Early Naturopaths valued the importance of bowel cleansing for optimal health. The famous quote by Hippocrates who stated that ‘Every disease begins in the gut’ still holds truth today. Bowel cleansing with colonics and enemas are not new to us, they date back to Egyptian times where they found references to enemas in the Ebers Papyrus, clearly they understood the importance of this natural practice so long ago.

Colonic Hydrotherapy (or also known as Colonic Irrigation) involves the application of water into the colon (the large intestine – bowel). I use a gravity-fed colonic treatment which has less pressure than that of a normal bowel movement. It uses filtered water which is heated according to bowel tone/condition which is then fed at low pressure into the bowel using ‘disposable’ tubing and speculum. Gravity-fed colonic treatments are gentle, colonic massage during treatment can help to deliver great results. I am trained on both the gravity method and colonic machines but my choice is the ‘gravity’ tank method which our early naturopaths used.

Colonic treatments may also be supportive during a cleansing/detoxification programme, which was my reason for training.

There are a number of conditions where a colonic hydrotherapy treatment will be contraindicated and would be determined before booking.