The High Enema

Did your Mom or other family enema giver refer to giving you a High Enema ? When my Mom did , she was referring to using her red colon tube . Regular enemas were given with the hard Bakelite nozzle . I can still remember how it pressed against my prostate , and trying to conceal my erection .

Her High enema caused less cramping at first , but allowed her to give much more volume .

A "high enema" is defines by how far the solution goes in, not how far a tube is inserted.

You can get a high enema with a 2 inch rectal nozzle.

My sister and I both got high enemas growing up. Grandma started giving us enemas as toddlers, but by the time we were 10, we were getting a series that always ended with an enema that reached our caecum. As teens, we played a game to see who could take the most and hold it 10 minutes.

I find that the temperature and speed of administration greatly affect how far up the enema can go before cramping becomes severe. Also, using plain water with salt & baking soda helps. I have been able to give up to 6 qts to a 5'1", 90# woman with no cramps until she had held for nearly ten minutes. The key was 106 f, a tbsp of salt & one of baking soda per qt, and taking 30 minutes to fill her, with rolling her from back to left side, then to right side and back to her back. She masturbated throughout the process, and orgasmed twice. She was able to hold for almost 30 minutes, before the cramps became unbearable.

The holistic health people all refer to enema waters getting into the cecum, the "High Enema". They also call drinking enough water to cause a bowel movement within an hour a "High Enema" because it starts from the highest of the digestive tract. If then one is able to get a colon tube to wander into their cecum before getting an over load and have their enema pressure start more inside the cecum than it is in their descending colon, it would also, logically be a "High Enema". Some have pointed to doing this latter method for a greater washing action and at the same time say, accomplishing high colon tube placement to be complicated and possibly dangerous.

. . . If then one is able to get a colon tube to wander into their cecum . . .

YOU CANNOT get a colon tube INTO the cecum. If you try hard enough, you will perforate the colon.

A "high enema" is named as such for where the solution goes, NOT where the tube goes and generally requires a larger volume of solution.

You can have a high enema with an infant rectal nozzle.

I have to agree with Susie on this one ..."YOU CANNOT get a colon tube INTO the cecum. If you try hard enough, you will perforate the colon"

Just think about a doctor guiding a colonoscope during a colonoscopy procedure. That is how you can reach the cecum and even then they warn you that a perforation may occur. And that is under the best possible conditions with the doctor being able to see where the scope is going around every twist and turn. Shoving a colon tube blindly that far up is "playing with fire". Even though any size nozzle can administer a "high enema" as long as there is sufficient solution to reach the cecum, a colon tube may help with the FLOW as it can easily be inserted to get past the rectum and into the sigmoid part of the colon.

I wasn't introduced to enemas until about age 8, and as I learned later, all the enemas I got were "high enemas". Mom used a two quart feminine syringe and would give me two or sometimes three during a typical "cleansing" session. I wouldn't be able to take even half a bag until she had given me the third, but by that time, with a little coaching, I could get it all in. She was gentle, took her time, and gave me time to rest, which kept the procedure from being too unpleasant.

I was never given enemas as a child but learned my enema craft through years of experimentation. I graduated to colon tubes several years ago, which on most occasions I can insert to around 30 inches. When I do get the tube that far in, then the filling part of the enema is well up into my colon. I naturally seem to retain the enema without trying and I can feel the pressure higher up in my midsection as my colon expands. For me to achieve a high enema, I will have had many fillings and expulsions that clear the lower colon of stool and then I can advance my colon tube further up and deliver the last enema. This type of enema session is my very favorite- full of many wonderful erotic sensations.

Can only remember getting "high enemas" a few times. Usually 1-2 2qt enemas, then 4qts to retain. While all enemas are fun, the discomfort from trying to hold a crampy 4qts, comes close to being Not Fun tome!

My understanding of a high enema is the same as SwitchableSusie.

That said, when I first saw this thread I zeroed in on the word high. It made me wonder if the enema experience is any different at high altitudes. Most places I've lived have been below 1000 feet elevation. But I have had a few enemas while traveling to Denver and Albuquerque, both about 5000 feet. I don't recall any different sensations there. But how about enemas at higher elevations like 10K or 12K feet. Has anyone had enemas at those altitudes?

Although Mom never used the term "high" enema, her sessions with the family fountain syringe were all thorough enemas that certainly could be called "high." In our family they were called "good" enemas. From the very first bag enema I received when I graduated from the bulb to the bag, I knew I was being given significantly more volume and that it was going much higher or deeper into me. It seemed like Mom instinctively knew my maximum capacity and wouldn't stop the flow until I reached it. Those were all high enemas for sure, and her sessions were usually two good or "high" fillings. No colon tube back then either....just the black enema nozzle. She taught me at an early age how to relax and breathe slowly so that the soapy water would flow into me deeply with minimal discomfort. I can't say for sure how high those enemas actually were, but they cleaned me out just as good as the colon tube enemas I take today.

What about how high the bag is held? I often envision a bag elevated 6 feet or more above the receiving rectum so the water will zoom in during a "High Enema."

I have found that when my bag empties, the water column my gut supports is 16" or so. Therefore, any elevation of the bottom of the bag higher than that should work. In practice, I have the bottom of mine perhaps 3' above the floor and control the rate of flow with a screw clamp so I can take as long as I wish filling myself/emptying the bag; typically, this is at least 20 minutes.

hankb

When my mom gave me a "high" enema it meant a large water volume to "clean me out". This usually occurred at a maintenance type enema as opposed to an enema administered for specific symptoms. She used a colon tube either way after I was about 12.

There does not seem to be any agreement on the definition of "high enema"

Is it an enema that completely fills the lower bowel?

Is it one given through a colon tube inserted high into the colon?

Is it an enema after smoking a couple of joints??

Back in the mid-1950s I was in the hospital for an Appendectomy. I had been in the hospital for 6 days and had not had a bowel movement. The doctor said that I had to have a “High Enema” before I could go home. At that time in my life I was receiving weekly enemas from my Mom, which I had come to look forward to, so I was very interested in what a “High Enema” might be.

The hospital had a little cart which the nurse wheeled in to the room. It held a larger, translucent tanish-yellow bag on a bar that was the precursor to an IV Stand. I remember seeing that it must have been about 4 quarts. That bag was pretty high up at least 3 feet above my hips.

The nurse had me roll on my side and I looked back over my shoulder as she parted my gown and then proceeded to part my cheeks and lube my bottom. She inserted her finger inside my anus providing a very memorable sensation. Then she took the hose and nozzle which was very similar to the standard enema nozzle that my Mom used and lubricated it before inserting it. The enema was significantly bigger than the one that I got weekly from Mom. The nurse started and stopped the enema a number of times, and rubbed my abdomen periodically, while telling me that I had to take it all or she would have to start all over again. When the bag was finally empty, I thought that I was going to explode, she then dropped the Bomb as she produced a large bed pan and told me I would be expelling into that. I wasn’t in any position to argue with here but I can still remember being amazed that it didn’t over flow in the bed as I expelled. She of course came back after I was done and wiped my bottom humiliating me once more before leaving me to rest. I got to go home that afternoon.

I’ve often wondered why the doctor would have prescribed a “High Enema” for someone who had just had surgery near the cecum. I (not a doctor) would have thought that to be risky. What if the sutures had broken? Apparently, my Mom had received the Ok to go ahead with my weekly enemas too because after being discharged on Monday, I got my normal Friday night enema.

Cheers,

Jag

I've read here about several people's experiences receiving enemas while in the hospital for appendicitis. I would think that could be very dangerous, but maybe years ago it was standard practice, but I remember years ago, back in the 1970's, when I first started purchasing enema bags, on the back of the box along with instructions for use, there was a warning not to use as an enema in case of appendicitis.

Susie gives us a very accurate assessment with regard to the "high enema". I've ready just about every text or entry to be found in Google Books, as it relates to enemas. While the best, or most efficient, mechanism to achieve a "high enema" may be debatable or open to opinion, the result seems to be common to most methods. A complete emptying of the large intestine seems to be the ultimate result.

As far as warnings regarding the use of enemas with suspected appendicitis, I think it's fair to say that they should only be used upon medical advice, or in circumstances where medical intervention is immediately available should there be any complications. Most medical texts seem to indicate that enemas, in the presence of an inflamed appendix, may trigger a negative event such as a burst appendix. This may cause the spread of infection beyond the appendix itself. This is usually a serious medical emergency.

Times have changed and access to medical treatment is less problematic than it was years ago. Rather than horseback, a buggy ride, or bumpy trip in an old jalopy, most of us in urbanized areas are relatively close to emergency treatment in times of calamity.

Enemas are an old time treatment for modern day maladies. Doctors seldom prescribe their use anymore. Some of us discovered the pleasures and efficiency of this simple procedure and aren't likely to forego their use for any reason imaginable. That includes the best reason of all: an enema just makes us feel better at times.

I too, didn't get discharged after an appendectomy, until I could urinate and have a BM at the hospital. I was catheterized more than once to empty my bladder, and eventually had an enema to jump start my bowels. I've posted previously about my mom scolding the medical staff for keeping me for extra days due to a lack of a BM. She admonished them several times to "just give him an enema". They eventually complied with her requests and I was out the door shortly thereafter. I got a few more after returning home. My mom just couldn't let the issue go and told many others that she had to fight with the staff to give me an enema.

My grandma was a nurse and she used to prepare enema for me. Sometimes I was having deep enema. Can't remember why and what were the reasons but. She used to put more water into the enema bag. The bag was hanging much higher, I would say almost under the ceiling. And fairly long tube was inside me.

As to an enema that is for the most part, released into the transverse colon from over the top of the belly button, it will get behind the waste it seems and carry it out more efficiently.

I believe at times i am able to get it just past the heptic flexure. At this, I notice my right side filling more than my left and the urgency sensations quit, leaving a great filling that gets big and bigger, giving a "pregnant' appearance and an awkwardness. I suspect the gut is more comfortable with this more natural or forward fill emphasis.

I had heard my mother speak of a time when she was young and had to have a nurse come over to give her a high enema. I was intrigued and attempted to give myself one on several occasions as a teen but with little success. We had an older enema bag and two colon tubes, an 18 fr and a 32fr. However, doing it alone, I could never get them in far enough.

In my 20s, I began to have my fiance give me enemas. I tried to incorporate them into our sexplay, but she wasn't interested beyond a few times. However she mistook my interests for constipation and began to give me them on request.

Once, I told her that I needed a high enema. I had purchased a colon tube at a medical supply store back when they still carried such things. We piled cushions on the bed, covered with towels and, when ready, she had me climb on top with my head and feet on the bed and my bottom high in the air.

She inserted the tube, began the flow and slowly pushed the tube higher and higher. I think she got most of it in and a had a raging hard on by the time the bag finished. She had me stay in position for about five or ten minutes, I almost came right there.

We didn't do that type of enema again, but I wish we would of. It was indeed "an experience to remember"

I never heard my mom use the phrase high enema. I do remember her using other terms, like a good clean out, a good rinsing out, and a thorough cleansing.

My grandmother who was a nurse and my mother gave me enemas as a child . A few of the enemas I was given were high enemas my grandmother would use a long thick tube on me . She would have me on my side and insert the the tube letting in a little solution as she slowly pushed it in to me when the full length of the tube was in she would let the solution flow with out stopping when it he solution was in me she would allow me to relax and adjust to the enema after a period the bag was refilled and more solution was introduced in to me I would have to hold all the solution for a period of time when the time to as up I would have to walk to the toilet with her holding the bag an the tube still in me she would make me sit on the toilet and the tube was pulled out

Colon hydrotherapists use a nozzle that enters the rectum and goes no higher, but the colonic, if skillfully given, goes all the way to the ileo-cecal valve. I don't use a colon tube "high up" any longer, but having done it in the past, I CAN say that that it's a totally different experience than when the nozzle is in the rectum.

It also produced (at least in my case), a deeper cleansing. However, I don't think it's safe, since I have at least one diverticulum.

Now as a Mom I never get high any more, but I knew enough not to take an enema while I'm high

Now as a Mom I never get high any more, but I knew enough not to take an enema while I'm high

Maybe a beer or two though!

Hahahaha @LisaK.

I have often written about Angie, a nurse who cared for me at home and taught me about enemas. I remember that she talked about low and high. The first enema was to clear the rectum and sigmoid. She filled a hospital type disposable bag with 500-700ml. and she had me on my left side. Waiting about half an hour after expelling and sipping apple juice, she filled the bag to the top and put me on my hands and knees, with my bottom up, and my husband holding on to me keep me steady. This second enema went much higher into me and was more comfortable than the first one. What I remember was the amount of stuff that poured out of me and how many trips to the bathroom. I think by definition, that was the difference between a low and high enema.

I need to find someone like Angie.

Thank you, Doctorbok. You would love Angie, too, as I did. A fabulous nurse and a treasured friend who became very close to my family and me after she was my nurse. I wrote a blog about Angie as a tribute. I am sure that today she would be right there fighting to save patients suffering from the coronavirus, at the risk of her own life.

Even at the young age of 23 (I was 22 at the time), she not only taught me some of the basics of family nursing, including how to give a good enema, but being positive about life and caring for the people around me. She was an extraordinary young woman, filled with humor and the love of life.

On Easter Sunday, 20 years ago, she was taken from us by a drunk driver. My husband Rob, my two daughters now grown, still miss her dearly.