An unhealthy lifestyle puts too much stress on the vital organs responsible for purification and elimination, including the stomach, liver, pancreas, colon, and kidneys. All of these are overloaded when too many toxins from the environment, processed foods, alcoholic beverages, and cigarettes are absorbed and proliferated in the body.
The colon is responsible for the final elimination of ingested food waste. And due to modern dietary habits that consist mostly of foods high in sugar and fat that are not good for the body at all, the colon then works harder to cope with the demands of keeping the body clean and healthy. When the colon has reached its probable limit, symptoms such as constipation, diarrhea and migraines arise. However, many people tend to neglect such symptoms and suffer greatly in the long run with the onset of various diseases such as IBS, urinary tract infections, and yeast infections, to name just a few.
Colon hydrotherapy is a good preventive treatment for diseases mainly caused by unhealthy colons. In fact, the popularity of such a procedure is rapidly reaching millions, which only indicates that it is really effective. Colon hydrotherapy or colonic irrigation is a cleansing procedure that involves injecting gallons of sterile water into the colon through the rectum. Water is made to continuously pass through the colon and eventually flush out the impacted mucus and waste. This procedure can take an hour or less, depending on the condition of the colon.
The procedure can be performed in the comfort of your own bathroom or with the expert guidance of a colonic hydrotherapist working at a licensed colonic irrigation clinic. For those who prefer to perform the procedure themselves, quality home colon kits or colon plates can be purchased. The procedure is performed lying on the colenema board that rests on the toilet. A tube inserted into the rectum sends sterile water that gently flows through the colon. The flow is generated by gravity, not by any machine. This procedure can take anywhere from 20 to 60 minutes with 5 gallons of water periodically injected into the colon. The 5 gallons of water are not used completely in one go, but gradually as water is required to flow in and out naturally throughout the session for about 8-15 times. To carry out the procedure, help is needed.
On the other hand, for those who are not willing to administer their own colonics at home, they may choose to go to colonic clinics and have the procedure performed by trained colonic therapists. Several colon clinics employ both closed system and open system colon machines.
The closed system colonic machine involves the use of a sterile speculum. The speculum is connected to a colonic machine by hoses: one hose is for water flowing into the colon while the other is for water flowing out of the colon. The open system, on the other hand, uses a pencil-sized tube connected to a water tank. The machine has a built-in trough into which the patient can naturally and comfortably dispose of waste.
