by Joanna Mclean | Dec 22, 2020 | Colonics, history, Lifestyle
MODERN MEDICINE Up until about 100 years ago, anything less than one bowel movement a day was considered abnormal, so virtually every household had an enema bag hanging on the back of the bathroom door. While they were once routinely prescribed for irregularity and...
by Joanna Mclean | Dec 18, 2020 | Colonics, Diet, Health Issues, history, Lifestyle
PUBLIC ENEMA NUMBER ONE Though enemas never really went away, it was the pre-revolutionary French, taking a cue from their much-adored monarch, who carried an enthusiasm for enemas to the extreme. To say Louis XIV (1638-1715) was fond of enemas would be a vast...
by Joanna Mclean | Dec 18, 2020 | Colonics, Health Issues, history
WACKY TOBACCY In the Americas, dating from around the beginning of the Common Era, the Aguaruna Indians of Peru and many Mayan tribes were also known to use ritual and therapeutic enemas to empty their bowels, as evidenced by the many explicit yet artistically...
by Joanna Mclean | Dec 17, 2020 | Colonics, Health Issues, history, Lifestyle
by JACKIE ROSENHEK • July 2005 From ancient pharaohs to the kings of France, Ah, the enema. Shooting warm liquid into the rectum through the anus as a quick fix for what ails you has a history as long as the human colon itself. Like bleeding and cupping, the enema has...
