A History of Natural Colon Therapy

The therapy of the colon (large intestine) and its benefits have been known and practised for hundreds of years.

Dating back to ancient times, enemas were recorded as early as 1500 BC, in an Egyptian medical document called the "Eber Papyrus".

Hippocrates, Ambroise Pare, and Galen also advanced the use of enema therapy.

In earlier times, people implemented enema treatments in a river by using a hollow reed to induce water to flow into the rectum.

At an early time in America, Enemas were a commonly used procedure to help maintain health and stave off disease. For example, before the departure of the Lewis and Clarke expedition, a physician instructed them in the appropriateness of using enemas in cases of fever and illness. Our grandparents and great-grandparents grew up with the use of enemas as a widely accepted procedure for reversing the onset of illness.

In the early 1900's in Battle Creek, Michigan, John H. Kellogg, M.D., extensively used colon therapy on some forty thousand of his patients. In 1917 he reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association -- that in all but 20 cases -- he used no surgery for the treatment of gastrointestinal disease in his patients.

"In times past, knowledge of the bowel was more widespread and people were taught how to care for the bowel. Somehow, bowel wisdom got lost and it became something that no one wanted to talk about anymore." Bernard Jensen, D.C.

The popularity of colon therapy reached its peaked during the 1940's. At that time, colon irrigation machines were commonly seen in the USA , and regularly used as a standard practice in hospitals and doctor's surgeries. But as surgery and drugs became more widely used, this natural health treatment gradually vanished. Lack of knowledge regarding colon hydrotherapy and nutrition, together with beliefs held by orthodox medicine, may be the most important factors in the current ill-health of our population.

Proper bowel management and health can only be obtained through the time-proven natural approach; correct nutrition and colon hydrotherapy.

More interesting history of colonics can be found here: http://www.rcpe.ac.uk/journal/issue/journal_35_4/doyle.pdf