a compound that is more bitter tasting than deadly, but still not good to consume too much. Denatonium benzoate is literally the most bitter compound known. It is used in many cosmetics and even toothpaste. It is used in antifreeze to hide the sweet taste of the glycol so children won't drink it.

Other compounds can be used to make ethyl alcohol "denatured." Many of them are very poisonous.

READ THE LABELS of any compounds you put in your enemas.

A lady friend of mine who unfortunately has allergies to most of the ingredients in modern soaps (and many other things) turned me on to this site. This is where she gets her liquid Ivory hand soap;

http://tinyurl.com/ku85vqk

What they appear to have is the original formula of Ivory. I will order one for myself to find out for sure.

They DO NOT appear to have the original Ivory recipe.

This is a CLEAR solution, not the creamy colored one from the old SOAP.

The container says "original" but not the original "what." This is not the bar soap made into a liquid form.

Ingredients of Ivory Liquid Hand Soap according to the MSDS are: Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Citric Acid, Sodium Chloride, Fragrance, DMDM Hydantoin, Tetrasodium EDTA.

There is no soap there at all. A true liquid soap would contain e.g. potassium oleate, potassium cocoate, potassium palmkernelate, potassium tallowate etc. (Bar soaps contain the corresponding sodium salts.)

I have just purchased some Liquid Ivory hand soap. Does anyone have experience using it? and what would be a comfortable (and safe) amount to add to a two quart bag.

Master A, you need to ask Liquidsky, or S. Susie about this. I'd be afraid to use that before I got an OK from a medical person. Could it be similar to a dish washing detergent? I KNOW those are not safe.

Liquid Ivory "soap" is detergent, not soap.

You could get as very irritated colon from it.

ONLY the Ivory bar soap is a soap. The others are detergent.

I don't know. There seems to be a difference between the hand soap and the dish soap. I'd be leery about using it myself. You might be blowing more than bubbles.

Just because they say Ivory on the label doesn't make them equal.

I would stay with the bar soap. That way you know what is in it. Tried and true for decades.

Thanks everybody. I had wrongfully assumed that Ivory liquid hand soap, was just a liquid form of the bar soap. I was looking for an alternative to battling the soap scum that I have recently found using the bar soap. I guess I will just have to stick to J&J baby shampoo.

Is there a safe liquid soap to use?

Kirk's Coco Castile liquid soap comes in a 16 oz. pump bottle. This stuff is great ......... mixes right in.

Dr Bronners has a longstanding good reputation

Also, Neutrogena Liquid soap in the pump bottle, works well.

J & J'S HEAD TO TOE BABY SHAMPOO WORKS VERY WELL

I'll second the Dr. Bronner's recommendation. Plain or peppermint, depending.

Just be very careful!!

Some liquid hand soaps are actually not soap! They are hand sanitizers, or chemical detergents. they can also contain alcohols or ethyl compounds that can't be absorbed through the thick skin of the hands, but are easily absorbed trough the lining of the bowel.

I'm not flat out saying don't use it, and I haven't nominated anyone for a Darwin Award in a while, but KNOW what you are putting in your body!

And how long ago was it that Ivory actually made a liquid soap that really was a liquid formulation of the old ivory soap bar? I think they phased it out in the 90's?

Stick to Castile soap or Dr Bonners. Trader Joes also sells a Dr. B like liquid soap that works well. Don't use liquid hand soap that is sitting on top of the sink as it typically has anti bacterial and alcohol in it.