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The Pros and Cons of Colonic Therapy
Colonic
therapy has become a common treatment suggested by the alternative
physicians. Colonic or colon hydrotherapy is a physical treatment
strategy, using which the colon is washed thoroughly by injecting water.
In fact, colonic therapy is not a new treatment and historic evidences
shows that it had been practiced in traditional medicines for long. In
traditional medicine, it has been used as the usual preparatory therapy
before any kind of treatment, irrespective of the nature of the illness.
In some of the communities, it was practiced even as a part of their
custom for maintaining good health. Dr. Elmer Lee introduced the
practice of colonic therapy to USA in the late 1800s and it got popular
with its effectiveness in the management of the cholera epidemic. Now,
colonic therapy has become more popular as a treatment strategy among
the modern people.
Colonic
therapy can be simply addressed as the washing up of stomach, or more
specifically as colon washing. Colon or large intestine has the function
of absorption of water and minerals. The evidences show that flakes of
the feces will deposit to the walls of the colon, when the feces will
transverse the lengthy colon before it gets disposed through the rectum
and anus. It will affect the proper absorption of the minerals, which
may alter the proper functioning of the body and may lead to many
diseases. The colonic therapy is focused to remove the deposited flakes
and other debris to refresh the colon absorption and helps to keeps the
person from getting any diseases or complicating the existing diseases.
Getting
colonic is used as remedy for many diseases such as headache, chest
pain, hypertension, arthritis, ADD, joint pains brittle hair, and
psoriasis. The unsubstantiated benefits include avoidance of
constipation due to peristaltic movement of the muscles, improvement in
the colon functioning, relief of the gastrointestinal problems and
expulsion of the unwanted parasites in the colon. Now, colonic therapy
is appreciated prior before for a diagnostic enquiry of the colons or
surgical invasions in the colon, as it helps to make it evident the
condition of the colon, without any interference.
However
many suspect that colonic irrigation may cause severe adverse effects
and may cause many imbalances in the system. In general, the experts
suggest that that the treatment is not effective for people with medical
problems such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, hepatitis
diverticulitis, severe or internal hemorrhoids or tumors in the rectum
or colon and appendicitis. Strictly, the colonic therapy must not be
used as a treatment in people after bowel surgery, heart disease or
kidney disease.
The
repeated treatments of colonic treatment is discouraged as it may absorb
too much water, nausea, vomiting, heart failure, fluid in the lungs,
leading to electrolyte imbalances in the blood, abnormal heart rhythms
or coma. In such cases, colonic therapy may interfere in the system and
may lead to the loss of the bowel's natural ability to move contents. In
certain cases, the critics have reported that colonic therapy may
decrease the ability to contract and push waste from the body.
Moreover, the chances for infection are the most pronounced difficulty
of the colonic treatment. The risk of bowel perforation and breakage of
the bowel wall can be a potential risk of life. Many lives had been in
risk due to the infection in the bowel from the colon treatment. Hence
the instrument must be sterile and the practitioner must be experienced.
Getting
colonic hence must be a personal choice that it has to be decided after
a serious prior thought, balancing its merits and demerits in accordance
with own health condition. It is always advisable to have a complete
body check up under the guidance of an expert physician before the
decision making. Getting colonic can be certainly beneficial, if it is
done in an appropriate manner.
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