Colonic irrigation is a therapy primarily designed to cleanse and promote health in the large bowel. Practitioners of colonic irrigation believe that the treatment can flush out impacted faeces ...

“Colon cleansing is a trend with a lack of scientific evidence supporting it,” says Dr Megan Rossi, dietitian, founder of The Gut Health Clinic and a research fellow at King’s College London ...

Method: Involves gently filling the colon with warm filtered water through a small sterile tube called a speculum attached to a hydrotherapy machine. When the water is flushed out, it carries with ...

If the appendix is absent or utilized for another purpose, then placement of a chait tube or caecostomy button can provide access to the colon for the enema. However, these devices may be ...