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

Just tap water for my enema bag(s). The only results that happen are what are suppose to happen. 😁

City tap water, although I have noticed while traveling that sometimes the tap water in other locations can be less than desirable.

I live next door to a drugstore with a Glacier water machine out front. it's only 35 cents a gallon so why not splurge on my arse

I’ve never used anything else than tap water. If it’s good enough to take in at one end, it’s good enough to take at the other.

We like to use "Sea Salt"/Baking Soda" in our Enemas and it helps in longer retention during "Sex" and??? We also use both in "Coffee Enemas" mmmm.....Very Nice!! Tap Water is not safe enough so we also use mostly "Distilled Water " for our Enemas. (-:

^^^^ Your tap water isn't safe? What do you drink and cook with?

Do you have a private well or a public water supply? Public water supplies are completely safe for enemas. Distilled water is fine to use, but is not necessary from a health standpoint.

To all those who mentioned

"The nausea may come from an imbalance in electrolytes"

You are correct!

Add salt to a water enema

1tbs/qt

While there is little scientific evidence to support or refute the benefits of colon cleansing, critics say it's generally unnecessary and at times may even be harmful. Although doctors prescribe colon cleansing as preparation for medical procedures such as colonoscopy, most don't recommend it for detoxification.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/colon-cleansing/AN00065

Too much water taken internally can, and has, killed people. Too bad my former posts were deleted.

"If what you say is the case, people would be ending up in the ER or dying every day at colonic spas,"

People have wound up in the ER, and worse, because of high colonics. And several places were shut down.

People pay a lot for acai berries yet they are no better than blueberries. People fall for a lot of stuff and scams.

Not adding the proper amount of salt is dangerous, very dangerous

NEVER USE DISTILLATED WATER PURE .

YOU MUST MIX A TEASPOON BAKING SODA OR TABLE SALT PER QUART

The right proportions are :

Table Baking Soda

54,25 gramms/gallon

1,91 Oz/Gallon

0,48 Oz/Quart

14 gramms/liter

Table Salt NaCl

34,88 gramms/gallon

1,23 Oz/Gallon

0,31 Oz/Quart

9 gramms/liter

Sorry, Arthur, distilled water is no different from tap water with regard to its safety as an enema. Tap water has so few dissolved minerals, the difference between that and tap water is nil. You can prove that to yourself. Take a liter or two of water in a jar DON'T TOUCH IT and let it completely evaporate. You'll see there just isn't much solute in tap water.

I have discussed the use of baking soda, table salt of varying types many times before, and don't think they make any difference either as long as you aren't already aware that you have renal or other serious endocrine problems being treated. For the very vast population, there is no need to add various salts as long as you aren't taking repeated enemas 24 hours a day. An isotonic solution just isn't necessary.

Please look up the dangers of an imbalance in electrolytes. And please recognize that the intestines will transfer water into the bloodstream (and swell your brain) much faster than your drinking it, unless you add salt to that water to keep the electrolyte balance.

This is most critical for anyone doing more than one enema at a time. One small (1 qt or less) enema a week - no problem. Any more then please add that salt.

Play, though play smart!

^^^^ If that were the case, people having colonic irrigations would be ending up dead or dying and going to the ER all the time, which clearly doesn't happen, because I am sure the health departments would love to close down colonic clinics.

It's easy to state a litany of POTENTIAL problems, but I stand by what I have said in the past. For anyone who doesn't have a very severe renal or endocrine problem, plain tap water is fine.

For my part I always use bottled water. Here in the UK you can buy it in 5 litre containers quite cheaply. My reasons are as follows.

Firstly, our tap water at home - straight from the mains - is saturated in Chlorine and Fluoride - it positively stinks. We filter all water for drinking even if it is boiled for a hot drink. I don't really want Chlorine or Fluoride in my body from either end of the GI tract!

Secondly, many of us playdocs work in a hotel based location. 'Tap water' in hotels (and this applies all over the world) is rarely if ever Tap Water but instead its stored in tanks somewhere on the roof. Now, as a person who has spent many years involved with mechanical services in buildings (plumbing, air conditioning etc) I could make your hair curl in relating what has been found in water storage tanks in which maintenance is almost invariably neglected. Out of sight and out of mind! I'll just settle for dead rats and used condoms!!!! Now how does that make you feel when you brush your teeth or insert that nozzle?

So, for me and all my patients who take enemas it's bottled water!!!

I've switched to bottled spring water in lieu of tap water. I continue to use added sea salt and aloe juice, but the elimination of chlorine and ammonia (!) seems to provide greater comfort/pleasure.

I've switched to bottled spring water in lieu of tap water. I continue to use added sea salt and aloe juice, but the elimination of chlorine and ammonia (!) seems to provide greater comfort/pleasure.

If you have a public water supply in the US, you are wasting your money. There is less regulation in bottled water than tap water.

As far as sea salt is concerned, sea salt is harvested from coastal waters where sea water is dried and the precipitated sea salt is harvested. That has more pollutants than salt like Mortons or Diamond Crystal which is mined from underground sources which have been virginal for thousands of years.

If you can drink the tap water, it's just fine for the other end and any difference is in your head.

Also, keep in mind that with an enema, you expel almost all the water. When you drink it, you absorb 100%.

Best way: find out all you can about your water system. Municipal water systems in the US meet very strict standards. Those based on community wells, or private well water systems can contain a lot of minerals that don't make the water unsafe in any way, but may make it difficult for things like soapsuds Epsom Salt or glycerin to fully dissolve.

Tap water has chemicals in it that might be harmful in the long run... I don't even drink the stuff, but I suppose if it gets filtered properly, it would be OK.

If you live in an area that has an approved drinking water system provided by a public water distribution utility, then it is ok to use tap water.

Professor

Tap water is my first choice--with additives such as soap, glycerine, or stimulants.

Tap water and either Ivory or Dr.Bronners have always been fine for me,that or sometimes just tap water with some salt added for most of my enemas these days.

I use ordinary tap water for filling my bags and never had any problems!

We have pretty good tap water from the town and on occasion I use it for enemas. If time permits I prefer filtered water from a pitcher we use for drinking. Holds 1 1/2 quarts so it isn't a big deal to make up a 2 quart bag. When we travel by car, rather than use unknown local water we carry a gallon jug of 'purified' water from the grocery for both drinking and an enema if needed.

I use mainly hot tap water to fill my enema bags and have been doing so for many years.

I have well water and it's good water so I alway use tap water.

Yeah if you can drink it, 7you can put it in your enema bag.

I use a distiller. Have you ever seen whats left on the bottom of the distiller?? Its brown limey and smells terrible. Just because the goverment says its safe doesn't mean anything. I won't even drink city water. YUCK!!!

Filter water just to be on the safe side!

Ever notice that people who "recommend" bottled water and "pure organic grown by hobbits in a valley far far away coffee" are usually people who are trying the peddle their bullshit.

Just go with tap water if you feel it's safe... And I say that because I hear that the tap water in LA and Montreal among other big cities will occasionally have a ban in drinking it due to contaminants. And hey, while you're at it, if you're into coffee enemas use instant (OHHH NOOO) caffeinated coffee. It will do the same thing.

The issue of using a good clean...free of chlorine and other chemicals water has been the suggested rule of thumb...and I follow that practice (when ever possible)... ...'when ever possible' being the key phrase here. How many folks actually follow this rule every time you take an enema? What about the times filtered water is not available...I've never experienced any ill effects from tap water...certainly not in the short term. Use filtered water when ever possible, but an occasional tap water filling from time to time isn't going to damage your colon. Any thoughts?

I moved to an old farm house earlier this year and was told the water was fine. A couple months later the water began to smell and change the color of our sinks, baths and expensive washer! Now if I take an enema I use bottled water because the well water is not safe. If we can't drink it, it's not going up the other end either! My advice is to always use purified water just to be safe. You really never know what's in your water.

Tap water ha been used in my enemas for over 60 years. For the past 30 years I have averaged 2 per week. This past Monday I had a colonoscopy and the doc said I have a very healthy colon. So I guess we have good tap water around here.