Water: Tap, Filtered, Boiled, Bottled, Soft?

Guess you could use a Brita if you want filtered water. It's reuseable, therefore cheaper 😁

In the 60 years that I have been getting flushed we have used only tap water in the enema bag. Some of those years were on a domestic well and the rest on city water. I have never had any bad experiences from this.

I've always used water straight from the tap for my enemas. One place I lived in the country had a lot of iron in the well water, to the extent that the water had a slight brownish tint and a bit of a metallic flavor. I drank the water the whole time I lived there and always used it for enemas too. Never had a problem with it in either end.

I'm living in town now and on city water, so I just use the tap water. Some folks use distilled water, but I've heard that can cause electrolyte imbalance, especially with long retention enemas.

I prefer fitred water and when i can, i use mineral water in order to avoid chimical adds.

Hi! I am a newbie and think this site is really neat. I have a question that perhaps someone could shed some light on. The local water here is hard enough to flow a nail so we have a water softener. It's great for laundry, bathing, etc. but I wonder if used periodically internally whether this could be problematic. Your counsel, please.

I don't think soft water will give you a problem. If I remember correctly it is salt that make the water soft. Do you add more to the water softener receptacle or do you have a service take care of that? If you do, check out the ingredients of the softener, then make your choice, but like I said before, I don't think that it will be a problem.

Good Luck! 😄

The softer the water the more suds with less soap. Most public water systems in the US try to maintain a ph of 7. Anything 6 grains hardness or less will be great for enemas. The water at my house was so hard that it ate out my copper pipes in about 3 years. Until I got a softener I used spring water purchased in 5 gallon bottles for human consumption.

Like the last poster said, hard water prevents soap from foaming. It could also interfere with other ingredients depending on the chemistry. Softened water is in every way superior anyhow

I found this on Wikepedia

Deaths related to colon hydrotherapy

In the early 1980s six deaths due to amebiasis were linked to colonics performed in unsanitary conditions.[10] In addition, there have been reports of electrolyte imbalances in children brought on by colonics using softened water.[11] Such imbalances can also be caused by laxative use or diarrhea.

Adding a Tablespoon of epsom salts to two quarts + of soapy water will act like a softener and create alot more suds

Thank you all for the feedback. My mind is now at ease and it will simplify my life. No more carrying in gallon jugs of mineral water. 😃

I have only ever used tap water but now that you mention it...

I use tap water mostly and mix it with Aloe Vera juice and works great for me.

I would use filtered water, ie via reverse osmosis as the form of softened water.

Live in Ottawa Ontario.

We have a pretty healthy supply of fresh water and it's well filtered so it's Tap for me 😃

I use water filtered with a brita. Our city water sometimes contains elements that I wonder about. A good charcoal filter does not hurt and certainly may help....I have on occassion used tap water and it seems to make me cramp quicker and harder....Probably in my head...Jimbeaux

Bottle house has high sulfer from the well

I was brought up with city tap water(and Ivory)in the enema can and still usually use it, though therapists usually advise filtered water.

If it is safe to drink it should be safe for enemas.

Hi your hot water being cloudy is most likley caused buy air being mixed with the water many focets have a screen neer where the water comes out that sturs up the water creating the tiny bubles that make the water cloudy and also you might here a fizing sound from it lee

It's a good idea to drain a little water ( 4-8 liters) from the water heater every couple of months. The drain ought to be at the bottom of thee tank which is where sediment tends to collect. Milky water is entrained nitrogen...harmless and will disappear ias the water is left to stand. If the water is safe to drink,as is most water in developed countries, it is safe enough for enemas. The water from an enema, although some is absorbed, leaves the body much sooner than that which one drinks.

I read somewhere that for enema it is better to use boiled water (obviusly at right temperature) instead using water for fuacet.What do yuo think about it?

Normally, any water you would drink is safe to use for an enema. Generally, faucet water is fine.

However, depending on your plumbing, hot water may contain trace amounts of heavy metals, primarily lead if you have copper plumbing.

This is because the higher temp has a tendency to dissolve the lead out of the solder joints on the way to the faucet. And there are also concerns that the faucet will contribute a trace of zinc, which is 30-40% of what brass faucets are made of.

And ........ believe it or not ........ in some old portions of some cities, there are places where lead pipe still exists.

Newer houses with copper plumbing have been required to use solder that contains antimony instead of lead ......... so generally this is not a problem. Depending on where you live, this has been required code for at least a decade or two.

There are so many variables as to heavy metal content, it can be a matter of degree as to the user's exposure.

My house has copper pipe with lead solder ......... going back to the 60's. One thing that comes into consideration is that the little bit of lead that actually comes in contact with the water eventually gets a skin of minerals and calcium on it over many long years, as does the inside of the copper pipe. I believe that the greatest concern was when the house was built, and these metals had an easier time of leaching out into the water. So I use warm water from the tap for my enemas. If this is the same as your situation, you'll have to make your own judgement.

And there is also the consideration that the water heater can contribute something .......... after all, water sits in these things for hours or days waiting to be used when you turn the hot water spigot.

And this is one of the reasons you are told to use only cold water to make coffee ........... because the slightest traces of metal or whatever can make a big difference in the flavor of the coffee.

You'll have to make your own decision, but in my case, I don't consider it a concern.

If you drink the water each day in your house, why would you hesitate to inject it rectally?

I once caught the parasite Blastocytes hominis.

To keep a low profile, my local water department

issued a fecal e coli alert. Several infants died from severe dehydration before the actual cause of their infection was discovered. Blastocytes hominis is usually found in tropical climates. This was the first time it was discovered in the North East USA. My infection cost me three months of constant diarrehea, 30 pounds lost, a month on the antibiotic Flagyl (nasty), a colonoscopy and $1,800. A good friend works for a (different) local water department. He has revealed several similar horror stories. I boil all my drinking water and water for enemas.

Depends upon your tap water.

If you are on a municipal water system in the US, Canada or the UK, you are pretty safe. Safety tests are rigorous and frequent.

If you are on a well, know your own well.

In the third world, unless you have a private well you can be sure of, you might want to boil.

Do essentially the same things to it you would do if you planned to drink it!

I like to use steam distilled water. This insures no impurities are in the water. It is a little more costly but I think it is worth it. i live on a ranch and have well water so I am nor trusting of the water we get from the well. It has been tested but the tests are for bacteria and not the chemical content.

This is quite a foolish line of thinking, when you drink tap water it goes through your stomach first and your stomach can deal with all kinds of tap water issues that your intestines can't.

Thank-you for the good info on water. I am very new at this and my girl and I wondered what we should be using.Her logic was anything going in should be sterile which seemed kind of funny, considering where it is going.

Tap water is just fine for the colon. The colon is full of bacteria which is normal and you want that for health reasons. There is no such thing as a sterile colon.