Are coffee enemas and colon therapy going mainstream?

Is it just my imagination that the number of websites and videos about coffee enemas and colon therapy are increasing? It sure seems like it! About four years ago I began going to a colon therapist, a nurse who had just opened her practice. She now has a partner, also a nurse, and there are other clinics opening in the area. We have often chatted about the increase in alternative therapies such as coffee enemas, which seem to be increasing rapidly in popularity. The number of women patients at my therapist outnumber men by about 3 to 1. We view colonics and enemas from a health perspective more than men.

Neither seem to have hit Ohio yet.

There seems to be a slow but steady increase here in the UK too. Enemas, coffee, herbs etc, seem to be on offer by a number of therapists

Vicki.V..... your just to close to the home of main stream coffee "Starbucks"!!!

Can't say there is any increase in Iowa, at least main stream.

I see this growing trend as a good sign that Klismophilia is alive and well on planet earth. People may justify irrigating their colons with an aim toward alternative health, but the difference between that and mom's good old red enema bag whenever we don't feel well is mostly just semantics. A rose by any other name smells as sweet.

I see this growing trend as a good sign that Klismophilia is alive and well on planet earth. People may justify irrigating their colons with an aim toward alternative health, . . .

I agree.

Alternative treatment, YES, mainstream NO.

There was a large number of people here in the Chicago area giving colonics in their homes, using the gravity method. Those numbers seem to have dwindled significantly . I do know of two people know doing this, although there are a number of storefront business that have opened up and they use machines to give colonics. No one that I know gives enemas of any type. The colonics used to be 15-20 gal of water but now are only 10 gallons. It also seems to be that blacks are more into colonics then whites, women more then men.

I think they are going mainstream based on several observations; 1) Colonics and coffee enemas are frequently mentioned on many television shows 2) The number of postings on the Internet and videos on Youtube, 3) The number of colon therapy clinics. When my first wife and I got our first colonics in 1976 we lived a large city and there were none listed in the yellow pages. We had to ask around at different health food stores, etc., until we found one. Now I live in a much smaller city and there are over 2 dozen within a half hours drive. Hopefully this trend continues.

It does seem as people are becoming more open about colon hydrotherapy and coffee enemas. I think people are viewing it as a curiosity or a alternative medicine subject, rather than something sexual or a fetish.

I believe that working into a conversation the practice of coffee enemas is a lot easier than a 3H with the ivory suds foaming over the top of the bag.. Lets all contribute to the more open discussin/sharing. (Yes-easier said than done.!

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Well It can't hurt our cause if they are. Although I wouldnt say Main Stream.

I do agree colon hydrotherapy and coffee enemas are discussed more. I think people are very interested in them for health improvement and there are more clinics/spas that offer colon hydrotherapy. I have never had a colonic but would like to some time. I love doing coffee enemas as I just feel great afterwards, more energy and decreased appetite but not the jitters I get from drinking coffee.

I also think the pharmaceutical companies have helped in awareness by their advertising of colon health and colon cleansing products. But my preference is to do some cleansing enemas to get immediate results then to have to take drugs for days to get results and with uncomfortable side affects. Drugs bad, enemas good.

I don't think it will be mainstream unless someone like Dr. Oz does a major endorsement of the benefits but at least there should be less of those grade school potty jokes where someone at a party mentions it and everyone in earshot snickers. Maybe there will now be someone who says "oh I do them and I feel really great as a result".

BTW, Amazon sells enema coffee but I just use a plain organic brand.

I also use plain organic coffee

I'm not surprised. Coffee enemas are safe and effective. I wish there was a therapist that specialized in coffee enemas here in Tidewater Virginia.

Maybe one way of looking at it is that people who are into a healthy lifestyle and eating well are discovering and becoming interested in colonics or colon health as part of their overall approach to life. Because of the Internet where you can get huge amounts of info in a one second Google search these folks are now readily seeking this information out and learning more about it.

So if the interest is growing and I think it is, its a combination of people who are already into colon health and now they can easily learn about it and become more involved in it due to the all the information available.

That has a lot to do with your definition of mainstream.

Probably will never qualify among the general population, Among the enema community, perhaps.

In the 1960s there was a nutritionist of some renown, Adelle Davis. My mom got on the bandwagon after reading her book, Let's eat right to keep fit. While I never read the book, I certainly recall my mom repeating Adelle's advocacy of coffee enemas. I never received any (didn't get to drink it so why imbibe by any other routes) but I do remember a few occasions when I "borrowed" the family red bag and thought it smelled like Folgers.

New advertising slogan! "The best part of waking up, is Folgers in your butt."