What is Colon Hydrotherapy?

It is possible to answer this question from many different angles only to find that no one answer can fully encompass all that colon hydrotherapy can achieve or offer. Essentially, a colonic is a warm bath for the colon.  It is a safe and effective way of introducing warm, filtered water into the large intestine with the intention of removing wastes and rehydrating the colon. But there are also numerous other benefits.  Colonic irrigation has the ability to stimulate peristalsis – the body’s natural wave-like muscular contractions that move the food we eat through the digestive system on its journey southward. Colonics have the ability to rehabilitate the nerves, muscles and blood flow associated with the large intestine, this improves digestive function and increases the body’s ability to eliminate toxins, wastes, sluggishness and stagnation.

Colon Hydrotherapy is widely sought after by those discerning individuals who put optimum health first on their list of priorities concerning their physical, emotional and psychological wellbeing.  Some of the advantages people often cite when asked why they choose to use colon hydrotherapy are: clearer skin, higher levels of energy, increased confidence, better sleep, reduction of stress, anxiety and uncertainty, better awareness of what is happening in their body, increased athletic performance, an increase in oxygen levels in the body a sense of wellbeing, calmness and a reduction of underlying stress.

Colon hydrotherapy is also often an effective method of managing a wide range of symptoms which include, but are not restricted to: Constipation, Skin Problems, Diarrhoea, Flatulence, Bad breath, Low energy, Bloating, Headaches, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Haemorrhoids, Sluggishness in the Liver, relief from lower back pain, improved concentration and is invaluable in the process of general detoxification of the body which ultimately leads to greater health and vitality.

What’s clear is that we need a completely new paradigm that encompases a quantum shift toward being preventative, proactive and lifestyle-based, with emphasis on the role and responsibility of the individual in daily choices, habits and long-term consequences.

- Sara Gottfried MD