Natural Bowel Cleansing
Nicole Ferguson • Dip Nutrition ACNT, Sydney Australia • Dip Colonic Hydrotherapy • Advanced certificate Iridology • Certificate in Behavioural iridology • ARCH (Association and Register of Colon Hydrotherapists) • Member of CNHNC – Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council • Member of GNC – General Naturopathic Council • Member of GNII (guild of naturopathic international iridologists)
Content • A & P of the bowel and it’s functions • Journey of a stool • Naturopathic signs of poor bowel health • Colonic Irrigation and enemas • Natural Products to use, including: pre and probiotics Bentonite Clay, Psyllium husk, Spirulina, Herbs • Foods to avoid and increase with simple recipes. • Fasting • Testimonials
The bowel
‘Death begins in the colon ‘ (Bernard Jenson) • The main aim of bowel cleansing is to get the person in front of you back to scratch, then re-build them using nutritional methods. • Nutrition plans will be better tolerated by a client who has cleansed • Some times you will find that cleansing alone is actually the only method they needed and their health begins to improve.
The Bowel • Our digestive system is our inner skin, and what we put in determines what happens to our health. • The bowel is the first and most important organ when cleansing is considered. All other elimination channels need to be remembered for cleansing (The bowel, kidneys, liver, lungs, skin and lymphatic system) in this order to reach optimal health
Bowel A&P • Bowel also known as colon and large intestine • The bowel is the first organ made during gestation • The bowel is made up of 5 strong layers of muscle, Each layer of muscle fibers are arranged in different directions making it one the strongest if not the strongest muscle in the body. • The bowel is on average 5-6 feet in length and is should be roughly 2.5 cm in width. • Optimum bowel movements is 3 x per day if 3 regular meals are eaten daily.
Bowel A&P • The bowel is one of the major absorption sites to the body. • The portal system is a connection of veins that go from the bowel to the liver
Bowel A&P • Around 80% of our lymphatic tissue is connected to the bowel. Picture taken from Merck Manuals looking at bowel cancer
Reflex Points • There are reflex points in the bowel that are said to correspond to other parts of the body • Whole body cleansing will always happen when working on the bowel.
The Journey of a stool • Around 3 to 4 pints of fluid (chyme) from food , water and the digestive process enters the cecum in the bowel daily via the ileo-cecal valve. • ICV - • Opposite the cecum is our appendix full of lymphatic tissue that secrets fluid into the stool. If the bowel is not functioning properly then the waste can just sit in the cecum due its pouch like structure and get re-absorbed back into the lymphatic system via the appendix. • A full cecum can also lead to waste flowing back into the small intestine due to an ill working ileo-cecal valve, this is called autointoxication. • The cecum is also a known for a ‘site’ where parasites can sit due its pouch like structure. • The pituitary gland and the cecum have a direct relationship so all aspect of mind, body spirit need to be taken into consideration for bowel cleanliness.
The Journey of a stool As the stool makes it journey through the bowel it gets firmer and should then release from the bowel as faeces within 24 hours. Stools can get stuck in the sigmoid colon because they have not been released effectively nor efficiently. This will then cause a ‘ pluglike ’ effect or ‘a backup’ of stools leading to a waste build up in the whole bowel. If the ‘plug’ is left, the bowel will still try to empty so it will start to increase in width causing a ballooned effect this can then lead to bowel pockets where old waste can accumulate and peristalsis will slow down or become irregular, causing either constipation, IBS or Diarrhoea.
The Journey of a stool • If the congestion reaches the transverse colon it can get too heavy and prolapsed. Along with the prolapsed the bowel can increase in width from its usual 2.5 cm and encroach in other organs space. • Constipation usually occurs due to lack of fluids in the diet. Drinking water once constipated will generally not help. • There are many other contributors to constipation: medications, operations, irregular bowel shape, pregnancy, stress, adrenal fatigue, hypothyroid, low mobility, poor diet to name a few. • When the whole bowel is full it can push into other areas of the body and reduce their function
Signs of poor bowel health: • Constipation • Diarrhoea • IBS • Bloating • Pain • Bleeding upon wipe or strain • Frequent smelly gas • Leaky gut
Naturopathic signs of poor bowel health: • Black under eyes • White coating on tongue (damp / Candida) • Hard boils on the cheek area on face • Smelly breath • Persistent Fatigue • Lower back ache
Enemas & Colonic Irrigation / Colon Hydrotherapy
Enema History • Almost every culture has a history of enemas • Oldest reference can be taken back to 1,500 • It is reported that Louis XIV had over 2,000 enemas during his reign • From enemas came from colonic irrigation. • The queens doctor is known to use colonic irrigation treatments regularly at present. • Colonic irrigation was offered in hospitals in the UK until Laxatives came about. Laxatives are not bowel friendly and tend to disturb or inhibit absorption of vitamins and minerals in the small intestine and make the bowel lazy. Colonic irrigation has the opposite effect.
What does colonic irrigation do? • Around 30 bowel movements are released per treatment. Even for those who pass stools regularly. • Rehabilitates and re-educates muscle tone and function by waking up the nerves and sensors in the bowel. • It improves bowel shapes and tries to even out the ballooned and strictured (pencil thin) sections of the bowel. • Softens hard stools so they can be released • Removes impacted stools and stool in pockets • Hydrates the body via absorption into the blood • Removes bad bacteria for healthy flora to re-colonise • Removes / reduces gut pathogens / parasites • Colonic irrigation Inhibits autointoxication via the Ilium in the small intestine. • Increases absorption in the small intestine by removing waste volume from the bowel allowing the SI to return to normal size. • Colonic irrigation Improves liver function due to water being absorbed into the portal system. • Stimulates and cleanses the lymphatic system
Colonic Irrigation / Colon Hydrotherapy • Colonic irrigation can be used long term and will only benefit the bowel and your health if carried out regularly and correctly. • Ensure the therapist is correctly trained. ARCH. The Association of Registered Colon Hydrotherapists. The Treatment • Colonic irrigation is a therapeutic, safe method of using warm purified water to cleanse the bowel and remove waste from bowel pockets • Different water temperatures are used to either bring blood to towards or away from the bowel, improving blood flow of nutrients to the rest of the body. • Treatment usually lasts for 45 minutes • The therapist should stay with the client the whole time and use an closed system. In my experience through having colonic irrigation on a regular basis all aspects of health improve • Contraindications do exist so if a client has any health issues or bowel disease check with a registered therapists. A handout is given with this presentation. • Information is given on the ARCH website. • http://www.colonic-association.org/what-is-colon-hydrotherapy
How Many? • It works as a soaking process and typically requires 3-6 treatments to properly clean the bowel and reach the cecum. These treatments should be close together to retain the soaking effect. • Usually between treatment 3 and 6 is when you get old waste being removed • Often near the end of the course of treatments, hard pellets will release which is the old waste stored in pockets if left in the bowel they are considered a reason for heath implications. • A cecal flush can also be noted in the treatment which shows the whole length of the bowel has been worked on. • Enemas work very well within the colonic irrigation treatment as you can ensure good absorption through the bowel wall and into the portal system and lymphatic system. • Probiotic implants are also great to use to ensure the good bacteria is replaced. • Regular treatments of at least 4 per year is recommended . Often more if bowel habits still need to be worked on. • Even people that go daily may have bowel congestion, prolapsed bowel, bowel pockets, It is not exclusive to irregular bowels. They should carry out regular colonic treatments.
Coffee Enemas • Great to use when suspected liver function is compromised. • They reduce serum toxins via the portal system. • Palmitic acid is absorbed via the portal vein to the liver and stimulates the release of bile. This bile is un-re-absorbable via the gut wall and is simply excreted via the bowel. • Palmitic acid also has a direct influence on stimulating on Glutathoine S Transferease.
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