Before the development
and the more widespread installation of equipment for colonic irrigations, many
spa’s and health resorts relied on multiple large volume enemas taken every day
of a stay at these establishments. These treatments gradually gained in popularity
in Europe
during the last 200 years. Dr Kellogg based many of his own treatments in his
sanitorium on European sources which he references in his Manuals. Here is a
description of his enema regimen and also the subsequent spread of colonic irrigations in many
American towns and cities:-
Dr. H. Kellogg’s
Sanatorium in Battle Creek
was visited by Presidents, Heads of State and every multi-millionaire of the
day (late 1800’s). A 6 - 8 week stay included a lot of exercise, mineral baths,
a very healthy but bland diet of food and large enemas 6 - 8 times a day.
Dr Kellogg’s clinic
gave rise to the popularity of large volume high colon irrigations for women in
the early 1900’s. These treatments usually ended with a large enema of 5 to 7
quarts to completely fill the colon. Colonic Parlors (as they were called) were
as common as barber shops in cities and towns. No proper city lady would think
about going more than two weeks without a visit to a colonic Doctor. Kellogg’s
methods were adopted and accepted by many, especially in the populous centers
in the late 1800’s and until about 1940. From Silver Jouett – 2005.
It is much easier to
train staff to administer a series of large volume enemas, than to operate the
more complicated and expensive colonic irrigation apparatus with safety.
According to the following two accounts, even today, some spa’s and health
resorts still rely on a daily series of large volume enemas of 5 to 6 quarts,
rather than the use of the more complicated colonic irrigation procedure:-
I am a 31 year old married woman. In the last 4 years, I have
found a clinic in Jamaica
where I had a lot of enema treatments. I
was there for 3 weeks and had at least 5 high volume enemas every day along
with massage administered at the same time. They used long colon tubes on me
and the longest colon tube is inserted to 60”. The enemas were given very
slowly and were very large - 5 quarts or more. I have to tell you they were
wonderful and I have so much energy from them. My health has never been better,
and I highly recommend them.
I have been to colonic clinics where you are on a machine for
about 45 minutes, and then they say nothing more is coming out, so that is the
end of the session. For me high enemas of at least 5 quarts do so much more, and I proved that to
myself by having a long session right after having a colonic. The amount of
matter that came out was very surprising, and continued to come out for a good
four hours that I was given the enemas. Also I have had my colon checked and I
have far less kinks in it than I did before. I am very healthy, with lots of
energy and my weight is great, which is very important for my work. At home,
between clinic visits, I have large enemas of between 4 and 5 quarts at least 3
times a week and feel wonderful for them.
From Susanne – A Canadian Model – 2005.
Some Colon
therapists never allow the colon to be fully distended during an hour long
colonic irrigation treatment, and thus fail to loosen all impacted material
from the walls of the cecum. Is it possible that a series of large enemas,
which fully distend the whole of the colon, can sometimes be more effective
than colonic irrigation treatments as has been reported by Susanne?
Charles’s mother owned
a spa in Mexico.
I stayed the whole summer while Charles went on an engineering project. I
learned to take large volume enemas from his mother. My mother in law has been
taking large volume enemas ever since she was first taken to the spa by her
mother at age 12.
This spa and others
around the world have been giving large, high enemas for many years. Enemas are
given 5 days a week and for two days you are allowed to rest and your system
return to normal. Then you are cleaned out and the week starts over again.
There I was given about two hours of cleansing enemas five mornings a week and
about three hours of distension enemas in the afternoon.
All the enemas given
at the spa are carefully calculated to maintain electrolyte balance in the
system. As long as the chemical balance is maintained, enemas can be retained
for hours. Water can be used for long periods of colon stretching as long as a
teaspoonful of salt is added to each liter of water used. You naturally absorb
some solution when it stays in your colon for several hours, but a catheter is
always inserted before the enema is started to allow elimination by the
kidneys. There is an MD on the staff at the spa, and he is always nearby, if
not in the room when most of the treatments are given.
The morning enemas
were about 3 or 4 liters and were usually in bed before I got up and they
tended to be slow and easily administered by my future mother in law. We had
time to talk while I “soaked”. The distension enemas were given in the
afternoon. These enemas were very challenging and were given by my mother in
law. For my first distension enema Michelle gave me four liters in about 5
minutes. Then she opened the other four liter syringe and let it trickle in
over the rest of the afternoon. She said
there was plenty of time. At
about 6 liters I was done and she knew it.
Each afternoon I am
taken to whatever level I am comfortable with.
I always strive to make it as far as I can. I have been going to the spa
every summer for 13 years now and stay for several weeks. I enjoy all the enemas
I am given. I look forward to, once a week at the spa, holding enemas of 5 to 6 liters for 3 to 4 hours.
At home I build up to 5 to 6 liters at
least twice a week, usually on the weekend when my husband can do it for me. I
believe that frequent large enemas are the key to a healthy colon and
prevention of colon cancer as well as many other problems.
From June Dietz –
Daughter of a Nurse - 2007.
It may be purely coincidental, but Jamaica
is not very far from Mexico,
so it may be a West Indian practice.
Has anyone else, in Europe
or America,
visited a spa or health clinic where they used multiple large volume enemas on
a daily basis during a stay there?