Coffee enema. When does your clock start?

People say hold for 10 minutes or hold for 15 minutesor even hold for 30 minutes but what does this really mean? Does the clock start when you begin taking the enema? Or does it start once the entire enema is inside you? With regards to coffee enemas I feel we should be more careful about this.

Four example, I used to take a 1 quart enema and then wait 10 minutes from the time the entire solution was inside me. Then I started taking note of the time I began the enema and realized that by the time I expelled my coffee enema, it has been in me for well over 20 minutes.

Now since all the enema sites tell you to hold the coffee enema for 12 to 15 minutes, I know start the clock from the time the solution starts flowing in me and I'm curious to see when many of you begin timing the hold time for your coffee enema.

Cheers. 😃

Don't over complicate this.

It takes one or two minutes to instill a one quart coffee enema. If you hold it for 15-20 minutes. you're fine counting from the first drop or the last.

For me, the clock starts when the bag has emptied into me and the clamp is closed.

I also start timing after the whole enema is in me. sometimes it takes quite some time to administer it

Not over complicating things. I was just curious because if I leave it in for too long I get jitery so now I just take note of the time the first drop is in me and finish it all at the 20 min mark. And yes for me it takes more than 2 mins to administer.

If you get jittery, your volume is too great, not that you necessarily leave it in for too long, although that is possible, but not if your time limit is 20 minutes starting whenever.

Hmmmm.Funny you say volume and not amount of coffee used since I only do 2 one quart enemas. I actually cut back a bit of coffee in the enema and it made a difference. Do you think 1/3 cup is too much for a 2 quart solution?

I usually cook a quart of water with 3 tsp of coffee for 5mins and then strain it, which works nice. I don't know how that works out in terms of the coffee you add.

Short answer: when I'm horizontal and starting to absorb the good stuff.I think though that, in addition to holding time, absorption qualities of the rectum and colon lining are very important for a successful coffee detox.

Waiting an extra day after having used a greasy or silicone based lube, then letting a high fiber diet sweep things clean might be just as important as an extra 15 minutes of enema retention.Since the objective of the coffee enema is to keep most of the solution in the lower bowel where there is maximum exposure of the Portal Vein, -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatic_portal_vein -- , I tend to like the old Balch procedure which divides the coffee solution into two small 24 oz enemas. I take each standing up in my shower (I've had too many 'accidents' around white linens.) I first douche, well up into the Sigmoid to minimize the amount of waste in the lower colon and rectum. I hang the bag well above my head and use a clear hose and a flow indicator to note when the bag is empty. The common Green nozzle with generous holes speeds the flow, yet doesn't overly excite the rectum into urgent contractions.

I consume the entire 24 oz, usually within 2 minutes, insert a retention plug, get horizontal, relax, start timing and meditate for the holding period. Although my Hydrotherapist claims that the important chemicals for liver detox are absorbed within 12 minutes I hold the first enema for 15 minutes then expel, refill the bag and start the second enema, straight away. Time permitting I hold the second enema for 30 minutes under the assumption that the second enema is somewhat diluted by the expended residual from the first enema. That way I leave, satisfied that "I got it all.

Ben Greenfield Fitness and Dr. Larry Wilson recommend a holding period of 30 minutes while Dr. Balch says 15 minutes and flowingfree.org says that 12-15 minutes is sufficient.

Does not matter WHAT kind of enema it is, the "clock" starts a few seconds after I open the valve, when the enema starts going into me!! ALWAYS!!

Never have tried a coffee enema but I do have all the stuff to do it

My clock starts when i have all 1 qt coffee in and from that time i hold it 30-40 minutes