Re: New to coffee enemas -- feeling worse

Hi autoimmuneeysha

By back to back coffee enemas I mean this -

2 cups of boiled coffee, cooled down. Taken in, held for 15 minutes or whatever duration you find right for you, then released. Then, another 2 cups taken in, held, released.

That is two back to back CEs. I often do three.

2 quarts is 8 cups. I have read about people doing 1 quart and 2 quart coffee enemas but I have not tried this, primarily because I want the coffee to stay in the sigmoid colon from where it goes to the liver through the portal vein. 2 quarts is close to the full capacity of the colon, which means one would have coffee all over the colon. This can be a good colon cleanser, and also can go to the liver from the sigmoid colon and other parts of the colon which also have openings to the portal vein.

My apprehensions about it, however, would be that given the large surface area of the colon that the coffee comes into contact with, there is going to be more absorption into the bloodstream. Coffee doesn't go well with me when I drink it, so I would want to avoid this absorption as much as I could. Also, if you are using the same amount of coffee - say, 4 tablespoons - in 2 cups, versus 8 cups, then there is a dilution of the strength of the coffee. So whenever it comes into contact with the portal vein or the colon walls, it is going to have less impact than 4 tablespoons packed into 2 cups and focused on one part of the colon.

I may be wrong here. I am only learning so do feel free to experiment and share what benefits or lack of them you experience.

I am not sure what made your tummy cramp with a 2 quart enema, or was it a two quart coffee enema? In either case, 2 quarts being close to full capacity for the colon (and perhaps more so if you are a small person), there could be different reasons - I think the most common reason for cramping is gas in the colon, in which case you should wait till the gas has been expelled before taking an enema.

It could also be that there are air bubbles in your colon water / coffee, in which case you should take the nozzle out of your body and let the liquid flow out for a while, so that the air is released, and then insert again and resume the flow.

You could also be keeping your enema bag / bucket too high, making the water go into your colon too quickly. For me about 2.5-3 feet high works well.

I don't see how coffee could give you stomach cramps.

Also, if there isn't enough duration between your last meal and your enema, you might feel pain when if the colon presses against your stomach, although I have never experienced this since I always keep at least 1 hour, preferably 2 or more, between meals and enemas.

Replacements for colema boards and colonics - that's a complicated subject. I live in New Delhi, India and there is only one place here which offers colonics, and it took me many months after beginning cleansing and flushing to find it, and it is also very expensive. So what I have tried is - multiple, back to back, saline enemas (2 or even 3); daily enemas for a few days after the flush; castor oil cleanse - this one also cleans the small intestine, where the toxins released from flushing may be reabsorbed - colonics and enemas don't go to the small intestine; periodic cleansing with castor oil or colosan or another such substance to keep the bowels clean in general; also medium to high doses of organic triphala which keep the bowels moving in the days before and after the flush.

Even when I am doing CEs, I take triphala at night so that I have good bowel movements and it is easier to hold the CE.

Of late I have been reading up on coconut Oil Enema s, and you might want to research this. I have not tried it so far so I cannot tell you much about it.

Andreas strongly cautions against flushing without a colonic before and after, but most people I found here and on Facebook do not do that because it is too expensive or for other reasons, like vata derangement. They do one or a combination of the above, and other things, like psyllium and Bentonite (which Andreas is not favourable about). The majority of them seem to be doing fine, although a few do have problems with re-absorption. I'd say about 80% or more who do not do colonics manage well with flushes.

In general, as your colon hygiene improves over the months, there will be less danger of reabsorption.

Keep us posted about your experiences.

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