Colon Hydrotherapy
What is colonic hydrotherapy?
Colon hydrotherapy (also known as colonic irrigation) is an aspect of naturopathy; an area of medicine that promotes the body’s inherent power of recovery and self-regulation to regain balance.
Accumulation of waste in the colon may lead to higher levels of toxic substances which are re-absorbed into the bloodstream. This may affect other organs of elimination within the body: the lungs (often manifesting as bad breath), the skin (typical symptoms may include spots, dryness, eczema, rush) and the kidneys (highly coloured urine). In cases where there has been a long history of constipation, these toxins may additionally affect the muscles, the eyes, the stomach and digestion, mood or even energy levels.
Colon hydrotherapy, through enhancing the colon’s work and lowering the amount of toxic waste accumulated, supports overall detoxification, helping other organs of elimination to perform their role. Polluted bowel may also have an effect on the efficiency of the liver, increasing the toxic load on the whole body. This is why a toxic digestive tract may trigger problems distant and seemingly unrelated from the digestive tract itself, such as skin conditions or feeling fatigued.
Some of the benefits of colonic hydrotherapy
- it helps to improve bowel transit time
- it supports cleansing, toning and exercises the colon
- it helps to empty the bowel’s ‘pockets’ and improve its muscle action
- it helps to balance the microbiome thus aids to Short Chain Fatty Acid and vitamin K production
- it contributes to increased absorption of nutrients through the bowel wall
- it supports decreasing enterotoxin production and absorption
- it supports lowering the congestion of other eliminatory organs
- it may contribute to improved liver function
- it may help conditions secondary to poor bowel function, like skin issues
- it supports increasing energy levels and overall well being
Colonic Hydrotherapy During fasting programs
Colon hydrotherapy (colonic irrigation) can be very supportive during water, juice and other types of fasting as it enhances opening up the main detoxification pathway in your body — the colon.
During fasting, toxins are released from your system, and this occurs most frequently during periods of fasts longer than 17 hours because they trigger the process of autophagy — a cellular repair, detox and removal of dead or diseased cells, crucial to long-term health.
Throughout our lives, the cells gather dangerous pathogens, oxidised particles, and other damaging organic components that cause various health dysfunctions. Each cell can cleanse itself during autophagy by destroying this harmful organic material inside itself or by releasing it into the bloodstream, allowing it to exit the body. Only when you fast your body is able to enter autophagy, and eating will take you out of it. This explains why people frequently experience an autophagy-induced youthful and energizing feeling both during and after a fast.
All of your detox organs, including the liver, gallbladder, colon, kidneys, and lymphatic system, will get to work intensely during longer fasts when autophagy is activated to make sure the toxins leave your body. This is why the proper functioning of these organs is crucial.
Initially, during the longer fasts, you may experience symptoms such as rashes, brain fog, bloating, diarrhoea, constipation, and low energy. These are signs of congested detoxification pathways, and you shouldn’t be discouraged. Opening up these detoxification pathways in the body is important to effortlessly remove the toxins from the system.
Colonic hydrotherapy can help open up your body’s primary detoxification channel, the colon, because it reduces congestion of this organ, empties it from old and encrusted waste, stimulating smooth muscle movements. This ultimately helps the toxins excreted from the cells during fasting to leave your body. The long-term strength of the colon is another goal of this process. Additionally, a detoxified colon will not hold toxins from faecal waste that leak into the bloodstream and overload other detox organs, such as the liver.
Regular fasting combined with colonic hydrotherapy could amplify the healing process and detoxification that happens when you do not eat. This powerful combination aims to support your long-term health, performance and energy levels.