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What is the Colon?

The colon, bowel or large intestine, is the end portion of the human digestive tract (a continuous food carrying passageway extending from the mouth to the anus). The colon is approximately 5 feet long and 2 1/2 inches in diameter. Its major functions are the absorption of water and minerals and the formation and elimination of waste.

What is Colonic Hydrotherapy?

Colonic Hydrotherapy is a warm internal bath that cleanses the body of the poisonous wastes that can build up over time. Rapidly growing in popularity, this treatment improves mental clarity and relieves symptoms of amongst others, constipation, toxic headaches and general sluggishness.

Gently warmed, purified water is introduced to the Colon. This helps soften, break up, and remove impacted and dehydrated faecal mucus, parasitic and other waste materials from the colon walls.

Why bother?

To stay healthy. Stress, sleep depravation, strenuous exercise, chemicals, drugs use, additives in processed food: All, or any, of these increasingly common factors can slowly affect the performance of a healthy body. A healthy body creates a strong immune system that is able to fight and eliminate disease.

Your Colon can become burdened with putrefying food, bacteria, viruses, indigestible chemicals, and encrusted pockets of fermented waste. When this happens, it can become saturated with harmful toxins leading to a process called 'Autointoxication' or 'Colon Toxicity'.

This means that toxic substances can be transported into the bloodstream where the lymphatic, circulatory systems, lungs and kidneys can, over time, become overburdened. When these systems are unable to cope with the toxic overload your body is exposed to serious health risks.

Typical symptoms of Colon Toxicity, which respond well to Colonic Hydrotherapy, include:

Excessive gas, bloating, colitis, tiredness, constipation, rashes, acne, allergies, asthma, arthritis, IBS, food cravings, haemorrhoids, colds, headaches, body odour, bad breath, candida, depression, poor circulation, poor concentration.

What are the benefits?

The benefits are huge. Eliminations during subsequent therapy sessions can be even more substantial as older, hardened and impacted waste is cleansed from the colon walls.

Cleansing

Toxic material is broken down so it can no longer harm your body or inhibit assimilation of foods and elimination of waste. Faecal debris built up over time is gently removed over a series of Colonic Hydrotherapy treatments. Once this impacted material is removed, your colon can again resume its normal absorption and elimination functions. A Colonic Hydrotherapy session should be considered a rejuvenation treatment for your body.

Strengthens the colon muscles

The build up of toxic debris weakens the colon and impairs its functions. Gentle filling and emptying of the colon can improve peristalsis (natural muscular contraction) that aids efficient removal of waste materials.

Reshaping the Colon

Over time, the natural shape of a problematic colon will become distorted causing even more problems. The gentle water action and massage techniques of the therapist will help eliminate protruding pockets of waste and spasmodic constrictions. After a series of Colonic Hydrotherapy sessions, the colon gradually begins to resume its natural shape.

Each person's experiences will be different depending on their colons condition. However, you may expect and notice a variety of the following improvements:

• Restoration of proper pH balance to the body o A return of normal, regular bowel movements
• Stimulation of the immune systems o Reduced bloating
• Reduction of wind and gas
Freer passage of nutrients into the blood
• Improved digestion
• Prevention of toxic absorption via healthy mucous lining of the colon
• Increased absorption of nutrients
• Weight loss

Colonic therapy is not a cure, but it is a valuable treatment for a wide variety of health complaints.

What will happen during my treatment?

You relax on a comfortable massage table as a small sterile, disposable rectal tube or speculum is gently inserted into the anus. The speculum has a separate water and waste line that is attached to the hydrotherapy equipment. The warm purified water is run very slowly into the colon, when slight pressure builds up in the colon the water is gently released along with waste matter. The process of filling and releasing water from the colon is repeated during your treatment.

During your session your therapist will give you an abdominal massage. This increases peristalsis (the muscular action of the colon that pushes waste through) this then loosens any impactions and may move some gas. Good peristaltic action is key to a well functioning colon. Massage, when combined with the warm water, is an excellent way to encourage this muscular action.

Each session lasts approximately 45 minutes, allow one hour for the session to allow for a consultation (during which the procedure will be explained) time to talk through your completed medical questionnaire and time to change before and after the treatment.

What should I do before and after treatments?

In the 24-48 hours prior to your Colon Hydrotherapy session, we suggest that you eat primarily seasonal and organic vegetables, fruits, and grains. Drinking 6 - 8 glasses of water daily will also assist in the cleansing process. On the day of your session eat lightly, mostly vegetables, fruits and juices, unless you are on a special diet*. Limit water intake and do not eat in the 2 hours immediately prior to your appointment.

*If your diet is medically supervised, please disregard any contradictory suggestions and adhere to your doctor's advice.

Food and beverages to avoid directly before and after your session:

Alcohol, caffeinated tea and coffee, carbonated drinks, chocolate, dairy products desserts, fried and fatty foods, flour products, ice cream, processed and junk foods sugar, wheat products.

Suggested food and beverages to eat before and after your sessions:

Water, apricots, bananas, blueberries Miso soup, chamomile and peppermint teas fish and poultry, grapes, green leafy vegetables, nuts - almonds, walnuts (unsalted) seasonal organic vegetables, seeds - pumpkin, sunflower, whole grains - rice, millet, quinoa.

Cost

Colonic Hydrotherapy: Initial consultation and treatment (1hr 30mins) £80 Follow up appointments (1hr) £65 Dietry advice to support Colonics is free.

Colonic courses are available and are discounted, please enquire for further details.

Fee includes the use of all disposable equipment and any herbal tinctures used during appointment.

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