"Yes, I would say that the Epsom Salts is most inportant, but I have rarely heard of coffee enemas reaching that far up into the small intestine."
In the 1920s, German scientists found that a caffeine solution could open the bile ducts and stimulate the production of bile in the liver of experimental animals.
and while coffee enemas can relieve constipation, Gerson cautioned: "Patients have to know that the coffee enemas are not given for the function of the intestines but for the stimulation of the liver."
I myself have passed stones through the use of coffee enemas!