What is Colon Hydrotherapy (Colonic Irrigation or Colonics)?
Colonics have been around in one form or another for thousands of years. In fact, there are pictures on the walls of ancient Egyptian temples of healers administering colonics to the Kings and Queens of the day. Is there any doubt that this is truly a royal treatment? In the 1800s and early part of the 1900s almost every hospital and clinic in the U.S. was offering colonics as an integral part of there wellness protocol. When the pharmaceutical industry gained power in the mid-1900s colonics was pushed to the background. Today, withcolon cancer having become the number one cause of death in the U.S. from cancer, Colon Hydrotherapy is once again recognized as an important and vital part of regaining and maintaining optimal health!
The colon (or large intestine) is a hollow tube-like organ made up of a muscle structure that moves toxic materials out of the body by a wave-like motion known as peristalsis. Use of laxatives over an extended period of time will weaken these muscles, creating dependency. Colonics actually can improve the muscle tone of the colon making it easier to move your bowels and have a more complete bowel movement.
From the beginning of the large intestine (cecum) to the rectum, it is approximately 5-6 feet long. When a person is constipated, the walls of the colon are generally packed or lined with accumulated feces. This causes extended periods of intestinal overloading by failure to respond to the immediate call of nature. In this condition, the colon can neither absorb nor eliminate properly. Polluted blood from this system is picked up by the liver and circulates through every part of the body, reaching every cell. To properly clean the body tissue, we must start by a thorough cleansing of the bowel. It took time to pollute our bodies to the point of disease, so it also takes time to reverse this process through a series of internal cleansings (colonics).