Today I want to talk about the ever feared and dreaded enema. I once posted this picture of myself with my enema bag on an Instagram story and I got a lot of fearful response from it. People are scared of it. 

I get it, I wasn’t stoked on putting a tube up my ass the first time either.

Oh the things we do for health! It’s really not that big of a deal and it leaves you feeling pretty good afterwards. Especially when detoxing, enemas can be extremely beneficial. Enemas are a quick and easy process that I’m gonna walk you through!

 

 

Why Enema?

An enema is of great assistance when detoxing as it can help unblock the colon and aid in the elimination process. It can help alleviate pressure that can affect you in other ways, such as headaches, skin issues, stomach trouble, and energy levels. The accumulation of stagnant waste in the body is the core cause of any disease and to avoid this, the health and functionality of your eliminatory channels are vital. Many of the foods people eat today are not colon friendly as they are drying and acidic, meaning they move slow and hang around in the body for longer than desired. The greatest way to avoid this is by eating a diet comprised of mostly fruits and veggies as they are hydrating, alkalizing, and full of fibre for easily processing and elimination. When you use an herbal tea in an enema, those healing herbs enter the walls of the colon to clean and strengthen the tissues. By removing stagnant waste, enemas are a great health tool for all.

 

How Often Should We Enema?

 

How often one should enema depends on the situation, but overall you don’t want to do this everyday or too often because you can become dependant on them. Primarily, you want to fix constipation issues with diet as the health of your colon highly depends on what you put into it. Along with proper diet, you can add in a good intestinal rejuvenator containing clays and herbs to rehabilitate the health of your GI tract.

• If one is detoxing on a diet of raw fruit, veggies, and herbs, use enemas as needed. Eventually diet and herbs will settle this naturally.
•  If one is doing a juice fast and not eliminating daily (totally the case for me!), enemas are crucial as you are not getting the fibre you would normally get from eating the fruits, veg, herbs. The fibre in food is what pushes waste out, and if nothing is coming out (less than usual is expected), you should probably help yourself out with an enema. However, many people still do eliminate during a juice fast in which they won’t need frequent enemas, so it really depends on each individual. During one of my juice fasts I woke up feeling the detox effects pretty hard; brain fog, head pressure, headache, lethargic. I did an enema and felt the pressure immediately let up. If you’re going to do a juice fast and you’re not poopin, you need to be doing enemas to help eliminate the old waste you’re loosening up with the juices.

 

What To Use?

 

It is best you use an herbal tea mix or regular spring water, but there is much debate over the popular coffee enema. The notion of the coffee enema is to stimulate the liver and bowels and the science behind it is quite fascinating, but Dr. Morse advises against it and I’d have to agree. He states that coffee enemas are far too stimulating to the bowel tissues and that overtime it can have an inflammatory response as it is acidic. He only advises it if one’s colon is “locked” and cannot make a bowel movement.

 Some  Advice…

 

Its really like chugging a beer through a funnel or beer bong; if you relax, it’ll flow right into you with ease. If you tense up, you’ll likely choke. Enemas are the beer bongs for your ass, however a much healthier version with a very different goal. Take a deep breath and relax your body before insertion and continually practice deep breathing throughout the process.