Colon Hydrotherapy
Colon cleansing (colon therapy) encompasses a number of alternative medical therapies intended to remove fecal waste and unidentified toxins from the colon and intestinal tract. Colon cleansing may take the form of colon hydrotherapy (also called colonics or colonic irrigation) or oral cleansing regimens. Colon hydrotherapy is the cleansing of the entire large intestine with a gentle enema-type system using filtered water and gentle abdominal massage.
Colon hydrotherapy uses enemas to inject water, sometimes mixed with herbs, or other liquids, into the colon using special equipment. Another colon cleansing method is done orally, using dietary fiber, herbs, dietary supplements or laxatives. The purpose of colon cleansing is to remove accumulations of feces from the walls of the large intestine which are believed to putrefy and harbor parasites or pathogenic gut flora.