Wow, you're going to get information on both sides of the extreme, I'm sure!

There are thousands of people that swear by daily coffee enemas (and many natural healers)...and there are just as many that say it's harmful and will stop you having normal bowel activity.

BUT, you stopped, and you're having normal bowel activity.

My mother in law had stage IV terminal liver cancer back in the 70's, and daily coffee enemas were part of what cured the cancer. She did them daily for years (and still does several weekly). She's 80 years old and doin' just fine :)


Here's my thoughts:

--Get the BEST organic coffee available specifically formulated for use in Coffee Enemas, and read everything this site has to offer:
http://www.sawilsons.com/
s.a.Wilson's Enema coffee for coffee enemas

--Make sure that the reason they make you "feel good" is NOT because of the caffeine blast (that one normally gets by doing a deep coffee enema).

-- coffee enemas are a great bowel cleanser/flusher, and are great to add to ANY bowel cleansing protocol.

--Read and listen to everybody's responses, consider everything, and then listen to your own "doctor within" .

Here's an article that I found to be fantastic...and it's full of ALL kinds of information about ALL the benefits of coffee enemas (it would be a great one to print out and take to your doc...if you want to "get into it" with him/her.) It tells how the ingredients in the coffee stimulate the body/liver to kill free radicals; the blood makes a full circuit through the body/liver every 3-5 minutes, and so if one retains a coffee enema for 15 - 30 minutes, the blood stream has been cleansed of free radicals 5-10 times...kinda like a complete blood dialysis that strengthens your immune system by killing free radicals every day.

http://www.gersonhawaii.us/gersonarticle4.html
Hawaii Gerson Therapy Retreat for cancer patients - Mind Your Body - Dr. Baylac

Go to Google, type in "coffee enema" (include the quotes)...and start reading :)

'Hope this all helps you some - great question! I hope to see more responses.

Unyquity

Hi Izzy! I'm really glad you posted about this. I've been doing coffee enemas for a number of years and never really knew if I was harming myself in anyway because it was for so long. But, I was so sick before, and it was the only thing that made me feel better, so I just did them.

Just like an MD to tell you stop immediately. These doctors. I was at the doctor's a few months ago and he asked if I was taking any thing. I told him some bowel cleansing herbs. He asked me how many bowel movements I have per day. I said 3. He said that's too many, stop cleansing, I should have 1 BM every 2 days. Oh my God. These doctors...they really know nothing about detoxification and cleansing, or even healthy bowel activity... and they are very quick to be an expert on things they know nothing about. He actually told me what I was doing was stupid. Man oh man....I didn't go back to him again

From my own experience with coffee enemas daily...I don't think it's harmed me. I was so key in getting me out of bad states many times. And I mean not a temporary 'fix', but bringing me back up to some state of health.

I've been in and out of bowel cleansing for years, and in and out of a healthy Diet too. I've done coffee enemas even when my diet wasn't so good, and I've done them when my diet has been good. I got more benefit from them with a good diet (of course), but...they had the biggest effect when I was having 8 fresh juices/day. I did this for 6 months and felt quite a bit better. It used to be that I couldn't feel well without a coffee enema, as in,...every day. After doing them as part of Gerson Therapy...now, I can go a week or more without one, and even then, I'm not feeling so sick I can't bear it.

So...they've helped me a lot! How much coffee do you use, by the way, for an enema? I've been using 4 teaspoons/2 cups (I don't use 1 quart...too hard to hold for me).
But, I'd love to know too, if they are alright to use indefinitely.

Thanks for writing about this!


~megan

Izzy,
I LOVE my coffee enemas tooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! reading these posts makes me want to do them daily. But I only do them weekly. Anyway. Just to warn you. I have read, and experiences adrenal exhaustion from too many coffee enemas. So you may just want to make sure you compensating for your adrenals in case that happens.
Katie