The sick bathed in water and in the recent translations by Professor Edmund Sezekely of the Aramaic script of the Gospel of St. John, it is recorded that Christ ordered them to wash out their bowels with water by means of what we commonly call an enema.
But the therapy of colon irrigation takes us further than a mere enema, and has attained the level of a specialized technique. In achieving an active, rapid and effective elimination of toxins from the body and bowels it has no equal, yet its application is simplicity itself.
There have been several methods devised for the purpose of irrigation, some better than others, but the principle is the same throughout, namely to flush thoroughly the entire large intestine with water. It is usually done in stages. First the rectum and pelvic colon is emptied and then gradually the rest of the intestine. By this technique the water, flowing all the time, penetrates throughout its entire length entering into the smaller loops and depressions and removing all the accumulated debris adhering to the walls.
All the time the presence of the warm water is relaxing the tense and spastic portions of the bowels wall, and gently exercising the intrinsic muscles to form peristalsis and propel the dissolved faecal masses and toxins away. The kinked and sagging portions are filled out and the constant movement assists the bowels to return to its normal position and shape and by strengthening the muscles to maintain this recovered tone.
That briefly is how the system of colon irrigation operated, and by a few clever inventions, the pressure of the water can always be controlled flowing into the bowel, at the same time circulating it right round to the caecum. Also there are ingenious devices for checking the operation when difficult passages have to be traversed.
In some cases certain medicaments are added to the water for the neutralizing of over acid condition, for removing mucus and hardened faecal masses, and for replacing a suitable soil for the natural flora to proliferate on. Varying temperatures are employed for excessively spastic bowels and for those very devoid of tone. The whole process is almost painless and the majority find it a very comforting treatment, giving them a feeling of exhilaration and cleanliness afterwards.
Of course in serious cases of constipation and in fact any disease where this condition exists several treatments are necessary to achieve complete cleanliness of the bowel, but cases of years standing where laxatives have been employed daily, a natural motion is brought about in a very short time because the whole bowel is re- constructed are re-educated.
