Guest guest Posted January 3, 2008 Report Share Posted January 3, 2008 Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience. Its difficult to comment without knowing full details but I can assure you that many people I know have had great results form colonics including myself. the first colonic I ever had which was many years ago now cleared my head of dreadful brain fog that I had with candida overgrowth. It was instrumental in getting me better. I recently paid a visit to the Koyfman Whole Body Cleansing Center near Atlanta when on a visit to the USA for some lymph cleansing where colonics play an important part the cleanses. In fact I met a local medical doctor there who was doing his annual cleanses. He sent many of his patients there for treatment. As for plaque -- I expelled some very hardened ropey material once when I was doing a bowel cleanse by taking a herbal cleanse with psyllium a few years ago. This is the beginning of plaque and I do think that it exists. Some people make a lot of mucus as a defence against organisms or foods they are intolerant to. When this hardens it becomes plaque. I had been on a good diet for quite a few years and my diet before was never that bad. I knew someone who had been to a detox center in Thailand and never passed the ropey material that many people say is just psyllium and Bentonite although she was taking this type of cleanse but when she got back to the UK she did the VE Irons cleanse and passed a whole lot of hard ropes which improved her arthritis. People have such varied experiences. Sandy re plaque I agree, I paid almost a thousand dollars for colon cleansing to become sicker than I have ever been in my life, I couldn't work for all most 2 months, then out of no where the infections in my body attacked my muscles in my right arm and tore my rotator cuff, which is more pain than you can ever imagine. That was last Christmas, and I have scaring on the muscles in that arm and will never have full use of it again. I don't ever recommend colonics 2 times a week like I was getting. I should have sued that lady. I won't go any where near a colonic now, it has taken me 6 months of eating digestive enzymes to not pee or defecate green or get infections attacking me out of no where. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1207 - Release Date: 1/2/2008 11:29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Like Sandy says here, your experience is certainly unfortunate, and not knowing the state of your health prior to treatment and the details of the treatments themselves, it would impossible for me to speculate what happened to you. Also, like Sandy, I have seen countless folks helped by colonics and cleansing protocols. Now about the plaque issue, I have a question for the group. Has anyone ever seen this ropey material when not using these products? As you can see from my previous post, I'm quite sold on the 3-day apple cleanse which I've done many times myself, and I have had many clients do as well. At no time have I seen the likes of what is produced by some of these other herbal detoxes (I do occasionally see sand, though, and always lots and lots of mucous and gas). I suppose one could argue that perhaps the herbal detoxes are more effective than the apple detox, but I have personally had much more satisfying results from the 3-day apple diet than I have had with the herbal cleanses (yes, I have tried a few) so I'm left a little skeptical. Now, I have heard of a black substance coming out of people on 40-day water fasts at around the 20 to 22 day mark, but it's my understanding that this stuff is not similar to what is produced by the herbal detoxes. As a matter of fact, I suspect this black tar-like substance may even be related to the small intestinal mucoid plaque to which Simon has referred. The only people I know personally on these water fasts both were battling (and successfully overcame I might add) cancer which may even be a factor in the production of this black tar-like substance. Wouldn't it be really great if there was a truly unbiased research institute with lots of funds and really educated researchers that weren't beholden to some product manufacturer studying this stuff? Cheers, Robin Re: re plaque Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience. Its difficult to comment without knowing full details but I can assure you that many people I know have had great results form colonics including myself. the first colonic I ever had which was many years ago now cleared my head of dreadful brain fog that I had with candida overgrowth. It was instrumental in getting me better. I recently paid a visit to the Koyfman Whole Body Cleansing Center near Atlanta when on a visit to the USA for some lymph cleansing where colonics play an important part the cleanses. In fact I met a local medical doctor there who was doing his annual cleanses. He sent many of his patients there for treatment. As for plaque -- I expelled some very hardened ropey material once when I was doing a bowel cleanse by taking a herbal cleanse with psyllium a few years ago. This is the beginning of plaque and I do think that it exists. Some people make a lot of mucus as a defence against organisms or foods they are intolerant to. When this hardens it becomes plaque. I had been on a good diet for quite a few years and my diet before was never that bad. I knew someone who had been to a detox center in Thailand and never passed the ropey material that many people say is just psyllium and Bentonite although she was taking this type of cleanse but when she got back to the UK she did the VE Irons cleanse and passed a whole lot of hard ropes which improved her arthritis. People have such varied experiences. Sandy re plaque I agree, I paid almost a thousand dollars for colon cleansing to become sicker than I have ever been in my life, I couldn't work for all most 2 months, then out of no where the infections in my body attacked my muscles in my right arm and tore my rotator cuff, which is more pain than you can ever imagine. That was last Christmas, and I have scaring on the muscles in that arm and will never have full use of it again. I don't ever recommend colonics 2 times a week like I was getting. I should have sued that lady. I won't go any where near a colonic now, it has taken me 6 months of eating digestive enzymes to not pee or defecate green or get infections attacking me out of no where. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1207 - Release Date: 1/2/2008 11:29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Hello My name is Beth I have always considered getting colonics because I suffeer from debilitating fatigue, headaches, candida, ebstein barr and cmv virus and IBS. The coloninist wated me to get 9 colonics in 1 month . She said I would feel much better, but my doctors all frown upon the idea of colonics. They say that colonics remove not only the bad stuff from your body but they remove ALL the heathy and GOOD FLORA from your body which will leave your body prone to many infections and may more problems like Harleed has experienced. If any one has any insights on this I would really appreciate it. I am so tired of feeling so sick and tired and want to make the right decision if I should have the 9 colonics done or not. I just dont want to end up worse than I started . Thanks Beth Robin Migalla <rmigalla@...> wrote: Like Sandy says here, your experience is certainly unfortunate, and not knowing the state of your health prior to treatment and the details of the treatments themselves, it would impossible for me to speculate what happened to you. Also, like Sandy, I have seen countless folks helped by colonics and cleansing protocols. Now about the plaque issue, I have a question for the group. Has anyone ever seen this ropey material when not using these products? As you can see from my previous post, I'm quite sold on the 3-day apple cleanse which I've done many times myself, and I have had many clients do as well. At no time have I seen the likes of what is produced by some of these other herbal detoxes (I do occasionally see sand, though, and always lots and lots of mucous and gas). I suppose one could argue that perhaps the herbal detoxes are more effective than the apple detox, but I have personally had much more satisfying results from the 3-day apple diet than I have had with the herbal cleanses (yes, I have tried a few) so I'm left a little skeptical. Now, I have heard of a black substance coming out of people on 40-day water fasts at around the 20 to 22 day mark, but it's my understanding that this stuff is not similar to what is produced by the herbal detoxes. As a matter of fact, I suspect this black tar-like substance may even be related to the small intestinal mucoid plaque to which Simon has referred. The only people I know personally on these water fasts both were battling (and successfully overcame I might add) cancer which may even be a factor in the production of this black tar-like substance. Wouldn't it be really great if there was a truly unbiased research institute with lots of funds and really educated researchers that weren't beholden to some product manufacturer studying this stuff? Cheers, Robin Re: re plaque Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience. Its difficult to comment without knowing full details but I can assure you that many people I know have had great results form colonics including myself. the first colonic I ever had which was many years ago now cleared my head of dreadful brain fog that I had with candida overgrowth. It was instrumental in getting me better. I recently paid a visit to the Koyfman Whole Body Cleansing Center near Atlanta when on a visit to the USA for some lymph cleansing where colonics play an important part the cleanses. In fact I met a local medical doctor there who was doing his annual cleanses. He sent many of his patients there for treatment. As for plaque -- I expelled some very hardened ropey material once when I was doing a bowel cleanse by taking a herbal cleanse with psyllium a few years ago. This is the beginning of plaque and I do think that it exists. Some people make a lot of mucus as a defence against organisms or foods they are intolerant to. When this hardens it becomes plaque. I had been on a good diet for quite a few years and my diet before was never that bad. I knew someone who had been to a detox center in Thailand and never passed the ropey material that many people say is just psyllium and Bentonite although she was taking this type of cleanse but when she got back to the UK she did the VE Irons cleanse and passed a whole lot of hard ropes which improved her arthritis. People have such varied experiences. Sandy re plaque I agree, I paid almost a thousand dollars for colon cleansing to become sicker than I have ever been in my life, I couldn't work for all most 2 months, then out of no where the infections in my body attacked my muscles in my right arm and tore my rotator cuff, which is more pain than you can ever imagine. That was last Christmas, and I have scaring on the muscles in that arm and will never have full use of it again. I don't ever recommend colonics 2 times a week like I was getting. I should have sued that lady. I won't go any where near a colonic now, it has taken me 6 months of eating digestive enzymes to not pee or defecate green or get infections attacking me out of no where. ---------------------------------------------------------- ------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1207 - Release Date: 1/2/2008 11:29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Hi Beth, One point I'd like to make is that these very same medical professionals JUST THIS PAST YEAR discovered the function of the appendix (actually, I'm going to bet it's not the only function, too!). These are also the same medical professionals that THOUGHT NOTHING OF REMOVING THIS VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF OUR BODY. How arrogant of them to suggest washing out the colon is harmful. Imagine the harm all of these appendectomies have caused. Anyway, it just so happens the appendix is designed to colonize the bowel with flora. Now, with that said, doesn't it make sense that if you clean the bowel out, the appendix will have a much better chance of balancing the flora properly? If you didn't take a shower for a while, you'd begin to smell bad. This odor is caused by poor bacterial balance. The same is true inside the colon. There's an excellent book out there called " Gut and Psychology Syndrome " by Dr. Natasha -McBride, MD that clearly draws a link between gut flora and health. You probably think nothing of taking a shower to cleanse your skin Do you ever wonder why we get so freaked out contemplating doing the same thing inside the colon? Anyway, I've seen lots of lots of positive results with these very same conditions you are battling using colonics. Nine in a month doesn't sound at all unreasonable to me. Cheers, Robin Re: re plaque Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience. Its difficult to comment without knowing full details but I can assure you that many people I know have had great results form colonics including myself. the first colonic I ever had which was many years ago now cleared my head of dreadful brain fog that I had with candida overgrowth. It was instrumental in getting me better. I recently paid a visit to the Koyfman Whole Body Cleansing Center near Atlanta when on a visit to the USA for some lymph cleansing where colonics play an important part the cleanses. In fact I met a local medical doctor there who was doing his annual cleanses. He sent many of his patients there for treatment. As for plaque -- I expelled some very hardened ropey material once when I was doing a bowel cleanse by taking a herbal cleanse with psyllium a few years ago. This is the beginning of plaque and I do think that it exists. Some people make a lot of mucus as a defence against organisms or foods they are intolerant to. When this hardens it becomes plaque. I had been on a good diet for quite a few years and my diet before was never that bad. I knew someone who had been to a detox center in Thailand and never passed the ropey material that many people say is just psyllium and Bentonite although she was taking this type of cleanse but when she got back to the UK she did the VE Irons cleanse and passed a whole lot of hard ropes which improved her arthritis. People have such varied experiences. Sandy re plaque I agree, I paid almost a thousand dollars for colon cleansing to become sicker than I have ever been in my life, I couldn't work for all most 2 months, then out of no where the infections in my body attacked my muscles in my right arm and tore my rotator cuff, which is more pain than you can ever imagine. That was last Christmas, and I have scaring on the muscles in that arm and will never have full use of it again. I don't ever recommend colonics 2 times a week like I was getting. I should have sued that lady. I won't go any where near a colonic now, it has taken me 6 months of eating digestive enzymes to not pee or defecate green or get infections attacking me out of no where. ---------------------------------------------------------- ------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1207 - Release Date: 1/2/2008 11:29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Like Sandy says > here, your experience is certainly unfortunate, and not > knowing the state of your health prior to treatment and the details of the > treatments themselves, it would impossible for me to speculate what > happened to you. > > Also, like Sandy, I have seen countless folks helped by colonics and > cleansing protocols. > > Now about the plaque issue, I have a question for the group. Has anyone > ever seen this ropey material when not using these products? As you can > see from my previous post, I'm quite sold on the 3-day apple cleanse which > I've done many times myself, and I have had many clients do as well. At no > time have I seen the likes of what is produced by some of these other > herbal detoxes (I do occasionally see sand, though, and always lots and > lots of mucous and gas). I suppose one could argue that perhaps the herbal > detoxes are more effective than the apple detox, but I have personally had > much more satisfying results from the 3-day apple diet than I have had with > the herbal cleanses (yes, I have tried a few) so I'm left a little > skeptical. > > Now, I have heard of a black substance coming out of people on 40- day water > fasts at around the 20 to 22 day mark, but it's my understanding that this > stuff is not similar to what is produced by the herbal detoxes. As a > matter of fact, I suspect this black tar-like substance may even be related > to the small intestinal mucoid plaque to which Simon has referred. The > only people I know personally on these water fasts both were battling (and > successfully overcame I might add) cancer which may even be a factor in the > production of this black tar-like substance. > > Wouldn't it be really great if there was a truly unbiased research > institute with lots of funds and really educated researchers that weren't > beholden to some product manufacturer studying this stuff? > > Cheers, > Robin > > Re: re plaque > > Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience. Its difficult to comment > without knowing full details but > I can assure you that many people I know have had great results form > colonics including myself. > the first colonic I ever had which was many years ago now cleared my head > of dreadful brain fog that > I had with candida overgrowth. It was instrumental in getting me better. > > I recently paid a visit to the Koyfman Whole Body Cleansing Center near > Atlanta when on a visit to the USA > for some lymph cleansing where colonics play an important part the > cleanses. In fact I met a local medical > doctor there who was doing his annual cleanses. He sent many of his > patients there for treatment. > > As for plaque -- I expelled some very hardened ropey material once when I > was doing a bowel cleanse by taking > a herbal cleanse with psyllium a few years ago. This is the beginning of > plaque and I do think that it exists. > > Some people make a lot of mucus as a defence against organisms or foods > they are intolerant to. > When this hardens it becomes plaque. I had been on a good diet for quite a > few years and my diet > before was never that bad. > > I knew someone who had been to a detox center in Thailand and never passed > the ropey material that > many people say is just psyllium and Bentonite although she was taking this > type of cleanse but when > she got back to the UK she did the VE Irons cleanse and passed a whole lot > of hard ropes which improved > her arthritis. > > People have such varied experiences. > > Sandy > > re plaque > > I agree, I paid almost a thousand dollars for colon cleansing to become > sicker than I have ever been in my life, I couldn't work for all most 2 > months, then out of no where the infections in my body attacked my > muscles in my right arm and tore my rotator cuff, which is more pain > than you can ever imagine. That was last Christmas, and I have scaring > on the muscles in that arm and will never have full use of it again. I > don't ever recommend colonics 2 times a week like I was getting. I > should have sued that lady. I won't go any where near a colonic now, it > has taken me 6 months of eating digestive enzymes to not pee or > defecate green or get infections attacking me out of no where. > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1207 - Release Date: > 1/2/2008 11:29 > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Jo Colonics and enemas are good to an extent. However, they only work on the colon. The colon is 6 feet or so. the small intestine is 15 or so feet. That has to be clean also. The best way to do that is with food. Also, colonics and enema overuse can put the colon out of use. Try taking a Tbsp. of castor oil and a tsp. of triphala soaked for a few hours in a cup of water before going to bed and another when arising if the previous does not work. Everyone is different. Take the remedies according to your Ayurvedic dosha. I cannot tell you that because I do not know you. For instance, vata people need more oil. For instance, Castor oil is very nourishing for vata (and has a laxative effect.) Pitta need bitter herbs. Triphala is good for all 3 doshas. GB > FROM JO:The only ropey stuff I have ever seen has turned out to be > mucus strands which my GI says are 100%normal.as far as colonics are > concerned,I have noticed a HUGE difference with my health and energy > level!!!I noticed the bloating and fatigue I once suffered has gone > too!!I have NEVER seen this so called plaque.In fact the last time I > had a colonoscopy,my GI said he has never seen such a clean and > healthy colon!!NO PLAQUE HERE!!!On the other hand,if I stopped the > colonics or enemas,I would really be in trouble as my colon is > nuerogenic and needs to be stimulated!!!I actaully prefer the > colonic as opposed to an enema as most of the time,I get LOTS of > cramping!!I had a bag and HATED it so much I begged them to reverse > it and they did but told me I would need enemas the rest of my > life.Compared to the ostomy the enemas or colonics are nothing!!! I > think of these as just bathing my colon and they are a part of life > for me as taking a bath would be for anyone.Oral laxitives do not > work for me one bit!!I was wondering if anyone knows of a good ORAL > cleanse??????some days I do not feel like taking enema!!! THANX!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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